Sarah Chalke to star in ABC pilot

Actress Sarah Chalke arrives at the Hollywood Reporter's annual Women in Entertainment Power 100 breakfast in Beverly Hills, California December 5, 2008.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "Scrubs" star Sarah Chalke is returning to ABC with another comedy project.

Chalke has joined the cast of "Freshmen," which centers on the friendship of three freshmen members of Congress -- two men and a woman -- who live together in D.C.

Chalke will play the woman, Jane, a beautiful, smart and funny freshman Congresswoman who was the VP at a multi-billion dollar company when she was just 28, and who won her district with the largest margin of any candidate since 1977. However, when it comes to men, Jane is a disaster waiting to happen.

Greg Malins ("How I Met Your Mother") wrote the script and is executive-producing with Arianna Huffington.

Chalke, who played Dr. Elliot Reid on "Scrubs" for eight years, reprised the character in several episodes of the show this season.