Anthony Anderson To Star In ‘Public Defenders’ ABC Pilot; Liz Astrof To Showrun & Randall Einhorn To Direct

A year after Black-ish ended its run, Anthony Anderson is returning to ABC as a star of another single-camera comedy, pilot Public Defenders. Randall Einhorn has come on board to direct the pilot written by Eddie Quintana. Liz Astrof is set as showrunner.

March 7, 2023 · 1 min · 78 words · Andrew Harding

Liz Astrof is set as showrunner.

Anderson will play Marshall, the public defenders boss.

Marshalls hard line is revealed to be tough love, as hes deeply protective of them.

Public Defenders

Anthony Anderson, Liz Astrof and Randall EinhornABC/Kwaku Alston/Jeff Xander/Craig Sjodin

20th Television is the studio.

She recently created and served as showrunner on the comedy seriesPivoting, which ran on Fox for one season.

Einhorn most recently directed and executive producedAbbott Elementaryfor ABC.

He is repped by Odenkirk-Provissiero and CAA.