Paging Elizabeth Bennet! Jennifer Ehle Eyes Returns to Primetime

I was reading through TV Guide’s excellent updated round-up of pilot projects just now, and in the midst of all the casting additions, one named jumped out at me: Jennifer Ehle. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?, I thought calmly. ELIZABETH BENNET?!?! A quick check at IMDb shows that yes indeed, that Jennifer Ehle is heading for prime time!

The project, currently referred to as “Untitled Susannah Grant Project” is a drama in pilot production for CBS. Per TV Guide, the series is about the life of an ultra-competitive surgeon (Patrick Wilson) which is changed forever when his ex-wife (Jennifer Ehle) dies and begins teaching him about life from the hereafter. Susannah Grant (Erin Brockovich) is executive-producing.

The 2011-2012 TV season is shaping up to be very good for Nice Girls.