CBS Orders Rob Schneider Comedy for Midseason
Rob Schneider
CBS has picked up Rob Schneider's family comedy for midseason, TVGuide.com has learned.
In his first prime-time role since NBC's Men Behaving Badly, Schneider stars as a lonely bachelor who marries into a large, tight-knit Mexican-American family.
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Originally in contention as a pilot in the fall, the comedy was retooled and largely recast. Next to Schneider, the only original cast members left are Eugenio Derbez and Lupe Ontiveros. Claudia Bassols, Diana Maria Riva and Cheech Marin later joined the cast of the comedy, which is executive-produced by Schneider and Lew Morton.