By Nellie Andreeva | Hollywood Reporter

As she closed a big chapter of her career with the taping of the final episode of CBS' hit comedy "Everybody Loves Raymond" over the weekend, actress Patricia Heaton is moving to ABC under a seven-figure development deal.

Under the pact, which will run more than a year, the two-time Emmy-winner would star in series and longform projects for the network and its studio, Touchstone TV, on which she will serve as co-executive producer. Through Four Boys Films, her production company with husband David Hunt, she also will develop and executive produce TV movies and series.

"Patricia is a true television star, and we're thrilled to be in business with her," ABC Primetime Entertainment president Stephen McPherson said. "While we look forward to finding the right project for her considerable acting skills, we are equally as excited to see what comes out of the development part of the deal."

The pact marks Heaton's return to ABC where she got her first TV starring role on the 1992 comedy "Room for Two."

Heaton has won two Emmys for her role as the feisty Debra Barone on "Raymond." She is up for three trophies at the Screen Actors Guild Awards on Saturday -- for best actress in a comedy series, best comedy series ensemble (along with her "Raymond" castmates) and best actress in a TV movie or miniseries for TNT's "The Goodbye Girl."

Four Boys Films recently completed production on the documentary feature "The Bituminous Coal Queens of Pennsylvania," which Hunt directed. It is also partnering with Denver billionaire Philip Anschutz's Walden Media to develop a film about William Wilberforce, an 18th century British abolitionist.