Everybody Loves Gabby!

Eurweb.com reports that Gabrielle Union has signed a mid-six-figure casting and development deal with ABC and Touchstone to take another stab at television (she was last seen on the short-lived drama Night Stalker). According to Variety, the deal calls for the network and studio to seek out and develop new starring vehicles for Union. The actress is already meeting with writers to find a project, the trade reports. If Union isn’t feeling any of those projects, she’ll be available to star in one of the network’s pilots, reports Variety. I hope this is a step in the right direction for network TV to start including more African-American characters. But in the meantime, look out for Gabby in the new Tyler Perry film Daddy’s Little Girls, coming out right in time for Valentine's Day 2007.