Rob Lowe To Star In ABC Sports Rom-Com The Ram; EPs Include Peyton Manning And Colin Cowherd

Just seven months after hanging up his hat on Fox's 9-1-1: Lone Star, Rob Lowe is eyeing a return to network TV as the star of a "workplace romantic comedy" in development at ABC, Variety reports.

Lowe is set to executive-produce and star in The Ram, which finds him playing a "daily sports talk show host who falls for the new producer brought in to boost his ratings," per the character's official description.

NFL legend Peyton Manning and real-life sports talk show host Colin Cowherd will also executive-produce. Additional EPs include writers Betsy Thomas, Bob Fisher and Rob Greenberg; Eric Tannebaum, Kim Tannenbaum and Jason Wang of the Tannenbaum Co.; and Jamie Horowitz and Ben Brown via Omaha Productions.

As mentioned earlier, Lowe wrapped his five-season run (2020–2025) as 9-1-1: Lone Star's Captain Owen Strand earlier this year. He also co-starred opposite son John Owen Lowe in two seasons of the Netflix comedy Unstable (2023–2024), on which he played egomaniacal biotech CEO Ellis Dragon. Lowe has also served as host of the Fox game show The Floor since 2023. He does not sleep.

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