TORONTO MOVIE/TV NEWS

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Hamilton's Jones Leads ABC Primetime PIlot

Hamilton, Ontario-born actor, comedian Jason Jones, currently a "Daily Show" TV 'correspondent' will play the lead in the ABC TV pilot "How to Be a Better American."

Jones will portray a father "...on a journey to be a better person..."

Jones has worked on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" since 2005.

Other "Daily Show" correspondents who have gone onto US primetime include Steve Carell and Ed Helms ("The Office"), Rob Corddry, ("The Winner") and Rob Riggle ("Team Spitz")...