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August 05, 2005
Channing ready for White House goodbye
The Arizona Republic
BEVERLY HILLS - Shows don't just get dreamed up a week before they're put on the air, you know.
No, there's something called "pilot season," a mad dash to get a single episode made to try to sell it to networks for fall. This requires, in addition to scripts and crews and such, one more big ingredient: actors. Trouble is, a lot of the ones you'd want are busy acting in existing shows. It's an awkward situation, but sometimes you see the writing on the wall. Stockard Channing, for instance, still has a three-episode commitment on NBC's The West Wing, but that didn't stop her from getting cast in Out of Practice, a CBS comedy for fall. She knew her time as first lady was winding down.
"When all those crates are being packed in the White House," she said, "you kind of get the hint."
Posted by Jo at August 5, 2005 07:56 PM