Kathryn Morris Joins CBS Pilot ‘Surgeon General’, Anna Wood To Star In ‘Reckless’

Former Cold Case star Kathryn Morris is returning to CBS with a lead role opposite Jason Issacs in the network’s drama pilot Surgeon General. Written by Samuel Baum and produced by CBS TV Studios, the project centers on Dr. John Sherman (Isaacs), the most powerful doctor in the nation, the Surgeon General, who has 315 million patients. Morris, repped by Gersh and Mosaic, plays Lydia, the Surgeon General’s Chief of Staff.

Anna Wood has landed the female lead in CBS‘ drama pilot Reckless, directed by Catherine Hardwicke from a script by Dana Stevens. The sultry legal show set in Charleston, SC, centers on Jamie (Wood), a gorgeous Yankee litigator, and Roy (Cam Gigandet), a Southern City Attorney, who struggle to hide their intense attraction while clashing over a police sex scandal. Wood is repped by SMS, Leading Artists and Liberman Zerman.

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