Piper Perabo joins ABC’s ‘Notorious’ legal pilot

Piper Perabo, who is best known for her role on USA Network’s Covert Affairs, has joined Notorious, a legal drama pilot for ABC.

The pilot was written by Drop Dead Diva creator Josh Berman with Suri’s Burn Book blogger Allie Hagan, reports TVLine.

Daniel Sunjata (Graceland, Smash) stars as criminal defense attorney Mark Geragos, while Perabo will star as cable news producer Wendy Walker. ABC promises that the pilot, based on true stories, will look at “the unique, sexy, and dangerous interplay of criminal law and the media.”

Wendy is described as a producer who looks clean on the outside, but is never scared about getting down and dirty to get the headline she wants.

Perabo earned a Golden Globe nomination for Covert Affairs in 2011. The series ran from 2010 to 2014. Her other credits include the short-lived Matthew Perry comedy Go On, Looper and The Prestige.