Actors plot return to television

One pilot is about a group of friends plotting to rob a celebrity.
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Pop star Brandy and "Grounded for Life" star Donal Logue, both absent from TV for varying lengths of time, are plotting their returns to the small screen in projects at The WB and ABC.
Brandy has signed on to star in a pilot written by "Girlfriends" creator Mara Brock Akil, about a 25-year-old woman who leaves her life-long home in New York to work in Los Angeles. Logue, meanwhile, is set to star in a comedy from "Ed" creators Rob Burnett and Jon Beckerman about a group of guys who plan to rob a celebrity, the showbiz trade papers report.
Burnett and Beckerman originally titled their script "I Want to Rob Jeff Goldblum." They were apparently unable to convince Goldblum to take part in the show, however, so another celeb will become the target of Logue's character and his pals.
In addition to "Grounded for Life," which ran on Fox and The WB for five seasons, Logue has starred in the indie films "Tennis, Anyone?" (which he also co-wrote and directed) and "The Tao of Steve" and appeared in "Just Like Heaven," "Confidence" and "American Splendor." He'll serve as a producer on the pilot; Burnett and Beckerman are executive producing with David Letterman, through his Worldwide Pants company.
Reunion
The Brandy project represents a reunion for the singer-actress and Akil, who worked as a writer on "Moesha" before creating "Girlfriends." Akil will executive produce the pilot with Craig Zadan and Neil Meron ("Chicago," "The Reagans"), who also worked with Brandy on ABC's "Cinderella" in 1997.
Zadan and Meron are also producing a Fox pilot in which "Hairspray" Tony winner Harvey Fierstein would play a blue-collar mom in the mold of "Roseanne." Fierstein is co-writing the script with David Richardson ("Malcolm in the Middle," "Married to the Kellys").