Rob Lowe and His Television Presence

Variety magazine reports that Rob Lowe will soon be starring in a new Fox comedy called The Grinder where he plays TV lawyer Dean Sanderson who returns home assuming his time on TV qualifies him to assist with his family's law firm.  

Rob Lowe is also starring in the part of a priest in NBC's new series Apocalypse, described by Variety as follows:

The series, slated for 10 episodes, follows an extended family whose lives unexpectedly cross paths, just as the news of an impending comet colliding with Earth hits. The characters — some of whom are destined to live in a bunker below ground — are described as a foul-mouthed priest, an unhinged white supremacist, a mild-mannered bank manager, a germophobic cyberterrorist, a five-star general and a child who possibly rose from the dead.

And Comedy Central is also making an animated series starring the voice of Rob Lowe called Moonbeam City.  The new series should start shortly on the network.  Here is the trailer and a quick description:

The animated series Moonbeam City stars Rob Lowe as Dazzle Novak, a detective in America’s most fluorescent metropolis, whose desire to serve is second only to his non-stop sex drive. But with Chief Pizzaz Miller (Elizabeth Banks) cramping his style and his rival Rad Cunningham (Will Forte) undermining him at every turn, he may have to face the (very synthy) music and do some actual police work.

All of this should keep Rob Lowe busy, especially when you also include his work with the final season of NBC's Parks and Recreation as well as his television commercials for Direct TV.

For someone who started out as a star in feature films, he has done very well with the transition to television.  Of course, we knew that years ago with his work on The West Wing and Brothers and Sisters, but his film career is dwarfed by his television work, though we still see him making TV movies (The Pro and Killing Kennedy) and most recently taking smaller part in regular films (The Interview and Sex Tape).  

As we have also seen to a degree with Tom Cruise, he is willing to poke fun at himself and have fun with smaller roles. And I think his acting is better than ever.  Too bad Charlies Sheen never learned how to tone it down with age.