In the Game
In the Game was a proposed sitcom that was to have been produced for ABC by Touchstone Television and was to star Jennifer Love Hewitt as an up-and-coming sports producer and single mom who unwillingly becomes an on-camera reporter. ABC first ordered six episodes, for mid-season 2005. However, after the production of two pilots, the show was canceled by the network without having ever been placed on its schedule.
[edit] Cast
- Jennifer Love Hewitt
- John Patrick Stewart as T.J.
- Josie Davis as Brandee
- Ed O'Neill as Buzz
- Paula Cale
[edit] Notability
The project is notable due to its contribution to Hewitt receiving the part of Melinda Gordon in the hit TV series Ghost Whisperer. While in talks at the studio about the series, Hewitt stepped outside where one of the Ghost Whisperer producers noticed her (the producers were in the same hall trying to figure out who they wanted to cast as Melinda Gordon). Hewitt was asked by the producers whether she would star in the series, and following the collapse of In the Game, she agreed.
