TV Land Passes on Megan Hilty-Led FIRST WIVES CLUB Reboot

Back in August, BWW reported that Tony Award nominee Megan Hilty had been tapped to star in TV Land's remake of THE FIRST WIVES CLUB alongside How I Met Your Mother's Alyson Hannigan. Today, Deadline reports that the network has chosen to pass on the project, but shares that there is a possibility it could be redeveloped.

Written by Rebecca Addelman, TV Land's First Wives Club was described as a new twist on the Paramount film, which starred Diane Keaton, Bette Midler and Goldie Hawn. Set in present-day San Francisco, the single-camera comedy pilot was to follow "three friends and classmates who met in the '90s who reconnect after their close friend from college dies in a freak accident. When they discover that they are all at a romantic crossroads, they band together to tackle divorce, relationships and life's other annoying challenges."

Hilty was to portray Kim, a divorced woman with an eight-year-old son and once-successful actress who has since "aged-out" of Hollywood.

Hilty made her Broadway debut as Glinda in Wicked on Broadway, later performing the role on tour and in the Los Angeles production. Her next role was Doralee in 9 to 5: The Musical, for which she was nominated for Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Drama League, and Ovation Awards for Best Actress in a Musical. In 2011 Hilty joined the cast of NBC's Smash as Ivy Lynn, an actress desperate to land the lead in a Broadway musical about Marilyn Monroe. During the hiatus between the first and second seasons of Smash, Hilty starred in the New York City Center Encores! production of Gentleman Prefer Blondes, earning her stellar notices. Since then Megan starred in NBC's sitcom SEAN SAVES THE WORLD opposite her Smash costar Sean Hayes. Megan regularly performs with orchestras and symphonies across the country and her solo show-including her sold out Carnegie Hall debut-has received critical acclaim. Her solo album, It Happens All the Time is available on Sony Records.

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