
By Romeo San Vicente
Calista Flockhart Joins Brothers and Sisters
Apart from
occasional gossip-column items about her ongoing romance with
Harrison Ford, actress Calista Flockhart has willingly
dropped off the radar since the 2002 cancellation of Ally McBeal.
Now she's back with the new ABC show Brothers and Sisters,
created by acclaimed gay playwright Jon Robin Baitz (The
Substance of Fire).
But the real drama on the show may be behind the cameras - Marti
Noxon, Joss Whedon's second-in-command on Buffy the
Vampire Slayer, recently bolted her duties as executive producer and
showrunner on Brothers, with openly gay Everwood creator
Greg Berlanti looking like her replacement. There are rumors of
friction on the set, but of course no one's talking.
ABC clearly believes in the show, however, giving it the plum Sunday
night spot after Desperate Housewives.
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