ABC Family has given the greenlight to the new drama series BUNHEADS, it was announced today by Michael Riley, president, ABC Family.
Executive-produced by Amy Sherman-Palladino ("Gilmore Girls") Bunheads stars Sutton Foster as Michelle, a Las Vegas showgirl who impulsively marries a man and moves to his sleepy coastal town, and takes an uneasy role at her new mother-in-law’s dance school.
“I spent 20 years of my life with my hair in a bun,” Sherman-Palladino, who got her break as a writer on Roseanne, said when the project was picked up to pilot in September. “I was supposed to be a dancer. My mother was a dancer. Her greatest heartbreak was when I got on Roseanne. So, while writing this will never equal playing ‘Rumpelteazer’ in a bus and truck tour of Cats, it does let me to tip my hat to a really special time in my life.” Bunheads was originally picked up as a cast-contingent pilot in fall 2010 with a different writer.
"Bunheads" joins ABC Family's recently announced new original series, "Baby Daddy" and "Beverly Hills Nannies." All three series will begin production in Spring 2012.
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