Having experienced plenty of American Crime, Timothy Hutton is now turning his attention to the legal system.
The actor will co-star in the CBS drama pilot Main Justice, which is inspired by the life and work of Eric Holder, the first African-American Attorney General of the United States, our sister site Deadline reports.
Hutton will play Deputy Attorney General Thomas Yarrow, who was the interim Attorney General prior to the recently sworn-in Miles Blair (Fargo‘s Bokeem Woodbine). Yarrow — whose ego is only matched by the money he spends on his wardrobe — is immediately critical of Blair’s decisions.
In other pilot casting news, per Deadline:
* Tyler Labine (Reaper) has joined NBC’s untitled Bellevue hospital drama as an attending child psychiatrist who’s been continually beat down by the system.
* Annie Ilonzeh (Empire, Charlie’s Angels) will headline the ABC police procedural Staties, playing a hard-charging NYPD detective who is banished to the boonies and paired with an Oregon State Trooper.
