The First (Decent) Sober Sitcom to Hit Prime Time

Anna Faris will play a newly sober parent in Mom, prime time’s first ever sobriety-themed sitcom.

annaAA has had a hard time of it on TV, what with all therelapses and irreverence. This could soon change in the fall in a new situation comedy starring Anna Faris as a sober Mom and Alison Janney as her mother inMom, the first ever specifically sober-centric TV sitcom. Created by Chuck Lorre (Big Bang TheoryMike and MollyTwo and a Half Men), the show features Faris asChristy, a young mother struggling with early sobriety in Napa Valley. The talent behind the project is backed up byCBS, with the network choosing to pick up the pilot—ahead of 22 other shows—a full week before announcing their upfront presentation. The show also features 3d Rock from The Sun‘s French Stewart and The Daily Show‘s Nate Corddry. Produced by Warner Brothers and Chuck Lorre productions, it is set to air on CBS this fall. Lorre co-wrote the show, on spec, with veteran producer Eddie Gorodetsky andwriter Gemma Baker and it’s scheduled to air on Mondays at 8:30pm, following the final season of How I met Your Mother. Bonus irony points—Janney starred with a sober Martin Sheen on The West Wing, and of course Sheen is the father of Charlie, who Lorre fired, killing his character, from Two and a Half Men in 2011. Article Link “the fix”…

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