Although NBC Entertainment President Jeff Zucker refuses to officially declare "Ed" dead, one of the show's main stars, Julie Bowen, has her sights set on a new NBC comedy pilot for next season. Bowen leads the latest round of casting news, which also includes fresh pilot homes for Peter Facinelli, Monica Potter and Michael Rooker.

Bowen ("Happy Gilmore") will join "Saturday Night Live" alum Ana Gasteyer "The Friendlys." Bowen, who played Carol Vessey for four seasons on "Ed," will play the spoiled daughter of a deceased mogul fighting his wife (Gasteyer) for control of his business.

"Fastlane's" Facinelli will return to FOX to take one of the leads in the network's untitled undercover cop drama from Kathryn Bigelow and the Kessler brothers. Facinelli, who was most recently seen on an episode of Bravo's "Celebrity Poker Showdown," will play the boss of a team of agents working undercover at a Hollywood high school.

Over on CBS, Potter ("Patch Adams") will co-star in "The Amazing Westerbergs." Chris O'Donnell and Jay Harrington play brothers who were raised to believe they could do anything only to discovery difficulties in the real world. Potter will play their attractive neighbor.

Last development season, Potter starred opposite Andy Richter in the pilot for "The Lunchbox Chronicles," which has been reconceived this pilot season with Ricki Lake as the lead.

Also at CBS, Michael Rooker ("Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer") has been cast in the drama "Numbers" opposite David Krumholtz. Rooker, last seen on the small screen in "Saving Jessica Lynch" and in an episode of "CSI: Miami," will play a gruff FBI agent working with Krumholtz' MIT-trained math whiz to solve crimes.

In CBS creative development, "Nice Guys," from Joel Silver, Shane Black and Anthony Bagarozzi has been pushed to midseason. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the show is still trying to find the right leads. Shaun Cassidy was recently recruited to help reshape the pilot script.

In other casting news, Willie Garson ("Taken," "Sex and the City") will appear in ABC's "Plan B" playing Caroline Rhea's neighbor, while Maggie Grace ("Oliver Beene") has been added to the J.J. Abrams castaway drama "Lost."

Kate Levering will appear in UPN's Taye Diggs drama "Kevin Hill" and Jon Tenney ("Kristin") and Kevin Wheatly will co-star in The WB's comedy "Joint Custody."