Everrett Shea has just finished shooting a role on Episode #101 of ABC’s newest crime comedy-drama Take Two.
The Disney-owned network, following a lengthy casting search, has handed out a straight-to-series order for Take Two, a procedural starring Rachel Bilson and Eddie Cibrian from Castle creators Andrew Marlowe and his producing partner (and wife), Terri Edda Miller.
The drama hails from Tandem Productions, StudioCanal and ABC Studios in what is said to be a groundbreaking co-production structure. The series has been prepackaged with worldwide rights and will air on ABC in the U.S., RTL/Vox in Germany and France Television in France. StudioCanal will serve as the lead studio. ABC Studios affiliate Disney Media Distribution will handle international sales.
The series will centre on Sam (Bilson), a former star of a hit cop series fresh out of rehab, and Eddie (Cibrian), a private investigator. They team up to solve crimes, with Sam doing the job as research for a potential comeback role.
In an interesting spin on the crime genre, Take Two follows the unusual partnership between the pair. Eddie is a private investigator who prefers to work on his own, and Sam’s only experience comes from the couple-hundred episodes of a hit cop TV show she starred in. Despite Eddie’s initial resistance, he allows Sam to shadow him in order to help her research for a new role to restart her career. To his surprise, Sam actually ends up being a big asset in a high-profile case. The attention the duo get from the media ends up sending a wave of new clients their way.
Bilson was most recently seen playing Alyssa Green in Season 5 of CMT’s hit country music drama Nashville. She also starred as Dr. Zoe Hart in four seasons of The CW’s Hart of Dixie, and appeared in Drunk History. Cibrian played Jesse Cardoza in CSI: Miami and most recently was a series regular on Rosewood.