( EW.com ) -- A drama pilot in development for ABC this fall will reunite Jennifer Beals with the creator/executive producer of `` The L Word , '' the drama she starred in at Showtime . Ilene Chaiken will serve as the showrunner for `` Venice , '' a sudsy drama pilot from McG about two rival families who live in the California city , Deadline reports . Chaiken was a co-creator of The L Word , which aired on the pay network from 2004-09 . Beals will play the matriarch of one of the families in the drama pilot , which McG will direct . Beals last appeared in Fox 's `` The Mob Doctor '' and `` The Chicago Code . '' Chris Harrison 's 'Bachelor ' blog . For more about ABC 's development roster for fall , as well as what 's up at the other nets , here is our master list . See the original article at EW.com . CLICK HERE to Try 2 RISK FREE issues of Entertainment Weekly . © 2011 Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc. All rights reserved .
A pilot in development for ABC will reunite Jennifer Beals with `` L Word '' creator . Ilene Chaiken will serve as the showrunner for `` Venice '' `` Venice '' is a sudsy drama about two rival families who live in the California city .