Little House's Melissa Gilbert Coming Back to Network TV! (In New Western for ABC)

[Pavan]

Former "Little House on the Prairie" star Melissa Gilbert is headed back to the Old West.

Gilbert has signed on as the female lead for ABC's midseason pilot "Then Came Jones," which is set in El Paso, Texas, near the turn of the 20th century. She'll play the sister of the lead character, Ben Jones (Sean Patrick Flanery), according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The show will tell the story of Ben Jones, a former outlaw who finds himself appointed sheriff of El Paso. In addition to the conflict between Ben's current and former occupations, "Jones" will also deal with the closing of the frontier and the arrival of the modern era in the West.

Gilbert, the president of the Screen Actors Guild, starred as Laura Ingalls Wilder on "Little House" from 1974-83. She has worked primarily in TV movies in recent years. Her last series was "Sweet Justice," an NBC legal drama that aired in the 1994-95 season.

Kim Manners, who directed more than 50 episodes of "The X-Files," will direct the pilot of "Jones."

[Central Perk]

Originally posted by pavanbadal
Former "Little House on the Prairie" star Melissa Gilbert is headed back to the Old West.

Gilbert has signed on as the female lead for ABC's midseason pilot "Then Came Jones," which is set in El Paso, Texas, near the turn of the 20th century. She'll play the sister of the lead character, Ben Jones (Sean Patrick Flanery), according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The show will tell the story of Ben Jones, a former outlaw who finds himself appointed sheriff of El Paso. In addition to the conflict between Ben's current and former occupations, "Jones" will also deal with the closing of the frontier and the arrival of the modern era in the West.

Gilbert, the president of the Screen Actors Guild, starred as Laura Ingalls Wilder on "Little House" from 1974-83. She has worked primarily in TV movies in recent years. Her last series was "Sweet Justice," an NBC legal drama that aired in the 1994-95 season.

Kim Manners, who directed more than 50 episodes of "The X-Files," will direct the pilot of "Jones."

Thanks for the info, I wonder if the audience will want to watch a western this day in age, I guess we'll have to wait and see.