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There’s a good reason Pushing Daisies‘ Olive Snook wasn’t The Pie Hole’s head pastry chef.

Kristin Chenoweth, who will soon make her debut on Starz’s American Gods, played the feisty pie-shop waitress on Bryan Fuller’s 2007-’09 dramedy. “She’s not a very good waitress, and she’s not a very good cook,” Chenoweth tells TVLine, laughing. “Neither is Kristin, so it really wasn’t acting.”

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Brian Stokes Mitchell is set for a series-regular role opposite Noah Wyle in Perfect Citizen, CBS' legal drama pilot from The Good Wife executive producer Craig Turk. Written/executive produced by Turk and directed/exec produced by Paris Barclay, Perfect Citizen centers on Deck (Wyle), the former general counsel for the Nsa who, after his involvement as a whistleblower in an international scandal, embarks on a new career at a storied law firm in Boston. Once there, he…...

Kristin Chenoweth is heading to court — for her latest TV role.

The Hairspray Live! star has signed on to join Noah Wyle in the CBS legal drama pilot Perfect Citizen, our sister site Deadline is reporting. She’ll play Jessica, a partner at a Boston law firm that hires a former Nsa attorney and infamous whistleblower, played by ER veteran Wyle.

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Kristin Chenoweth is set to co-star opposite Noah Wyle in Perfect Citizen, CBS' legal drama pilot from The Good Wife executive producer Craig Turk. Written/executive produced by Turk and directed/exec produced by Paris Barclay, Perfect Citizen centers on Deck (Wyle), the former general counsel for the Nsa who, after his involvement as a whistleblower in an international scandal, embarks on a new career at a storied law firm in Boston. Once there, he must face the reality…...

Shanley Caswell (The Conjuring), Adrienne Warren (Point of Honor) and Stephanie Szostak (Satisfaction) have joined the series regular cast of Perfect Citizen, CBS' legal drama pilot from The Good Wife executive producer Craig Turk. Written/executive produced by Turk and directed by Paris Barclay, Perfect Citizen centers on Deck (Noah Wyle), the former general counsel for the Nsa who, after his involvement as a whistleblower in an international scandal, embarks on a new…...

Noah Wyle is set to be CBS’ Perfect Citizen as the star of the legal drama pilot hailing from The Good Wife writer/executive producer Craig Turk, our sister site Deadline reports.

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The Falling Skies and ER vet will play the former General Counsel for the Nsa, who embarks on a new career at a storied Boston law firm after his involvement as a whistleblower in an international scandal. He must then face the reality that while half the country thinks he’s our greatest patriot,...

Former Falling Skies and ER star Noah Wyle is set as the lead in Perfect Citizen, CBS’ legal drama pilot from The Good Wife executive producer Craig Turk. Written/executive produced by Turk, Perfect Citizen centers on Deck (Wyle), the former general counsel for the Nsa who, after his involvement as a whistleblower in an international scandal, embarks on a new career at a storied law firm in Boston. Once there, he must face the reality that half the country thinks he's our…...

Lenny Platt (Quantico) has booked a role in CBS pilot Perfect Citizen, a legal drama written and executive produced by former Good Wife executive producer Craig Turk. Written/executive produced by Turk and directed by Ep Paris Barclay, Perfect Citizen centers on the former general counsel for the Nsa who, after his involvement as a whistleblower in an international scandal, embarks on a new career at a storied law firm in Boston. Once there, he must face the reality that…...