Debra Messing to Star and Executive Produce ABC Sitcom Pilot

[Brian Damage]

Debra Messing is making a return to half-hour comedy with a starring role in ABC's pilot "Wright vs. Wrong."

The Emmy-winning "Will & Grace" alumna also will serve as an executive producer and take up ownership on the single-camera project, from Sony TV and Tantamount.

Penned by actress-writer Stephnie Weir ("MadTV"), "Wrong" centers on Evelyn Wright (Messing), a driven conservative pundit who tries to maintain her public persona despite facing her own vulnerabilities.

Messing will executive producer alongside Tantamount's Mitch Hurwitz, Eric Tannenbaum and Kim Tannenbaum. Weir also will exec produce, with Messing's manager Molly Madden also set to receive a producing credit. Andy Fickman is directing.

Last year, Messing was attached to a comedy project by writers Josann McGibbon and Sara Parriott that sparked a bidding war before landing at NBC.

After her eight-year run on NBC's "Grace," which earned her an Emmy, Messing, repped by Gersh and 3 Arts, toplined USA Network's miniseries "The Starter Wife" as well as the series it spawned.

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[Samme]

I think she's talented and should have a show but I'm so tired of this unfunny single-camera crap.
I see no hope that this would be any better than any of the other junk on TV now. She can do top work and should be on a filmed three-camera show, in front of a studio audience, and earning legitimate laughs while she still has the energy, drive, and talent to do it. Not the lazy, unfunny, yet trendy (and supposedly edgy and hip) dead air that passes for TV comedy now.

[SueAnn_Rose]

That's great, I loved her in "The Starter Wife" I thought it was a great role for her. I can't wait to see what this show is about I really love Debra she's a fantastic actress and one of my favorites.