{"id":14366,"date":"2025-06-25T20:00:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T20:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/14366\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T20:00:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T20:00:08","slug":"scott-speedman-to-star-in-rj-decker-abc-pilot-return-to-greys-excl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/14366\/","title":{"rendered":"Scott Speedman To Star In ‘RJ Decker’ ABC Pilot, Return To ‘Grey’s’ (Excl)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tEXCLUSIVE<\/strong>: Scott Speedman<\/a> has been tapped for the lead in RJ Decker<\/a>, ABC<\/a>\u2018s drama pilot from Elementary creator Rob Doherty based on the 1987 novel Double Whammy by Carl Hiaasen. Speedman will play the title character in the 20th Television pilot, written by Doherty and directed by Paul McGuigan.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe casting expands Speedman\u2019s existing relationship with ABC and 20th TV through his role as Nick Marsh on Grey\u2019s Anatomy<\/a>. He has been recurring on the ABC\/20th TV medical drama after a Season 18 series-regular stint. The RJ Decker casting is not expected to impact that, and I hear the plan is for him to be able to do both should the pilot go to series.<\/p>\n

\n\tRJ Decker centers on the eponymous RJ Decker (Speedman), a disgraced newspaper photographer and ex-con who starts over as a private investigator in the colorful-if-crime-filled world of Carl Hiaasen\u2019s South Florida. He tackles cases that range from slightly odd to outright bizarre with the help of his journalist ex, her police detective wife and a shadowy new benefactor \u2014 a woman from his past who could be his greatest ally \u2026 or his one-way ticket back to prison.<\/p>\n

\n\tRELATED: 2025 Premiere Dates For New & Returning Series On Broadcast, Cable & Streaming<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tSpeedman\u2019s RJ Decker is described as someone who has charm to spare and the owner of a short fuse and a restless soul.<\/p>\n

\n\tDoherty executive produces the pilot alongside Carl Beverly and Sarah Timberman of Timberman-Beverly Productions as well as McGuigan and Hiaasen. 20th Television is the studio.<\/p>\n

\n\tI hear Speedman likely would segue to filming appearances on the upcoming 22nd season of Grey\u2019s Anatomy<\/a> after wrapping RJ Decker. At the time of the Season 21 finale in May<\/a>, Deadline asked Grey\u2019s Anatomy executive producer\/showrunner Meg Marinis whether Speedman would be back next season.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cObviously, deals haven\u2019t been made yet, but we love Scott, and his character Nick and Meredith are still together,\u201d she said<\/a> of one of the show\u2019s most popular couples, played by Speedman and Grey\u2019s star Ellen Pompeo. \u201cHe was also at the star ceremony supporting Ellen, so it was really great to see. Oh, and the fans were so excited to see him there with her.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tRJ Decker is the only pilot ordered by ABC in 2025 so far. Greenlighted in May<\/a> for midseason 2026 consideration, it feels like a good fit for crime shows with a light tone \u2014 and a singular lead \u2014 on the network such as High Potential, The Rookie and Will Trent.<\/p>\n

\n\tFelicity alum Speedman most recently starred in the Peacock horror series Teacup. He previously was a lead in the TNT drama series Animal Kingdom and had a major recurring role on Season 3 of Netflix\u2019s You. In features, he is known for his work in the Underworld franchise. Speedman is repped by CAA, Untitled Entertainment and Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Scott Speedman has been tapped for the lead in RJ Decker, ABC\u2018s drama pilot from Elementary creator…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":14367,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[8811,171,14820,14821,14822,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-14366","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-abc","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-greys-anatomy","11":"tag-rj-decker","12":"tag-scott-speedman","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114745784869820079","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14366\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}