'Tis the season for comedies to be casting on-screen parental units, 'twould seem.
On the heels of Big Bang Theory tapping Christine Baranski to mother Leonard, My Name Is Earl recruiting Danny Glover to call Crab Man "son," Scott Bakula making a leap as Chuck's pop, and 30 Rock calling on Patti Lupone to give Frank some coddling (per EW), How I Met Your Mother has ventured forth to find the woman who gave unto the world... Barney. And it's a darn good get — Frances Conroy, of Six Feet Under fame.
Get more details — including the casting of Barney's "wife"! — after the jump.
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Jeers to Desperate Housewives for squandering three terrific actresses in one-dimensional parts. Read, discuss and vote on this complete Jeer after the jump.
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While much of the focus tonight was on Neela it seemed like almost everyone at County was dealing with some sort of personal or professional crisis Lets start with Neela walking around the ER naked No great surprise that this was a dream that reflected her own insecurities about her birthday her decisions and her life in general Unfortunately both Harold and Tony were on the receiving end of her bad day When Harold came clean about his decision to change specialties Neela went straight from surprised to unsupportive to downright bullying the poor kid Next up for a haranguing was Tony While she did make some valid points about his tendency to jump from relationship to relationship she was pretty tough on him and somewhat hypocritical given her personal track record with men I loved that Dubenko was the one who set her straight in the end reminding her of the unique talents she possesses and offering the saddest and most inedible birthday confection Ive ever seen
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Frances Conroy has been tapped to join CBS' Mike Birbiglia's Secret Public Journal.The new CBS comedy is based on comedian Mike Birbiglia's weekly life-chronicling blog of the same name. The sitcom will star Birbiglia as — you guessed it — an immature stand-up comedian living with his girlfriend in Brooklyn. Conroy, known best for playing Ruth Fisher in HBO's Six Feet Under, will play Birbiglia's mother. — Adam Bryant
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I dont know about all of you but as tonights episode started I was still reeling from last weeks gut-wrenching exploration of Abbys dark night of the soul So when I saw Luka come around that corner I practically cried tears of joy But my happiness like Abbys was short-lived as it became obvious that the repercussions of her drunken mistake have yet to fully play out I agree with those of you who continue to post about Maura Tierneys amazing consistently compelling performance After watching her give another bravura turn tonight under the direction of ER vet Laura Innes I have to say that it would be criminal for her to be overlooked again come awards time Unfortunately it seems that the shows buzz-worthiness has long since worn off a fact that keeps it off the radar of most Emmy voters Though it should be noted guest stars are regularly rewarded for their ER efforts so it appears someone is taking notice Back to the ac
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