Popular lesbian TV drama The L Word will be getting a spin-off show featuring one of its actors in a starring role.

Which of these L Word characters will get their own show?

Cable network Showtime's president Robert Greenblatt announced the plan: "We're in the process of working on an L-Word spin-off," he told the press. "I'm not going to give you too many details. We're shooting it after L–Word."

The show will be created by The L-Word showrunner Ilene Chaiken, who will take a storyline from the original show's final season and extend it into internet-only content. If Showtime moves forward with the as-yet-untitled spin-off, the online storyline will segue into the new series.

The L-Word is entering its sixth and final season, to be broadcast in January in the States.

Greenblatt couldn't say which The L-Word actor will star in the new show, adding that the chosen actor is not yet aware they will star in the spin-off.

"We're still forming it. I'm sure I have a million e-mails already from loyal viewers about it, but we're still in the process of figuring it out."