James Van Der Beek gets lucky.

Looks like another kid from Dawson’s Creek will be washing up on network television this fall. James Van Der Beek, who starred on the WB series as the title character, has just been cast in Sex, Power, Love & Politics, a new comedy that will air on CBS, says www.hollywoodreporter.com. The show, which will also feature Ally McBeal’s Jane Krakowski, will focus on a group of thirtysometings who work, play and live near to each other on Capitol Hill.

Despite the silly name, and the casting of Dawson Leery himself, four major networks fought over who would win the rights to this series, most likely since it comes from Greg Malins, a writer-producer known for his work on Friends. When commenting on the show, he said, “It's about four very bright and driven people -- all voted most likely to become President of the United States in high school -- who haven't achieved what they'd hoped to achieve by this point in their lives.” Given his experience with Dawson’s angst-filled monologues about how tumultuous his life was, sounds like James won’t have a problem getting into character.

Just be sure not to confuse this new program with similar-sounding, failed WB series Sex, Love and Secrets. See, that show was about a group of twentysomethings who worked, played and lived near each other in fictional Silver Lake. Totally different.