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Exclusive: Callan Farris and Arjun Shah have joined the CBS multi-cam comedy pilot Zarna, alongside lead Zarna Garg, who co-writes and co-executive produces with Darlene Hunt.

Zarna centers on the eponymous heroine Zarna (Garg), a proud immigrant woman raising her American-born kids on Indian values. But now that they’re getting older, it’s time to focus on her American dream.

The story reflects Garg’s own story as an immigrant from India who moves to the U.S. as a teenager. After getting BA and Jd degrees, she spent 16 years as a stay-at-home mom before her children encouraged her to try stand-up, launching her comedy career.

The project also stars Rizwan Manji as Kishore, a successful Wall Street investor and Zarna’s husband of more than 20 years and Chandni Shah as Asha, a freshman at Columbia University and...

Exclusive: Rizwan Manji (Schitt’s Creek) and Chandni Shah (Barbie) have joined the CBS multi-cam comedy pilot Zarna cast alongside lead Zarna Garg, who co-writes and co-executive produces with Darlene Hunt.

Zarna centers on the eponymous heroine Zarna (Garg), a proud immigrant woman raising her American-born kids on Indian values. But now that they’re getting older, it’s time to focus on her American dream.

The story reflects Garg’s own story as an immigrant from India who moves to the U.S. as a teenager. After getting BA and Jd degrees, she spent 16 years as a stay-at-home mom before her children encouraged her to try stand-up, launching her comedy career.

Manji has been cast as Kishore, a successful Wall Street investor and Zarna’s husband of more than 20 years. Shah joins as Asha, a freshman at Columbia University and the eldest daughter of Zarna and Kishore.

Hunt, who serves as showrunner,...

Following the success of Bob Hearts Abishola, CBS is trotting the globe again with a new sitcom.

The Eye network has handed a pilot order to Zarna, a multi-cam comedy starring Indian immigrant and stand-up comic Zarna Garg, TVLine has learned. In it, Garg plays “a proud immigrant woman who’s been raising her American born kids on Indian values,” per the official synopsis. “But now that they’re getting older, it’s time for her to focus on her own American dream.”

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CBS has added another comedy pilot to its slate in the form of “Zarna,” a multi-cam sitcom from comedian Zarna Garg.

The comic is set to write, executive produce and star in her own show, with Darlene Hunt as fellow writer, EP and showrunner. Mindy Kaling and Kevin Hart are also attached as EPs, TheWrap has learned.

“Zarna is a proud immigrant woman who’s been raising her American-born kids on Indian values. But now that they’re getting older, it’s time for her to focus on her own American dream,” per the network logline.

Garg is a stand-up comedian who recently opened for Tina Fey and Amy Poehler’s “Restless Leg Tour” and is also known for winning Hart’s “Lyft Comics,” her 2023 Prime Video special “One in a Billion” and her self-titled family podcast. She made her late night debut on “The Tonight Show” back in January...

Zarna Garg is set to star in a multi-cam comedy pilot that has been ordered at CBS, Variety has learned.

Garg will also write and executive produce the pilot, which is titled “Zarna.” Darlene Hunt is also attached as writer, executive producer, and showrunner. The project was first reported to be in development back in September.

Mindy Kaling and Jessica Kumai Scott are executive producing under the Kaling International banner along with Howard Klein of 3 Arts Entertainment as well as Kevin Hart, Bryan Smiley, and Mike Stein via Hartbeat. Warner Bros. Television, where Kaling International is under an overall deal, is the studio.

The official logline for the pilot states, “Zarna is a proud immigrant woman who’s been raising her American born kids on Indian values. But now that they’re getting older, it’s time for her to focus on her own American dream.”

Garg is a celebrated stand up comedian,...

CBS has handed a pilot order to Zarna, a multi-camera comedy starring stand-up comedian Zarna Garg. The project, written by Garg and The Big C creator Darlene Hunt, comes from Mindy Kaling‘s Kaling International, Kevin Hart‘s Hartbeat and Warner Bros. Television, where Kaling International is under an overall deal.

Zarna has been on a priority track since landing at CBS for development in September in a competitive situation. It quickly emerged as one of Wbtv’s strongest broadcast prospects this season, giving the indie studio’s its first comedy greenlight at the network for a non-Chuck Lorre comedy in quite some time.

This is CBS’ third pilot order so far this development season, joining single-camera comedy Dmv and light drama Einstein.

Zarna centers on the eponymous heroine Zarna (Garg), a proud immigrant woman who’s been raising her American-born kids on Indian values. But now that they’re getting older,...

CBS ordered a pilot for new multi-cam show Zarna, the network announced Tuesday.

The show will star stand-up comedian Zarna Garg as “a proud immigrant woman who’s been raising her American born kids on Indian values.” But, the logline continues, “now that they’re getting older, it’s time for her to focus on her own American dream.”

Garg also serves as writer and executive producer, with Darlene Hunt as writer, executive producer and showrunner. Mindy Kaling and Jessica Kumai Scott will also executive produce via Kaling International, along with Kevin Hart, Bryan Smiley and Mike Stein of Hartbeat. Warner Bros. Television is the studio.

Garg released an Amazon comedy special, One in a Billion, in 2023. She also appeared as herself in this year’s Jonathan Groff- and Karan Soni-led A Nice Indian Boy. She has nearly one million followers on TikTok, where she’s known for her comedy sketches.

Exclusive: CBS is developing Zarna, a multi-camera comedy starring stand-up comedian Zarna Garg. The project, which drew interest from multiple networks, comes from The Big C creator Darlene Hunt, Mindy Kaling’s Kaling International, Kevin Hart’s Hartbeat and Warner Bros. Television, where Kaling International is under an overall deal.

In Zarna, written by Garg and Hunt, Zarna (Garg) is a proud immigrant woman who’s been raising her American-born kids on Indian values. But now that they’re getting older, it’s time for her to focus on her own American dream.

The story reflects Garg’s own story. She immigrated from her native India to the U.S. as a teenager and, after getting BA and Jd degrees, spent 16 years as a stay-at-home mom before her children encouraged her to try stand-up, launching her comedy career.

Zarna’s experience draws parallels to that of Leanne Morgan, who also...

“Call Me Kat” has been canceled after three seasons at Fox, Variety has learned.

“We are very proud of ‘Call Me Kat.’ But, unfortunately, the audience response to it was not as strong as we had hoped,” a Fox spokesperson said in a statement. “We are thankful for our partnership with Warner Bros. Television, That’s Wonderful Productions, Sad Clown Productions, BBC Studios, Mayim Bialik, Jim Parsons and the entire cast and crew for their work and dedication to ‘Call Me Kat.'”

The multi-cam comedy was a high-profile get for Fox back in 2019, with the network giving the show a series commitment in a highly-competitive situation before formally ordering it to series in May 2020. Both series star Mayim Bialik and executive producer Jim Parsons were coming fresh off of the 12th and final season of the hit CBS multi-cam “The Big Bang Theory,” with “Call Me Kat” representing their first broadcast project after that show.

Fox is making its renewal and pick up decisions.

The network has canceled comedy series Call Me Kat after three seasons. The show has seen dwindling ratings, particularly in its third season.

On the comedy side, Fox still has Animal Control, which is expected to receive a second season. However, the future of Welcome To Flatch, which is in its second season, is unclear.

Call Me Kat has been paired with Animal Control and the two shows are not considered particularly compatible. Welcome To Flatch comes at an attractive price point, but the cancelation of Call Me Kat is not expected to influence Fox’s decision whether to bring it back for a third season. Finding more comedies is a priority for new head of comedy Cheryl Dolins.

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Call Me Kat stars Mayim Bialik as a 39-year-old single woman named Kat,...

Kat’s Cat Café has served its last ca-purr-cino.

Fox has cancelled Call Me Kat after three seasons, TVLine has learned. The news comes less than 24 hours after the Mayim Bialik sitcom aired its last original episode, which earned a TVLine reader grade of “A-.”

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“We are very proud of Call Me Kat,” a Fox rep said in a statement to TVLine. “But, unfortunately,...

Screen Rant is proud to present an exclusive clip from this week's all-new episode of Fox's Call Me Kat, in which Kat lets her competitive side run wild at a cat show. The series centers around a 39-year-old woman who quits her job as a professor and opens a cat café following her father's death. Created by Darlene Hunt, it first premiered on January 3rd, 2021, and is loosely based on the British television sitcom, Miranda.

The series has a strong main cast, beginning with award-winning actress, Mayim Bialik. Bialik plays the show's titular character and is most notably known for portraying Amy Farrah Fowler in The Big Bang Theory. She also serves as an executive producer alongside her former onscreen husband, Jim Parsons, as well as Miranda Hart, Maria Ferrari, and Jim Patterson. In addition to Bialik as Kat, Call Me Kat stars Swoosie Kurtz as Sheila, Cheyenne Jackson as Max,...

Call Me Kat is a sleeper hit for Fox, and their 3rd season may end up being their best.

Leslie Jordan and Cheyenne Jackson, along with the show's women, give us the inside scoop on Season Three.

The show follows Kat (Mayim Bialik) as she runs her cat cafe.

Both men talk about their characters' new love interests and character arcs.

Check out the interview below.

[You were originally cast as a different character, did you use anything from that character when approaching Phill?]

Leslie: It was so short-lived. It was originally going to be a piano bar, and I was going to be the piano player, so it was sort of a mix-up of Cheyenne's [Jackson's] character.

That only lasted a day because our creator Darlene Hunt called me and said, "We're trying to cast Phyllis," There were going to be three girls that commiserate on everything. It would've been the Kyla Pratt character, the Mayim Bialik character, and this new Phyllis.

I knew exactly where she was going.

Third time’s the charm?

Call Me Kat showrunner Alissa Neubauer is departing the Mayim Bialik comedy after a single season, TVLine has confirmed. She’ll be replaced by United States of Al co-creator Maria Ferrari (who previously worked with Bialik on The Big Bang Theory) and fellow Chuck Lorre vet Jim Patterson, who will co-showrun Season 3.

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This marks Call Me Kat...

Exclusive: Call Me Kat is changing showrunners again.

Jim Patterson and Maria Ferrari will take over the top spot of the Mayim Bialik comedy for Fox in its third season. They are replacing season 2 showrunner Alissa Neubauer, who decided not to return. She replaced Darlene Hunt, who was showrunner in the comedy’s first season.

Patterson, a veteran of Chuck Lorre shows at Warner Bros TV, joined Call Me Kat in season 2 as a consulting producer. Ferrari came available to co-run the sitcom after CBS canceled United States of Al, which she co-created with David Goetsch.

Ferrari also worked with Bialik on The Big Bang Theory.

On June 6, Fox announced its fall schedule which includes airing Call Me Kat on Thursdays beginning Sept. 29. It will air at 9:30 p.m. Et, behind Hell’s Kitchen and Welcome to Flatch.

Exec produced by Bialik and her Big Bang Theory partner Jim Parsons,...

Spoiler Alert: The following story contains details from the series finale of Apple TV+’s Dickinson.

Apple TV+’s comedy series Dickinson wrapped up its third and final season Thursday night, with Emily Dickinson (Hailee Steinfeld) and her loved ones looking to the future.

As the episode titled “This Was a Poet -” opens, Emily is visited in her family’s garden by Death (Wiz Khalifa), who is donning a new suit and suggests that she herself is in need of “a new look” — a “uniform” befitting her work as a poet. From his perspective, she’s at a point where she should look to “go farther and deeper” in her writing than ever before, and she can do so only by separating herself from other peoples’ expectations, the strictures of which are embodied in the corset she’s long been forced to wear.

“Be who you are,” Death advises,...

When Alena Smith sat down to tell the untold tale of famed poet Emily Dickinson, she imagined a three-year television series. She sold the show straight to series to Apple TV Plus in May 2018, more than a year before that streamer would even launch. To say that Smith’s goal of three seasons at an unproven entity had to come with risk and hope may be an understatement. But she was able to carry her original plan to fruition, and now “Dickinson” is the first Apple TV Plus series to conclude its run having carried out its creator’s vision.

“In Season 3 we’ve lived through a lot with these characters, we’ve all grown and changed and their relationships have certainly deepened over time, and to just honor all of that history was really rewarding,” Smith tells Variety.

“To me, this whole series is really one work of art.

Kat’s cat café has found a new boss.

Alissa Neubauer, who was most recently co-exec producer of CBS’ Mom, has been named showrunner for the second season of Fox’s Call Me Kat.

This comes after Darlene Hunt, who was showrunner for the first season, left the show.

Neubauer, who has worked with Warner Bros. Television for the past 17 years, began her tenure working as a script coordinator and then co-producer on Two and a Half Men, before joining Mom for its entire eight-season run.

The show, which stars The Big Bang Theory’s Mayim Bialik, will return midseason on Fox.

Exec produced by Bialik and her Big Bang Theory partner Jim Parsons, the series is an adaptation of long-running hit BBC sitcom Miranda. Bialik stars as a woman who struggles every day against society and her mother to prove she can live a happy and fulfilling life, despite...

The Fox mutli-cam comedy “Call Me Kat” has found its Season 2 showrunner in Alissa Neubauer, Variety has learned.

Neubauer takes over running the comedy series from Darlene Hunt, who stepped down from running the show at the end of its first season. Hunt also developed the show for American television, as it is based on the BBC Studios’ format “Miranda.”

Neubauer is a veteran of the Chuck Lorre camp, having worked on the super-producer’s hit shows “Mom” and “Two and a Half Men.” She started out as a script coordinator on the latter show before rising to the rank of co-producer. She most recently served as a co-executive producer on “Mom,” which ended its run on CBS after eight seasons back in May.

Mayim Bialik stars in “Call Me Kat” as as a woman who struggles every day against society and her mother to prove that she can live a happy and fulfilling life,...

Alissa Neubauer has joined Fox’s “Call Me Kat” as showrunner for Season 2, the network announced Wednesday.

Neubauer takes over for “The Big C’s” Darlene Hunt, who ran the first season of the Mayim Bialik comedy and stepped down last month.

A longtime Warner Bros. TV veteran, Neubauer got her start on “Two and a Half Men,” working her way up to co-producer. She then moved over to another Chuck Lorre CBS sitcom, “Mom,” where she was on staff for the entire eight-season run and most recently served as co-executive producer.

“Call Me Kat” was picked up for a second season at Fox last month and is set to return at midseason.

Based on Miranda Hart’s BBC series “Miranda,” “Call Me Kat” stars “The Big Bang Theory’s” Mayim Bialik as a woman who opens a cat café in Louisville, Ky. Swoosie Kurtz also stars as Kat’s mother,...

Call Me Kat has found its new showrunner.

Chuck Lorre vet Alissa Neubauer will take over the Fox comedy starring Mayim Bialik for season two. She replaces Darlene Hunt (The Big C), who ran season one of the series from Warner Bros. TV.

Neubauer has spent 17 years in the Lorre camp. She started her career as a script coordinator on CBS’ Two and a Half Men, where she rose to co-producer. She most recently was on CBS’ Mom, where she served as co-exec producer on the comedy’s entire eight-season run.

In Call Me Kat, inspired by the BBC format Miranda, Bialik ...

Call Me Kat has found its new showrunner.

Chuck Lorre vet Alissa Neubauer will take over the Fox comedy starring Mayim Bialik for season two. She replaces Darlene Hunt (The Big C), who ran season one of the series from Warner Bros. TV.

Neubauer has spent 17 years in the Lorre camp. She started her career as a script coordinator on CBS’ Two and a Half Men, where she rose to co-producer. She most recently was on CBS’ Mom, where she served as co-exec producer on the comedy’s entire eight-season run.

Inspired by the BBC format Miranda, Bialik stars as ...

“To be a part of a show where it’s this kind of alternate, wonderful world was just thrilling,” declares Anthony Rich about the new Fox sitcom “Call Me Kat.” Rich directed three episodes of the freshman comedy, which stars Mayim Bialik as a thirtysomething single proprietor of a local “cat cafe,” which was just renewed for a second season. The series marks a reunion of sorts for Rich and Bialik — Rich worked with the actress for 12 years on “The Big Bang Theory.” Watch our exclusive video interview with Rich above.

Rich came to the show through his connection to Bialik and her fellow “Big Bang” star Jim Parsons (both are executive producers of “Call Me Kat”). Rich prepared for his interview with creator Darlene Hunt by binge-watching “Miranda,” the acclaimed British sitcom upon which “Call Me Kat” is based. “I fell in love with it,” he exclaims. “I was...

“What I wanted in Hollywood was certainly not what I’m getting now… all this extra!” exclaims Leslie Jordan about his current career trajectory. The actor and comedian has a new bestselling memoir, a new gospel music album and will return to the Fox sitcom “Call Me Kat,” which was just renewed for a second season. The comedy features Jordan as Phil, a loveable gay baker and best friend of the title character (Mayim Bialik). In an exclusive video interview with Gold Derby (watch the video above), the Emmy-winning actor discusses becoming a social media star and why he hopes the series “will run forever.”

Although Jordan was already cast on “Call Me Kat” in a smaller role, it was series creator Darlene Hunt who asked the actor to take a look at the part of Phyllis thinking that the role could work as a man. Despite being asked to...

Kat's four-legged friends will be purring for the 2021-22 television season. Fox has renewed the Call Me Kat sitcom for a second year. Showrunner and executive producer Darlene Hunt is departing the program and negotiations are underway for her replacement.

A multi-camera comedy series, the Call Me Kat TV show is based on the British Miranda series. The U.S. sitcom stars Mayim Bialik, Swoosie Kurtz, Kyla Pratt, Cheyenne Jackson, Leslie Jordan, and Julian Gant. The story follows Kat (Bialik), a woman who struggles every day against society and her mother to prove that she can live a happy and fulfilling life -- despite still being single at 39 years old. Kat’s mother, Sheila (Kurtz), views her daughter being single as her own personal failure. After leaving her job as a University of Louisville college professor, Kat spends the...

Call Me Kat has many more laughs for fans.

Fox announced Monday the Mayim Bialik-fronted comedy would be a part of its 2021-22 TV season, ordering up a second season.

Per Deadline, Darlene Hunt will not be returning as showrunner, and the search for her replacement is already underway.

Call Me Kat follows a 39-year-old single woman named Kat, "who struggles every day against society and her mother to prove that you can not have everything you want yet still be happy."

After leaving her job as a professor at the University of Louisville she spends the money her parents set aside for her wedding to open a cat café in Louisville, Kentucky.

Based on the UK series Miranda, the show had a decently-rated freshman run.

The series averaged 2.6 million total viewers and a 0.6 rating.

“We are excited to renew Call Me Kat and have Mayim, Cheyenne, Swoosie, Leslie,...

Kat’s Cat Café will remain in business, albeit under new management.

Fox has renewed the Mayim Bialik comedy Call Me Kat for Season 2, it was announced Monday.

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TVLine, meanwhile, has confirmed that Darlene Hunt will not be returning as showrunner. The search for her replacement is underway.

Call Me Kat closed out Season 1 on March 25 with 2.02 million total viewers (its third-smallest audience) and a 0.5 demo rating,...

Kat’s cat café will remain open after Fox handed freshman comedy Call Me Kat a second season.

However, Darlene Hunt, who was the showrunner and exec producer of Season 1, is leaving the show and negotiations are underway for her replacement.

The network said Monday that the series, which stars The Big Bang Theory’s Mayim Bialik, tied as the No. 1 new comedy with Young Rock season-to-date, and it is averaging 5.7 million multiplatform viewers, a 119% lift from Nielsen’s Live+Same Day numbers.

Exec produced by Bialik and her Big Bang Theory partner Jim Parsons, the series is an adaptation of long-running hit BBC sitcom Miranda. Bialik stars as a woman who struggles every day against society and her mother to prove she can live a happy and fulfilling life, despite still being single at 39 — which is why she recently spent her entire savings to open a cat café in Louisville,...

The Mayim Bialik and Jim Parsons comedy “Call Me Kat” is getting a second season at Fox, the media conglomerate announced today.

The multi-cam sitcom stars Emmy Award nominee Bialik, Emmy Award winner and Golden Globe nominee Swoosie Kurtz, Grammy Award nominee Cheyenne Jackson, Emmy Award winner Leslie Jordan, Image Award nominee Kyla Pratt and Julian Gant.

“We are excited to renew ‘Call Me Kat’ and have Mayim, Cheyenne, Swoosie, Leslie, Kyla and Julian return for their second season. Together, they share a winning chemistry that we, and viewers, adore,” said Michael Thorn, president of entertainment, Fox Entertainment, in a statement. “On behalf of everyone here at Fox, congratulations to this incredible cast and our terrific partners at Warner Bros. on delivering this season’s #1 new comedy.”

The sitcom is based on the BBC original screwball series “Miranda” created by Miranda Hart and received a series commitment at Fox back...

Call Me Kat has received the season two call.

Fox has handed out its first live-action scripted series renewal for the upcoming 2021-22 broadcast season, picking up its Mayim Bialik comedy for a sophomore run. Additionally, the comedy will bring in a new showrunner to replace Darlene Hunt (The Big C), who oversaw season one.

The multicamera comedy from Warner Bros. Television and inspired by the British format, Miranda, is tied with NBC’s already renewed Young Rock as broadcast’s No. 1 new comedy this season. With multiplatform returns, the comedy co-starring Swoosie Kurtz, Cheyenne Jackson, Leslie Jordan, Kyla Pratt and ...

Call Me Kat has received the season two call.

Fox has handed out its first live-action scripted series renewal for the upcoming 2021-22 broadcast season, picking up its Mayim Bialik comedy for a sophomore run. Additionally, the comedy will bring in a new showrunner to replace Darlene Hunt (The Big C), who oversaw season one.

The multicamera comedy from Warner Bros. Television and inspired by the British format, Miranda, is tied with NBC’s already renewed Young Rock as broadcast’s No. 1 new comedy this season. With multiplatform returns, the comedy co-starring Swoosie Kurtz, Cheyenne Jackson, Leslie Jordan, Kyla Pratt and ...

There are enough moments in “Call Me Kat” that veer close to working that they become even more frustrating when they don’t. Enough good ingredients to make a broadcast hit are right there, most notably Mayim Bialik starring as Kat, her first regular TV role since “The Big Bang Theory” made her a network TV mainstay. A solid supporting cast — including Swoosie Kurtz, Kyla Pratt and Leslie Jordan — accompanies her as she vamps for the camera, which becomes another character all its own as Kat constantly talks straight at it. And in one of the show’s best creative decisions, Darlene Hunt’s “Call Me Kat” doesn’t let Kat, a single 39 year-old Louisville woman who ditched academia to open her own cat café, become the total spinster cliché she could have.

When her fretful mother (Kurtz) asks her if she’s not afraid of becoming “a sad cat lady,...

Fox is tweaking its lineup following the NFL on Fox doubleheader on January 3. The network’s new animated series The Great North is getting a special preview at 8:30 Pm Et/Pt, ahead of its Feb. 14 series premiere, following the series premiere of multi-cam comedy Call Me Kat, starring Mayim Bialik at 8 Pm Et/Pt. The ninth and final season premiere of Last Man Standing will now air at 9:30 Pm Et/Pt, following a new episode of The Simpsons at a special time, 9 Pm Et/Pt.

The Great North is from Bob’s Burgers executive producers Wendy and Lizzie Molyneux. The series has already been renewed for a second season, and Bob’s Burgers creator Loren Bouchard is an executive producer.

The Great North follows the Alaskan adventures of the Tobin family, as a single dad, Beef, voiced by Nick Offerman, does his best to keep his weird bunch of...

In today’s TV news roundup, Netflix announced the premiere date and released a trailer for “Lupin,” and Fox shared an extended teaser for “The Masked Dancer.”

Casting

Netflix announced Page Kennedy, Diamond Lyons, Khali Daniya-Renee Spraggins, Jermelle Simon, Gabrielle Dennis and Journey Christine have been cast in “The Upshaws.” The newly announced actors join Mike Epps, Wanda Sykes and Kim Fields to round out the show’s ensemble. Its plot will follow an African American family trying to make the most of their situation in life. Kennedy takes on the role of a family friend fresh out of prison, while Lyons, Spraggins, Christine and Simon will play the three Upshaw three children. Dennis plays a hairstylist who also happens to be the mother of one of the Upshaw kids. The 10-episode season will premiere in 2021.

Renewals

CBS All Access announced the renewal of “Texas 6,” a docuseries about...

Jim Parsons claim to fame may be The Big Bang Theory’s brilliantly talented brainiac Sheldon Cooper, but the actor revealed that he could’ve been among the beloved characters from The Office.

On Wednesday the Boys In The Band actor revealed during a panel for Fox’s Call Me Kat that he had auditioned to be in the pilot of NBC’s The Office. Though he didn’t state for which character he auditioned, Parsons recalled his thoughts on NBC re-creating the original UK series of the same name, which first premiered in 2001.

“I was like ‘how stupid, it’s about an office. If America wanted their own office show, they would have already made it by now,” Parsons said.

Going against Parsons’ initial feelings, The Office picked up multiple Emmy and Golden Globe Awards, served as a launching pad for several actors’ careers and continues to top Netflix streaming charts.

Come 2021, Mayim Bialik will return to the sitcom scene in the titular role of Fox’s Call Me Kat. On Wednesday viewers got a first look at the actress’ take on the hopelessly single but joyfully eccentric character inspired by Miranda Hart’s Miranda.

Call Me Kat, written by Darlene Hunt, centers around Bialik’s Kat, a 39-year old Cat Café owner who struggles every day against society and her mother to prove that one can’t have everything, and still be happy. Set to make its premiere in 2021, Call Me Kat will introduce American viewers to a new kind of woman, Bialik said during the Fox Press Tour on Wednesday.

“We’re showing a very non-conventional female…we’re proud to be showing a woman who’s owning all of herself,” Bialik touted.

While the series takes inspiration from Hart’s widely successful BBC sitcom in its format, premise...

Fox has released the full trailer for “Call Me Kat,” a new sitcom starring “Big Bang Theory” alum Mayim Bialik as Kat, a single woman who drains her life savings to spontaneously open a cat café.

Swoosie Kurtz co-stars in “Call Me Kat” as Sheila, Kat’s overbearing mother who views her 39-year-old daughter’s singlehood as her own personal failure. Kyla Pratt, Leslie Jordan, Cheyenne Jackson and Julian Gant also star in the series.

The multi-camera comedy, based on Miranda Hart’s BBC comedy “Miranda,” is set to premiere on Thursday, Jan. 7.

Bialik’s former “Big Bang Theory” co-star Jim Parsons serves as an executive producer on “Call Me Kat,” and in a press conference for the show on Wednesday, the actor suggested that an on-screen reunion remained a possibility.

“I don’t know,” Parsons said when asked about his plans to appear on the new series. “But I always say ‘never say never.

After pushing its scripted content to midseason in favor of a pandemic-proof fall schedule, Fox has finally set winter premiere dates for right series, including fan-favorite shows like “9-1-1” and its spinoff “Lone Star,” as well as newbies “The Masked Dancer” and Mayim Bialik comedy “Call Me Kat.”

First up is the start for “The Masked Singer” spinoff “The Masked Dancer,” which will debut Dec. 27 following an NFL doubleheader. “Call Me Kat” and “Last Man Standing” will premiere back to back on Jan. 3, also with an NFL lead-in. A new season of Gordon Ramsay’s “Hell’s Kitchen” will launch Jan. 7.

Jan. 12 marks the beginning of Fox’s drama rollout, with the returns of “The Resident” and “Prodigal Son.” And on Jan. 18, Fox’s Ryan Murphy first-responder dramas “9-1-1” and its offshoot “9-1-1: Lone Star” will be back.

See Fox’s full winter 2020-2021 schedule of premiere dates below.

Sunday, Dec.

Exclusive: HBO Max has put in development Accessible, a half-hour comedy from Special creator, writer and star Ryan O’Connell, Jim Parsons and Todd Spiewak’s That’s Wonderful Productions and Warner Bros. TV, where That’s Wonderful is under a deal.

Written by O’Connell, Accessible is a half-hour “traumedy” that follows Clare, a 15-year-old girl who’s recently been in an accident and is forced to attend a boarding school for people with all kinds of disabilities. There, she discovers the usual teenage dilemmas of sex, love, and friendship are even more complicated in a wheelchair. It’s like if a John Hughes movie had a handicapped orgy, per producers.

O’Connell executive produces with Parsons and Spiewak via That’s Wonderful Productions. Eric Norsoph, That’s Wonderful’s Head of Development and Production, will co-executive produce and oversee the project for the company. Warner Bros. TV is the studio.

Exclusive: The cast, crew and producers of Mayim Bialik and Jim Parsons’ new Fox comedy series Call Me Kat, set in Louisville, Ky, have joined together to make a donation to the city’s Community Bail Fund to help those arrested in recent protests.

Protests over the deaths of Breonna Taylor, who lived in Louisville and was shot and killed by police executing a no-knock search warrant at her home, and George Floyd are entering their 23rd day in the city and have resulted in multiple arrests.

Louisville is the hometown of the show’s writer Darlene Hunt.

“I set our upcoming Fox series in Louisville to honor my hometown,” said Hunt. “But in light of current events, supporting the Louisville Community Bail Fund seemed like an important way to not only honor my hometown but to also hopefully promote positive change.”

Added Bialik: “Because our show is set in...

Fox has ordered the Mayim Bialik-led comedy “Call Me Kat” to series. The half-hour, multicamera show — which previously had a series commitment from the network and was set to film its pilot before production shutdown — will premiere at midseason.

“Call Me Kat,” based on a BBC U.K. series called “Miranda,” stars the “Big Bang Theory” alum as Kat, “a 39-year-old woman who struggles every day against society and her mother to prove that you can Not have everything you want — and still be happy,” according to its logline. “Which is why she spent her life savings to open a Cat Café in Louisville, Kentucky.”

Along with Bialik, the comedy’s cast includes Swoosie Kurtz as Sheila, Kyla Pratt as Randi, Cheyenne Jackson as Max and Leslie Jordan as Phil.

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Exclusive: Julian Gant (Superior Donuts) is set as a series regular opposite Mayim Bialik in Call Me Kat (fka Carla), the network’s multi-camera straight-to-series comedy, from The Big Bang Theory alums Bialik and Jim Parsons and Warner Bros. TV. Gant also joins Leslie Jordan, Swoosie Kurtz, Kyla Pratt and Cheyenne Jackson in the project based on Miranda Hart’s BBC series Miranda. Additionally, Saturday Night Live alum Beth McCarthy-Miller has been tapped to direct and executive produce.

Written by Darlene Hunt, Call Me Kat centers around Kat (Bialik), a 39-year-old woman who struggles every day against society and her mother Sheila (Kurtz) to prove that you can Not have everything you want — and still be happy. Which is why she spent her life savings to open a Cat Café in Louisville, Ky.

Gant will play Carter, who manages a piano bar, The Middle C, in a trendy area of Louisville.

Press materials for new indie comedy “Lazy Susan” stress “The character of Susan is a cisgender woman,” apparently for fear that viewers might otherwise assume star Sean Hayes is playing a transgender person. The fact that he’s not underlines this movie’s very fragile raison d’être: It’s supposed to be funny simply that a man in a dress and wig is portraying a “real” woman. Can that be funny? Well, sure. But is that alone, minus much else very special in the realms of performance or story or concept, funny enough to float a 90-minute movie all by itself?

Apparently not. “Lazy Susan” aims hazily between the sad-sack valentine likes of “Muriel’s Wedding” and something more satirically misanthropic, missing a target it never quite commits to in the first place. Starring “Will & Grace’s” Hayes as the title character, a suburban Wisconsin wallflower who makes herself...

In today’s TV news roundup, Quibi released the official trailer for “Nikki Fre$h” and Leslie Jordan has been cast as a series regular on “Call Me Kat.”

Casting

Leslie Jordan has joined the cast of “Call Me Kat” as a series regular. Jordan will play Phil, who works for Kat (Mayim Bialik) and bakes all the pastries at the Cat Cafe. Kat is helping Phil get a new lease on life after his recent breakup with his longtime partner. The role brings Jordan back to Fox, as he previously starred in the multi-cam comedy “The Cool Kids” for the network. The half hour series is executive produced by Darlene Hunt, Bialik, Jim Parsons, Todd Spiewak, Angie Stephenson and Miranda Hart.

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Former The Cool Kids star Leslie Jordan is returning to Fox as a series regular opposite Mayim Bialik in Call Me Kat (fka Carla), the network’s multi-camera straight-to-series comedy, from The Big Bang Theory alums Bialik and Jim Parsons and Warner Bros. TV. Jordan also joins Swoosie Kurtz, Kyla Pratt and Cheyenne Jackson in the project based on Miranda Hart’s BBC series Miranda.

Written by Darlene Hunt, Call Me Kat centers around Kat (Bialik), a 39-year-old woman who struggles every day against society and her mother Sheila (Kurtz) to prove that you Cannot have everything you want — and still be happy. Which is why she spent the money her parents set aside for her wedding to open a Cat Café in Louisville, Ky.

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Leslie Jordan has been cast in Fox’s “Call Me Kat” half-hour, multi-camera comedy pilot, which currently has a series commitment at the broadcast network.

He joins Mayim Bialik, who plays the title character, Kat, “a 39-year-old woman who struggles every day against society and her mother to prove that you can Not have everything you want — and still be happy. Which is why she spent her life savings to open a Cat Café in Louisville, Kentucky.”

Jordan will play Phil, who works for Kat and bakes all the pastries at the cat cafe. According to Fox, “Kat is helping Phil get a new lease on life after his recent breakup with his longtime partner.”

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Leslie Jordan has found the purr-fect next role on Fox’s upcoming Call Me Kat., TVLine has learned.

The show follows Kat (played by The Big Bang Theory‘s Mayim Bialik), a 39-year-old woman who struggles every day against society and her mother to prove that you can not have everything you want and still be happy. That’s why she spent the money her parents set aside for her wedding to open a cat café in Louisville, Kentucky.

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Mayim Bialik is crushing on American Horror Story‘s Cheyenne Jackson, who will star opposite the Big Bang Theory vet in Call Me Kat, Fox’s straight-to-series remake of the BBC comedy Miranda, our sister site Deadline reports.

The show follows Kat (Bialik), a 39-year-old woman who struggles every day against society and her mother to prove that you can not have everything you want and still be happy. That’s why she spent the money her parents set aside for her wedding to open a cat café in Louisville, Kentucky.

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Exclusive: Cheyenne Jackson has been tapped as the male lead opposite Mayim Bialik in Call Me Kat, Fox’s multi-camera straight-to-series comedy, from The Big Bang Theory alums Bialik and Jim Parsons and Warner Bros. TV.

Written by Darlene Hunt based on Miranda Hart’s BBC series Miranda, Call Me Kat centers around Kat (Bialik), a 39-year-old woman who struggles every day against society and her mother Sheila (Swoosie Kurtz) to prove that you Cannot have everything you want — and still be happy. Which is why she spent the money her parents set aside for her wedding to open a Cat Café in Louisville, Ky.

Jackson will play Kat’s (Bialik) high school crush, Max, who recently returned from teaching English overseas and now works as a bartender across the street from the cat café. He’s getting over a long-term relationship with an ex that Kat imagines to be...

Exclusive: Kyla Pratt is set to co-star opposite Mayim Bialik in Call Me Kat (fka Carla) Fox’s multi-camera straight-to-series comedy, from The Big Bang Theory alums Bialik and Jim Parsons and Warner Bros. TV. In addition to Bialik, Pratt also joins Swoosie Kurtz in the project, based on Miranda Hart’s BBC series Miranda.

Written by Darlene Hunt, Call Me Kat centers around Kat (Bialik), a 39-year-old woman who struggles every day against society and her mother Sheila (Kurtz) to prove that you Cannot have everything you want — and still be happy. Which is why she spent the money her parents set aside for her wedding to open a Cat Café in Louisville, Ky.

Pratt will play Randi, a hip, confident millennial who was named Louisville’s top barista four years in a row. Randi works at the café despite having no interest in cats. As someone who juggles multiple suitors,...