Mary Steenburgen to Star in Southern Discomfort

Mary Steenburgen has been tapped to star in the ABC comedy pilot Southern Discomfort, Variety reports. ABC picks up Southern Discomfort Pilot

March 15, 2010 at 8:33 a.m. PT

Mary Steenburgen has been tapped to star in the ABC comedy pilot Southern Discomfort, Variety reports.

Southern Discomfort revolves around a family patriarch whose grown kids decide to move back in with him. Steenburgen plays the mother.

Steenburgen, 57, most recently was seen in the 2009 film The Proposal.