Bakula performed various songs from his career for one night only performance entitled "An Evening with Scott Bakula" at Sydney Harman Hall on January 18, 2008, as a benefit for the restoration of the historic Ford's Theater. Bakula has three upcoming appearances in 2008. He appeared as Atty. Jack Ross in an episode of Boston Legal, "Glow in the Dark", which aired on February 12, 2008 on the ABC network. From March 4 - April 20 he starred as Tony Hunter in the world premiere of Dancing In The Dark at The Old Globe in San Diego, California. "Dancing in the Dark" is based on the 1950s movie "The Band Wagon" which starred Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse. He will also appear as the character Chris Fulbright in the five episode run of the new Tracy Ullman sketch comedy series State of the Union on Showtime; it premieres March 30.

A March 31, 2008 article in Variety announced that Scott has been cast in the role of Brian Shepard in the upcoming movie The Informant, Steven Soderbergh's