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Ben Browder cast in CW pilot Hellcats

Former Stargate SG-1 cast member Ben Browder has been cast in Hellcats, a new dramedy pilot for The CW network, according to Deadline Hollywood.

Browder (SG-1’s Cameron Mitchell) will play Lancer University football coach Red Irvine, described as “a handsome rogue who never lost the boyishness of youth.”

Produced by Smallville‘s Tom Welling, the show looks at the world of competitive college cheerleaders.  It also stars Aly Michalka, Ashley Tisdale, Elena Esovolova, Gail O’Grady, Matt Barr and Robbie Jones.

Allan Arkush is directing the pilot for CBS Television Studios / Warner Bros, with a script by Kevin Murphy.

We’ll keep our eyes open to see if the series is picked up for broadcast!

(Thanks to Prion, Madwelshboy, and Ron for the tip!)

Darren

Darren created GateWorld in 1999 and is the site's managing editor. He lives in the Seattle area with his wife and three spin-off Stargate fans.

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  • This is awesome! Good news for Ben and his admirers (some predate SG-1 with Farscape and if you believe it or not were brought on SG-1 over by him and Claudia Black). I hope it's a good show and that is picked up!

  • I loved Ben Browder in Farscape, so good luck to him on this new show, he is a brilliant actor.

    Its just a shame he was so wrong for Stargate, its not his fault, the producers should have known better than to try and replace RDA.

  • Ben's awesome. Loved him in both Stargate and Farscape (my two most favorite shows). Probably wants to keep his acting career varied (who can blame him)?

    Prefer him, though, as the "Dashing Science Fiction Hero"... ;)

  • if your a fan of stargate i cant see you not being a fan of farscape......amazing show and amazing actor. i wish nothing but the best for him in whatever he does

  • Absolutly love Farscape, was hoping for those webisodes to come through but obviously not :(

    Good luck to the guy! awesome actor.

  • I don't really like cheerleaders, but this I'll watch. I first read on Wikipedia that he was going to star in this show. But from what I read there, He doesn't really sound like the good guy...

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