Daytime alums score primetime roles

Past As the World Turns star Jesse Lee Soffer and former The Young and the Restless frontman Michael Graziadei are moving from daytime to primetime.

According to Deadline, Soffer has scored the lead role in NBC's drama pilot, Hatfields & McCoys, a modern day version of the western feud. Actress Charlize Theron is the executive producer.

A startling death re-ignites the feud between these two legendary families, unleashing decades of resentment. Soffer, repped by Innovative and The Collective, plays Patrick McCoy, the steady, fair-minded prodigal son of the McCoy family who returns home after years away. When his father is gunned down shortly thereafter and all evidence points to the Hatfields, Patrick finds himself at the breaking point, and he vows to destroy the Hatfields.

TV Line is reporting that Graziadei has scored a role in the pilot for ABC's upcoming night sudser Venice. 

From Without A Trace's Bryon Balasco [Venice] explores two rival families living in the famed California beach town and the forbidden, dangerous romance that emerges between them.

Congrats to both!