'Heroes'' Hayden Panettiere to produce CW medical drama

Hayden Panettiere and The CW: Two great tastes that are female friendly that taste great together.

The "Heroes" actress will make her producing debut as the co-executive producer on "HMS," a med school drama for the CW, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The ensemble drama by "Mystic Pizza" writer Amy Holden Jones centers on Harvard Medical School students. Jones, who is a writer-executive producer on the project, is also working on a backdoor pilot for Lifetime, "Mystic Pizza: Another Slice."

Fun FYI -- Besides Hayden Panettiere, here are other TV starlets who've donned the producing/directing cap:

Penny Marshall
Small screen: "Laverne & Shirley"
Behind the lens: "Jumpin' Jack Flash," "A League of Their Own," "Awakenings," "The Preacher's Wife," "Riding in Cars With Boys," "Cinderella Man," "Bewitched"

Melissa Joan Hart
Small screen: "Clarissa Explains It All," "Sabrina the Teenage Witch"
Behind the lens: "Child Star: The Shirley Temple Story," "Sabrina the Teenage Witch," "My Fake Fiancee"

Amanda Tapping
Small screen: "Stargate: SG-1," "Stargate: Atlantis," "Sanctuary"
Behind the lens: "Sanctuary"

Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen
Small screen: "Full House," "Two of a Kind," "So Little Time," "Weeds" (Mary-Kate only)
Behind the lens: "So Little Time," "New York Minute"

Jennifer Love Hewitt
Small screen: "Party of Five," "Time of Your Life," "Ghost Whisperer"
Behind the lens: "Ghost Whisperer

Jodie Foster
Small screen: "The Courtship of Eddie's Father," "Gunsmoke," "My Three Sons"
Behind the lens: "Little Man Tate," "Nell," "Home for the Holdiays," "The Brave One," "The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys"

Soleil Moon Frye
Small screen: "Punky Brewster," "Sabrina the Teenage Witch"
Behind the lens: "Wild Horses," "Sonny Boy"

Goldie Hawn
Small screen: "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In"
Behind the lens: "Wildcats," "My Blue Heaven," "Something to Talk About"

Bonnie Hunt
Small screen: "Grand," "Davis Rules,"Life With Bonnie," "The Bonnie Hunt Show"
Behind the lens:  "Return to Me," "Life With Bonnie," "The Bonnie Hunt Show"

So many more ... who are we missing? Would you watch "HMS"?

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