Kelsey Grammer Joins Roman Empire For ABC

Kelsey Grammer has signed on for a starring role on ABC’s comedy pilot Roman’s Empire says The Hollywood Reporter. Roman Empire is a single-camera comedy that centers on Leo (Nick Thune), a lovable guy who, after getting dumped by his girlfriend (Christine Woods), tries but cannot extricate himself from her wealthy family, the Prettys, and her outrageous, overbearing father, Roman Pretty (Grammer). Also cast in the CBS Par/ABC Studios pilot are Laura Leigh and Carla Gallo as Roman’s other two daughters and Zachary Knighton as the boyfriend of one of them.