I've got a couple things in development so we'll see what lands.' The Emmy-nominated Britton, who wrapped her highly rated, one-season stint on FX's anthology 'American Horror Story' in December, becomes the fifth former 'Friday Night Lights' star to land a pilot this development season. 'I was just on the phone with him before I came over here,' she said Friday. In addition to 'Nashville,' Britton told 'THR' that she was still working with David O.

She revealed that she was aware of the series' anthology design to reboot the show every season at the outset, which became part of the allure of jumping into such a different role. 'I do love to work and I love to work in TV,' Britton told 'THR' on Friday at the PaleyFest session for 'American Horror Story.' 'It's finding something that feels like it's going to give me something that I haven't had yet.' Britton told fans during the panel that she was attracted to the role of Vivien Harmon on Ryan Murphy/Brad Falchuk's 'American Horror Story' since her character was unlike America's sweetheart, 'FNL's' Tami Taylor. The latter's Steve Buchanan will serve as an executive producer, with Cutler directing the pilot. Cutler will write and executive produce the drama project, which hails from ABC Studios, Lionsgate and Gaylord Entertainment. Callie Khouri ('Thelma & Louise') and R.J. The actress, still best known for her starring role on NBC/DirecTV's beloved but ultimately little-watched drama 'Friday Night Lights,' joins previously cast Panettiere, along with Powers Boothe, Sam Palladio, Clare Bowen, Jonathan Jackson, Robert Wisdom and Eric Close, who will play her on-screen husband. Britton will play the former, a 40-year-old Nashville superstar named Rayna who is being forced to team with teen breakout Juliette Barnes (Hayden Panettiere) on tour as her own album sales are struggling. The actress will star in ABC's 'Nashville,' a family soap set against the backdrop of the Nashville music scene revolving around one star at her peak and another on the rise, 'The Hollywood Reporter' has learned. 'American Horror Story's' Connie Britton is heading back to TV.

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