John Barrowman in new ABC pilot

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John Barrowman cast in new ABC pilot!
By Greg Hernandez on Mar 7, 2012 12:02 am

John Barrowman may be enjoying huge success as Capt. Jack Harkness on Torchwood, but the gorgeous and mega-talented star has never been able to break through on American network television.

Oh, he has tried and I’ve been there to watch every time.

In the mid-90s, he was one of the stars of the prime-time CBS soap Central Park West playing a John F. Kennedy Jr.-type character. Then in the fall of 2000, he was part of the cast of the truly awful NBC prime-time soap Titans.

He finally had some network success playing a really bad guy on 11 episodes of ABC’s Desperate Housewives in 2010.

Now Barrowman is getting another shot. TVLine reports that the actor will star in the pilot for the period drama Gilded Lilys from Shondra Rhimes, the woman behind Grey’s Anatomy and Private Practice.

Lilys is set in 1895 and promises to deliver an epic love story, a vicious rivalry and a scandalous secret unfolding against the backdrop of the opening of New York’s first luxury hotel. Barrowman will play a member of the show’s central family, the Lilys.