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(SoapOperaNetwork.com) — Former “Sunset Beach” and “One Life to Live” star Sherri Saum gets the shaft by ABC as they recast her role in the networks upcoming midseason drama “The Deep End.” The network has replaced her with “Soul Food” actress Nicole Ari Parker, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

In “Deep End,” Saum was to play Susan, “a sexy, smart, steely lioness of the firm’s litigation department whose husband, Clifford Huddle (Billy Zane), is the firm’s new managing partner.”

Parker was last seen playing Eddie Murphy’s wife in the 2009 film “Imagine That.”

From 2001-2003, Saum portrayed Keri Reynolds on ABC’s “One Life to Live” and Vanessa Hart from 1997-1999 on NBC’s “Sunset Beach.” The actress has had numerous starring roles in such series as Showtime’s “Beggars and Choosers,” HBO’s “In Treatment” and the FX drama “Rescue Me.”

“The Deep End” stars Matt Long (”Jack & Bobby”) as Dylan Hewitt. The series was created by “How I Met Your Mother” Co-Executive Producer David Hemingson.

Tags: Beggars and Choosers, Billy Zane, David Hemingson, Eddie Murphy, How I Met Your Mother, Imagine That, In Treatment, Matt Long, Nicole Ari Parker, One Life to Live, Rescue Me, Sherri Saum, Soul Food, Sunset Beach, The Deep End, The Hollywood Reporter

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