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A Light Through Coloured Glass arrives as a quiet but potent British drama, one that begins with a scenario familiar to anyone who appreciates the country’s cinematic tradition of realism. We meet William, a man whose life is built on structured belief.

Played by Kyle Brookes, he is a church organist and the host of a local television show about faith, yet his own world is cracking apart now that his wife has left him. Then there is Tina, brought to life with a frantic energy by Sophia Leanne Kelly. She is a young woman caught in a spin cycle of bad luck and worse choices.

Their worlds collide in the most mundane of settings: a corner store. An argument over credit for milk and cigarettes leads to William stepping in to pay the small sum. Tina, proud and insistent, demands to repay him, dragging him into her chaotic...

It’s never too late to cheer on the home team: Heroes alum Ali Larter will star as a 40-year-old mom who decides to pursue her lifelong dream of becoming a pro football cheerleader in a new Fox sitcom, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The single-camera comedy, titled The Sidelines, follows Larter’s character — a newly separated Detroit mom — as she makes the cheerleading squad of her local football team “and becomes the accidental den mother to a group of scrappy, resilient young women, rediscovering herself in the process,” per the official description. Larter will also serve as an executive producer.

Fox has put in development The Sidelines, a single-camera half-hour comedy starring and executive produced by Heroes alumna Ali Larter, from writer Kate Gersten (The Good Place), Ben Stiller’s Red Hour Productions and SideCar Content Accelerator. The project is a co-production between SideCar and Fox Entertainment.

Written by Gersten, The Sidelines follows a newly separated mother of two (Larter), who, at age 40, decides to achieve her lifelong dream of becoming a professional cheerleader. Against all odds, she makes the squad for a local Detroit football team and becomes the accidental den mother to this group of scrappy, resilient young women — and rediscovers herself in the process.

Gersten and Larter executive produce with Gail Berman for SideCar; Alissa Vradenburg; and Ben Stiller, Nicky Weinstock and Jackie Cohn for Red Hour. Laura Vikmanis is consulting producer.

Larter played sports agent Amelia Slater on Fox drama series Pitch. Known for her starring...

Heroes alumna Ali Larter is set for key recurring role opposite Jenna Fischer and Oliver Hudson on the second season of ABC comedy series Splitting Up Together, from Warner Bros. TV.

Splitting Up Together stars Fischer and Hudson as Lena and Martin, the couple whose marriage is reinvigorated by their divorce. They still live in the same house, alternating weeks, with one living upstairs and doing the parenting while the other lives downstairs in the guest apartment.

Larter will play no-nonsense Paige, who Martin finds attractive and Lena finds intimidating. Using her own “normal” divorce as a reference, Paige is unafraid to speak her mind, and she makes her feelings known about Lena and Martin’s unconventional arrangement.

Diane Farr, Lindsay Price, Bobby Lee, Olivia Keville, Van Crosby and Sander Thomas co-star in the comedy from A Very Good Production and Piece of Pie Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television.