Leonard's mom has got it goin' on — in that she is Emmy and SAG Award winner Christine Baranski. The choice casting news was announced Thursday morning on the set of CBS' The Big Bang Theory, which was playing host to the TCA Winter Press Tour.
The onetime BFF of TV's Cybil and a costar of this summer's Mamma Mia!, Baranski will guest-star on the hot comedy about uncool geeks in at least ...
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It's not Christine Baranski, but this'll do nicely. The sublime Rachael Harris (Notes from the Underbelly, Fat Actress) will play even-tempered sidekick to Cybill Shepherd's Katey Sagal's unhinged sitcom diva in that stuntastic episode of CSI penned by Two and a Half Men scribes Chuck Lorre and Lee Aronsohn. And should there be any lingering doubts that Lorre and Aronsohn modeled Sagal and Harris' characters after Shepherd and Baranski, both of whom the writers worked with on Cybill, this next little tidbit should erase them: Sources confirm what I hinted at last August, that the duo first offered the second-banana role to Baranski herself. That's right, they wanted Baranski to play Baranski! But for whatever reason — possibly this one — she wasn't able to do it. Um, have I told you lately how much I'm looking forward to this episode?
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Speaking of casting... although Office writer-producer Larry Wilmore has landed an acting gig in CBS' untitled Christine Baranski/Ed O'Neill sitcom, even if the pilot gets picked up, the Hollywood Reporter hints that he may be able to continue on as a consultant for my favorite NBC laffer. What? Am I not allowed to play favorites?
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Speaking of casting... although Office writer-producer Larry Wilmore has landed an acting gig in CBS' untitled Christine Baranski/Ed O'Neill sitcom, even if the pilot gets picked up, the Hollywood Reporter hints that he may be able to continue on as a consultant for my favorite NBC laffer. What? Am I not allowed to play favorites?
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Speaking of casting... although Office writer-producer Larry Wilmore has landed an acting gig in CBS' untitled Christine Baranski/Ed O'Neill sitcom, even if the pilot gets picked up, the Hollywood Reporter hints that he may be able to continue on as a consultant for my favorite NBC laffer. What? Am I not allowed to play favorites?
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