Penn tapped for Brotherhood

By Paige Albiniak
( Broadcasting & Cable )
published

Chris Penn has been cast as the youngest brother on David E. Kelley’s
upcoming Brotherhood of Poland, N.H., replacing Brian Haley, who
was originally cast to play the part.

Penn plays an optimistic, funny character who is unemployed and married with
a teen-age daughter.

Kelley said in June that he was reconceiving the part of the third brother and
lightening up the pilot.

Penn’s character, Waylon, "embodies the humor of the show," CBS said.

Brotherhood of Poland, N.H., is scheduled to air this fall on Wednesdays
at 10 p.m.

Paige Albiniak
Paige Albiniak

Contributing editor Paige Albiniak has been covering the business of television for more than 25 years. She is a longtime contributor to Next TV, Broadcasting + Cable and Multichannel News. She concurrently serves as editorial director for The Global Entertainment Marketing Academy of Arts & Sciences (G.E.M.A.). She has written for such publications as TVNewsCheck, The New York Post, Variety, CBS Watch and more. Albiniak was B+C’s Los Angeles bureau chief from September 2002 to 2004, and an associate editor covering Congress and lobbying for the magazine in Washington, D.C., from January 1997 - September 2002.