Fox to guest star in Boston Legal

Michael J. Fox, who left his hit television show Spin City five years ago to battle crippling Parkinson's disease, is returning to the small screen. Fox will guest star in three episodes of Boston Legal.

He will play a charismatic and dynamic business leader who is suffering from cancer but has a penchant for gallows humour.

Fox is also reported to be developing a sitcom about a hockey player forced into early retirement.