Washington to Star in ‘Bionic Woman’

Hollywood actor Isaiah Washington has landed a new TV show on NBC after being let go from Grey’s Anatomy for making homophobic remarks.

Washington will have a recurring part on the network’s new series, Bionic Woman, this fall, Zap2it.com reported Monday.

He is slated to appear in five of the show’s first six episodes and has also signed a development deal for an action series with Universal Media Studios, the Web site said.

He’s a wonderful actor … and he became available, new NBC chief Ben Silverman joked with reporters at a Television Critics Association event Monday.

I started talking to him before he was available. … I didn’t have any idea — when he told me he was available, I was like: ‘What? I don’t understand. You’re a star on a huge TV show.’ I didn’t quite understand what was going on there.

Washington was written off the ABC show even though he publicly apologized for his comments, sought counseling and taped a public service announcement about the power of words.

Silverman said he thinks people will be able to put the controversy behind them once they see how good Washington is on the new show.