The Class on CBS

20th June 2006

THE CLASS (CBS) - Sean Maguire (Donovan Brink on "Eve") has joined the cast of the ensemble comedy, about a group of childhood classmates who reunite in their 20s. He'll play Kyle in the Warner Bros. Television-based half-hour, which James Burrows is directing from a script by Jeffrey Klarik and David Crane. Maguire's involvement however is in second position to his duties on the UPN sitcom Eve, should it return. Jason Ritter, Lucy Punch, Heather Goldenhersh, Jon Bernthal, Andrea Anders and Jesse Ferguson also star.

"Class" revolves around a core group of eight twentysomethings who were all in the same third-grade class 20 years ago.Most of the group doesn't keep in touch or even remember one another. They're brought together again by happenstance when one of them throws a surprise anniversary party for his girlfriend -- whom he met in the third grade.

"They have separate lives and there are few connections that exist beforehand," Klarik said. "But through the course of the series, connections are made between the characters. It's about following their individual lives -- there's no one living room where they gather."

Beyond the core eight, Crane and Klarik said the show will be populated by several other recurring characters, giving it a larger scope than traditional half-hours.

Sean News