Lily Tomlin To Star In Reba McEntires ABC Comedy Pilot

EXCLUSIVE: In her own first regular series gig since Murphy Brown, Lily Tomlin continues to be drawn on for any lead role opposite Reba McEntire in ABC’s half-hour pilot Malibu Country. The project, from Reba showrunner Kevin Abbott, focuses on Reba Gallagher (McEntire) who, after her good ol boy rock star husband cheats on her behalf and burns through the majority of their cash, divorces him and moves her family from Nashville towards the only resource she's left just a little house in Malibu. There spend attempt to boost her very own singing career and herself and her three kids from being corrupted through the materialistic and rarefied Malibu world she now calls home. Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated Tomlin will have Shirley, Reba’s typically Southern, warm and funny (not necessarily deliberately) mother who joins the household within their range from Nashville to Malibu. Abbott and McEntire executive make the pilot with Mindy Schultheis, Michael Hanel, Narvel Blackstock, Dork Stewart and Pam Williams. Tomlin has been doing two major broadcast series stints since Murphy Brown, recurring roles on ABC dramedy Desperate Average women and NBC drama Free Airline Wing. She most lately recurred on DirecTV’s Damages and Lisa Kudrow’s online/Showtime series Web Therapy.