Stockard Channing On Board for NBC Pilot 17TH PRECINCT

According to Deadline.com, Broadway veteran Stockard Channing is on board for NBC's '17th Precinct' pilot. The supernatural cop series is being developed and produced by Ron Moore. The drama takes place in the 'fictional town of Excelsior where magic and supernatural elements rule over science.'

Channing received Tony Award nominations for her performances  The House of Blue Leaves (1986) and Six Degrees of Separation (1990) (for which she also won an Obie). Woman in Mind received its American premiere in New York on 17 February 1988 at the Manhattan Theatre Club. The production was directed by Lynne Meadow and the cast included Channing in the role of Susan, for which she won a Drama Desk Award for best actress.

She performed at Lincoln Center in Tom Stoppard's Hapgood (1995) and in the 1997 revival of Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes. In November 2008, she returned to Broadway as Vera Simpson in the musical Pal Joey, where she was nominated for the 2009 Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical. She is currently starring in Lincoln Center's Other Desert Cities.

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