"NewsRadio" star Stephen Root, fresh from a recent turn on "Boardwalk Empire," has been cast in the Fox pilot "To My Future Assistant."
The pilot, which also cast Brittany Snow on Tuesday, is centered around a New York law office where the assistants band together to cope with their obnoxious, overbearing bosses. Catherine O’Hara, Joe Egender and Melissa Tang have also been cast.
Root will play "Frank," the stern, intense attorney who is the boss of Snow's character, "Jen." His character loads her down with chores and demeaning personal errands. But when she quits in frustration at being passed over for an associate lawyer job, he offers some surprisingly sound advice.