River Cats: Last News

Felicity Huffman landed her first television role a little over a month after completing her full sentence for her involvement in the college admissions scandal.The actress, 57, is set to star alongside Peanut Butter Falcon actor  in an upcoming baseball comedy for ABC, Deadline reported on Monday, November 30. The Desperate Housewives alum will play the owner of a minor league baseball team with Gottsagen, 35, starring as her eldest son.

Felicity Huffman will soon find herself back on screen, according to a new report. The “Desperate Housewives” actress, who was caught up in the infamous college admissions scandal and ended up serving 11 days out of her 14-day sentence in prison due to her involvement, has reportedly landed her first acting gig since her release from FCI Dublin last year.

spent 14 days in jail and was sentenced to 250 hours of community service after she pleaded guilty to committing mail fraud and honest services fraud.However, the 57-year-old is moving forward and has landed the lead role in a new baseball-inspired comedy.According to Deadline, the star has signed up for a single-camera comedy inspired by Susan Savage, the real-life owner of the Sacramento River Cats, a Triple-A baseball team.Described as a ‘funny, surprising and occasionally heartbreaking half-hour about love, loss, family and Triple-A baseball,’ the currently untitled series will follow a woman who suddenly loses her husband and inherits his minor league baseball team.

Felicity Huffman has booked her first TV role since completing her federal prison sentence for her role in the nationwide college admissions scandal.Deadline reported on Monday, November 30, that the actress, 57, is set to star in a half-hour ABC comedy alongside The Peanut Butter Falcon’s Zack Gottsagen. She will play the owner of a minor league baseball team, a character inspired by Susan Savage of the San Francisco Giants’ Triple-A affiliate, the Sacramento River Cats.

Felicity Huffman is ready to return to work after completing her full sentence for her role in the 2019 college admissions scandal.ET has learned that the 57-year-old actress will star in a single camera comedy that has a pilot production commitment with ABC.Inspired by Susan Savage, the real-life owner of the Triple A World Champion River Cats, the show will focus on love, loss, family and Triple A baseball. Huffman's character is described as the «unlikely owner of a minor league baseball team,» who has to navigate her new normal following the tragic death of her husband.

served just 11 days of a two-week jail sentence last year, has signed to star in an untitled ABC comedy inspired by the life of Susan Savage, owner of Triple-A baseball’s Sacramento River Cats, according to Deadline.The project also will star Zack Gottsagen (“The Peanut Butter Falcon”). The series was reportedly pitched to Huffman by producer Aaron Kaplan, CEO of Kapital Entertainment, and will be written by Becky Hartman Edwards (“The Baker and the Beauty,” “The Bold Type”).

Felicity Huffman is returning to ABC just a few months after her stint in prison for her role in the college admissions scandal.

EXCLUSIVE: Felicity Huffman is returning to acting — and to ABC — with a single-camera comedy that has landed a big pilot production commitment at the network. The Peanut Butter Falcon‘s Zack Gottsagen co-stars in the project from Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment.