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'Sopranos' Daughter Delivers UPN Drama

Thursday, November 04, 2004

02:24 PM PT

"Sopranos" co-star Jamie-Lynn DiScala will produce and possibly star in a UPN drama based on the website Vivianlives.com.

The site, and three follow-up books, come from the mind of Sherrie Krantz and focus on the author's alter ego Vivian Livingston. Vivian is a single, twentysomething career gal in New York City who seems to owe more than a little to "Sex and the City." On the site, users can read Vivian's journals, play solitaire and purchase a variety of associated products.

DiScala, Meadow on HBO's Emmy-winning mob drama, brought the project to UPN. The actress' biggest credit outside of her familiar series is the recent telefilm "Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss. DiScala plans to produce the series along with her husband and manager A.J. DiScala.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, DiScala plans to star as well, but she won't be able to commit to the UPN project until her "Sopranos" commitments are fulfilled. The series isn't expected to return to HBO before Spring of 2006.

Matt Walden and Barry Katz will executive produce the series for New Wave Entertainment.