"24" actress Sackhoff to star in ABC crime drama

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "Battlestar Galactica" alumna Katee Sackhoff is set to star in an untitled crime drama pilot at ABC.

Sackhoff, who co-stars on Fox's "24" this season, will play a detective who teams with a disgraced ex-cop to solve crimes and untangle the conspiracy that sent him underground.

The producers of "24" are tightlipped about any plot twists on the real-time action drama, but it's understood that Sackhoff's story line would allow her to take on a new series for next season even if "24" were to return for a ninth cycle.

Sackhoff played Kara "Starbuck" Thrace on "Battlestar Galactica."