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· Agent Dance update: WMA's Hylda Queally still on her way to CAA. in a "major defection" Also, Jason Barrett bolts The Big Willy to start a production/management company. What's going on over there? Did they take away expense accounts and assistant-whipping benefits? [Variety, sub. req'd.]
· Sally Field looks to return to sitcoms with a project for ABC. The show would revolve around a middle aged woman who makes huge changes in her life, getting divorced and getting a job. She likes menopause, she really, really likes menopause! Sorry, had to get that out of the way. [THR]
· Glenn Close joins the cast of The Shield for season four. There was a time when it would've been considered career suicide for a big movie actress to take a part on a television show, especially one on basic cable. But these are different, confusing times, so it might actually be a good thing. [THR]
· Desperate Housewives, Lost, and Medical Investigation get full season pick-ups, withCSI:NY soon to follow. Tragically, Commando Nanny is aborted to the underpopulated limbo of stupid ideas that will never see the primetime airwaves. [THR]
· Friar's Club roastmaster Jeffrey Ross, who nobly accused Jay Mohr of blowing Tom Cruise to get a part, gets a
development/talent holding deal at Fox. Who says there's no justice in the world? [Variety, sub. req'd.]