Pilot Casting News: Two Widows, One Mistress

Jennifer Beals, Paula Marshall and Alyssa Milano have all landed roles on upcoming pilots. The former pair on the same show.

Beals (pictured, The Chicago Code, Castle) and Marshall (Gary Unmarried) will john John Corbett on Widow Detective, a CBS drama about a police officer who serves as a surrogate husband and father to the families of all three partners he lost in the line of duty.

Beals and Marshall are on board as two of those widows, the former playing someone who knows Corbett's Denny well and the latter someone hesitate to accept his assistance.

Milano, meanwhile, will return to the small screen as one of four Mistresses on ABC. This drama focuses on four women and their romantic lives, co-starring Yunjin Kim, Rochelle Aytes and Jes Macallan.

The former Who's the Boss star will play Savannah, a married lawyer who might eyes on her attractive co-worker.