Smash star Megan Hilty has signed on to star in TV Land’s I Shudder pilot set to film in October in New York. Also joining the pilot cast are John Behlmann, Geneva Carr, and Brooklyn Shuck, all of whom will be starring alongside previously cast member Hamish Linklater. The series is based on Paul Rudnick’s book I Shudder: And Other Reactions to Life, Death, and New Jersey, with Rudnick writing and executive producing the pilot. Pushing Daisies‘ Dan Jinks is also on board as an executive producer.
The Plot: “I Shudder is a comedy revolving around Elyot Vionnet, an advocate of manners, style and most importantly, common decency. Observing people committing heinous crimes of etiquette, he tries to counsel them from afar, inserting himself into their lives most unwelcomely. When the individuals he deems classless choose not to take his advice, they are met with terrible consequences. Elyot joins forces with his young neighbor Stella to try to make the world better, one tactless person at a time.”
Hamish Linklater is set to play Elyot Vionnet with Megan Hilty and John Behlmann cast as Sara and Drake Morell, the parents of 11 year old Stella (Brooklyn Shuck). Geneva Carr will play Susan Marie, Elyot’s other neighbor who is described as “unpleasant and self-righteous.”
There’s no word yet on when I Shudder will debut on TV Land.
