Phylicia Rashad Is Coming Back To TV

Don’t ever think that Phylicia Rashad has stopped collecting checks out here. According to Variety, our favorite television mom is coming to the new CBS drama “For Justice.”

Rashad will play a gay woman named Georgia Howe in the series’ pilot.

And to make a good story even sweeter, the pilot will be directed by Selma’s Ava DuVernay.

Howe, Rashad’s character, is being described as a “savvy Washington player who has faced discrimination for her race and sexual orientation, and fights to protect the independence and integrity of her high-profile Civil Rights Division.”

The show is based on James Patterson’s novel The Thomas Berryman Number, which follows a female FBI agent working who finds herself caught up between her biological and professional families. Rene Balcer, the writer and producer behind “Law & Order” will pen the pilot and work as executive producer with DuVernay, Robert De Niro, James Patterson and more.

Will you check this series out?

WENN