A former Alabama TV anchor will be back on prime time tonight with an appearance on a popular ABC series.

Malena Cunningham Anderson, who worked as a news anchor for WVTM 13 in Birmingham for more than a decade, will make an appearance during an episode of the popular drama series “Will Trent” on May 6 on ABC.

Anderson shared the news of her appearance on social media earlier this week with a video of her walking out of her trailer on the show’s set, captioned “After 8 auditions, this happens…I Got It! I’m scene partner with the main characters.”

Anderson, an award-winning journalist, left WVTM 13 in 2004 to work as a media consultant, author and business owner in Birmingham before moving to Pennsylvania in 2014 and ultimately landing in Atlanta in 2023.

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Her acting career kicked off then, with background roles in shows like “The First Lady” on Showtime and Netflix’s “Cobra Kai.” Later, she made an appearance on shows like “The Resident” and got roles in films like “Judge Me Not,” “Honk For Jesus” on Hulu and “Night Nurse” on Lifetime and many more.

“You have to be spiritual,” Anderson said of her new career to AL.com in 2023. “I’ve been on set with people who swear I’ve been acting ten or twenty years. ‘You’re a natural,’ they say. ‘You never mess up.’ It comes from being a news anchor. I was live every night. We don’t get to go, “Oops, let me start over, take two.’

To see Anderson in “Will Trent,” tune into ABC tonight at 8 p.m. EST or stream episode 14 of season three, “Why Hello Sheriff,” tomorrow on Hulu.