EXCLUSIVE : Station 19 star Jaina Lee Ortiz is returning to ABC as a series regular on the network’s upcoming hourlong series RJ Decker headlined by Scott Speedman . The project, from Elementary creator Rob Doherty based on the 1987 novel Double Whammy by Carl Hiaasen, is slated to premiere in midseason.

RJ Decker, from 20th Television, centers on the eponymous RJ Decker (Speedman), a disgraced newspaper photographer and ex-con who starts over as a private investigator in the colorful-if-crime-filled world of South Florida. The series follows him tackle cases that range from slightly odd to outright bizarre with the help of his journalist ex, her police detective wife, and a shadowy new benefactor, a woman from his past who could be his greatest ally… or his one-way ticket

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