Leisha Hailey lands L Word spin-off on Showtime

[Above: Hailey with L Word co-star Erin Daniels]

Robert Greenblatt, president of entertainment at Showtime, announced at TCA this year that the network is working on a spin-off to their hit lesbian drama The L Word. With their popular show going into it's sixth and final season early in 2009, Greenblatt told reporters that he and Ilene Chaiken (L Word creator) were wanting to do a spin-off with one of the main characters, but wouldn't reveal which one and even said that no one in the cast was aware of the project yet.

At that time, Greenblatt said he hoped to continue the storylines of the girls in an online series after the show wraps up next year, and that a spin-off would give them an bigger stage to do so.

But only recently, Showtime finally announced what many fans had already guessed; Leisha Hailey (who plays bisexual journalist Alice) is scoring the spin-off. No details about the new series have been announced, including it's title or whether it will pick up where L Word leaves off. We do know that filming is set to begin in December and that the pilot script will indeed come from Chaiken.

Hailey has also just released her first CD with her new band Uh Huh Her.

Related links:
TheLWordOnline.com
OurChart.com
UhHuhHer.com

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