It's not case closed for Kyra Sedgwick: Drawn to the story, the actress returns to TV in ABC's 'Ten Days in the Valley'

It's been five years since Kyra Sedgwick bid farewell to Brenda Leigh Johnson, the junk-food loving Southerner with a knack for wrangling confessions out of criminals on TNT's long-running crime drama "The Closer." The role earned Sedgwick an Emmy, a total of five consecutive nominations and a wide following, but she said recently by telephone, "It was definitely time to be done."

In her first regular series role since "The Closer," Sedgwick returns to television this Sunday in "Ten Days in the Valley," an ABC drama in which she plays Jane Sadler, a successful documentarian and TV producer. Late one night while Jane, a divorced mother, is toiling away on last-minute script changes, her daughter is abducted from their home.

Created by Tassie Cameron, the 10-episode series is