Tveit Takes Capitol Hill! Aaron Tveit Will Star in New Series BrainDead, About Washington D.C. & Aliens

It looks like our Broadway boyfriend (just let us have this, OK?!) Aaron Tveit is sticking to the small screen. The Broadway.com Audience Choice Award winner will star in BrainDead, an upcoming comic-thriller for CBS involving an extraterrestrial takeover in D.C. The series is scheduled to premiere next summer.

The news follows the cancellation of Graceland, the USA drama which also features fellow stage alum Daniel Sunjata. Tveit has no problem hopping across networks; he is also set to star as Danny Zuko in Fox’s live Grease telecast on January 31, 2016.

Tveit will play Gareth in BrainDead, a witty and no-nonsense Legislative Director to a top Republican senator. The series will also star Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Laurel as a fresh-faced government employee. Oh, and there are aliens who have invaded earth and are eating the brains of multiple congressmen. We probably should have led with that.

Here’s hoping Tveit’s brains stay in tact and alien-free!