Having co-starred on the final season of NBC's long-running series 'ER,' Angela Bassett is returning to television in a new series being developed by ABC, states Deadline.com.

The project, 'One Police Plaza,' centers on New York City's first female commissioner, to be played by Bassett.

Former prosecutor and best-selling crime novelist Linda Fairstein and Kenneth L. Solarz are writing the script and will executive produce 'One Police Plaza' with Gordon and Deborah Spera.

In 2005, Bassett played CIA director Hayden Chase in a couple of episodes of the popular J.J. Abrams spy series 'Alias.'

On the big screen, Bassett will next be seen opposite Paula Patton in the romantic comedy 'Jumping the Broom' and in the comic book adaptation of 'Green Lantern' with Ryan Reynolds.