ABC Picks Up Cop Drama Pilot Starring Reba

ABC has ordered the pilot to Marc Cherry’s untitled southern police drama starring Reba McEntire.

Here is the official description of the show:
Ruby Adair, the sheriff of colorful small town Oxblood, Kentucky, finds her red state outlook challenged when a young FBI agent of Middle Eastern descent is sent to help her solve a horrific crime. Together they form an uneasy alliance as Ruby takes the agent behind the lace curtains of this southern gothic community to meet an assortment of bizarre characters, each with a secret of their own.

Creator Cherry said in a statement, “I am thrilled to be coming back home to ABC. What makes it all the sweeter is Reba McEntire is coming with me. And we can’t wait to share with our fans this wonderful Southern Gothic soap opera we’ve been cooking up for them,”

Cherry created Desperate Housewives which ran on ABC from 2004 to 2012. Reba starred in Malibu Country which ran from 2012 to 2013.