Curtin to play 'Nice'

Bornheimer to 'Dash'
By VARIETY STAFF


ABC
Casting -- Jane Curtin has signed on to play Joy, the secretary to Angela (Jayma Mays), in the comedy pilot "Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office." Curtin most recently starred in the comedy "Crumbs," also on the Alphabet net. Her other major credits include "Kate & Allie" and "Saturday Night Live."

"Nice Girls," from 20th Century Fox TV and Imagine, is based on the book about a woman trying to make it in the corporate world.

CW
Casting -- Kyle Bornheimer ("The Unit") will play Nick in "Dash 4 Cash," the comedy set in the reality TV world from CBS Paramount Network TV.

Fox
Casting -- Dana Ivey ("Oz") will play Molly in comedy "The Return of Jezebel James," from Regency TV.

NBC
Title change -- "Area 52," the comedy from NBC Universal TV Studio about an office in the Nevada desert whose staff watches over an alien, has now been named "Area 57."