Eastsiders creator and star Kit Williamson has joined forces with Michael Rauch (former showrunner of USA's Royal Pains), Lisa Kudrow and Dan Bucatinsky for a new legal drama that was just sold to CBS.
Deadline reports: Written by Williamson with Rauch supervising, Rebel Law centers on an openly gay attorney who returns home to Mississippi to join his family's multi-generational law practice where they work through their personal and political differences both inside and outside the courtroom. Rauch, Kudrow and Bucatinsky executive produce, with Williamson co-executive producing for CBS TV Studios.
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Kudrow and Bucatinsky's Is Or Isn't Entertainment (Web Therapy) will be involved in production.
Williamson himself hails from Mississippi and this year emceed Mississippi Pride.
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