News > Rob Lowe Joins Brothers & Sisters
November 2, 2006
Content taken from Coming Soon
Rob Lowe is returning to television, joining the cast of ABC's fall hit "Brothers & Sisters" for at least six episodes, reports Variety.
The role -- a Republican U.S. senator from California running for re-election in the midst of a nasty divorce -- was written specifically for Lowe by executive producer Jon Robin Baitz, who wrote an episode of "The West Wing" while Lowe was still a part of that series.
Baitz said that as production on "Brothers & Sisters" has progressed, the producers began looking for ways to broaden Calista Flockhart's character on the show.
Lowe's senator will be a John McCain-type Republican. He'll meet Flockhart's Kitty character via the latter's TV gabfest. A romantic relationship will ensue.
"He brings a maturity to the role on a show that's about people who are no longer kids," Baitz said. Lowe is signed on for only six episodes, but Baitz is hoping he'll end up staying full-time.
