Kim Raver is getting a helping hand from some Parenthood and The Game alums.
Joy Bryant and Coby Bell will star opposite the Grey’s Anatomy actress in ABC’s drama pilot The Advocate, our sister site Deadline reports.
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The project follows Raver’s type-a business woman Frankie, who has a medical scare, only to be dangerously misdiagnosed, and experiences firsthand the hazards of our healthcare system. Shocking her friends and family, she leaves her career behind, becoming instead a brilliant and relentless advocate for...
Joy Bryant and Coby Bell will star opposite the Grey’s Anatomy actress in ABC’s drama pilot The Advocate, our sister site Deadline reports.
RelatedPilot Season ’15: Scoop on This Fall’s (Possible) New Shows, Who’s In Them
The project follows Raver’s type-a business woman Frankie, who has a medical scare, only to be dangerously misdiagnosed, and experiences firsthand the hazards of our healthcare system. Shocking her friends and family, she leaves her career behind, becoming instead a brilliant and relentless advocate for...
- 3/7/2015
- TVLine.com
Parenthood‘s Joy Bryant is set as the co-lead opposite Kim Raver in the ABC drama pilot The Advocate. Also cast in the project, from Sheldon Turner and Jennifer Klein's Vendetta Prods. and Warner Bros TV, is Burn Notice and The Game alum Coby Bell. Written by Turner and directed by Michael M. Robin, The Advocate was inspired by the real story of former talent agent Byrdie Lifson-Pompan, who teamed with Valerie Ulene, a medical doctor and a health education specialist, to…...
- 3/7/2015
- Deadline TV
“24” alum Kim Raver has been set to lead ABC drama pilot “The Advocate,” TheWrap has learned. The medical drama will be spearheaded by Sheldon Turner, who wrote the pilot and will executive produce along with Jennifer Klein of Vendetta Productions and Warner Bros. Television. Also Read: 15 Apocalyptic Movies and TV Shows That Chill, Charm and Chuckle (Photos) Story follows type-a business woman Francis “Frankie” Reese (Raver), who has a medical scare, only to be dangerously misdiagnosed leading her to experience first-hand the hazards of our healthcare system. Shocking her friends and family, Frankie leaves her career behind, becoming instead a brilliant.
- 3/1/2015
- by Linda Ge
- The Wrap
24 and Grey’s Anatomy alumna Kim Raver has been tapped as the lead of the ABC drama pilot The Advocate, from Sheldon Turner and Jennifer Klein's Vendetta Prods. and Warner Bros TV. Written by Turner and directed by Michael M. Robin, The Advocate was inspired by the real story of former talent agent Byrdie Lifson-Pompan who teamed with Valerie Ulene, a medical doctor and a health education specialist, to launch a healthcare consulting and case management company. It…...
- 2/28/2015
- Deadline TV
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