Jaime Pressly Comedy The Porch, From Mom Co-EP, in Development at CBS
Jaime Pressly is hoping to make the leap from one CBS comedy to another.
Fresh off her seven-year stint on Mom, the Emmy-winning actress is set to star in The Porch, a new sitcom in development at the Eye network that reunites her with Mom co-executive producer Susan McMartin, Deadline reports.
Based on an original idea by Pressly, the prospective multi-cam centers on LJ, a recently divorced woman “who returns home to the small North Carolina island she couldn’t wait to leave to bury a mom she couldn’t stand,” according to the official logline. “She finds herself staying far longer than she ever imagined, reconnecting with the ‘porch’ folks she never felt a part of and falling in love for the first time with the train wreck of a mother who is no longer alive.”
Pressly will executive-produce, alongside McMartin (who will pen the pilot) and Aaron Kaplan (The Neighborhood).
Pressly joined Mom in Season 2, when she was introduced as alcoholic socialite Jill Kendall. In the May 13 series finale, an expectant Jill wed her on-again/off-again boyfriend Andy (played by Will Sasso; read post mortem).
Prior to Mom, Pressly had a recurring role on fellow Chuck Lorre sitcom Two and a Half Men, on which McMartin served as a writer and co-producer. Before that, she starred opposite Jason Lee on the NBC series My Name Is Earl; her part as Earl’s ex-wife Joy Turner earned her an Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 2007.
Are you intrigued by the idea of Pressly’s new CBS comedy? Would you watch if it makes it to air? Hit the comments with your reactions.
She’s been great in everything, and the premise of this new one sounds like one I’d love to see.
Love her, the premise sounds good. Not crazy about the name though.
The show is based in the south, and what’s the south without a porch.
I will definitely watch more of Jill if I can find it when it comes on !
This sounds like a show I’d definitely be interested in watching, it has a great sounding plot and storyline and I love Jaimie Pressly.
Love her. Will definitely watch her new show. And Mom should have never been cancelled!!!
I agree it was my very favorite comedy!!!
Yes I would watch, I truly loved her in”mom”. Just let me know when this show starts, I’ll be there!!! I’m also in agreement that the show”Mom” should never of been cancelled, I loved All if them on that show!! Miss it very much.
Me too
I AGREE! LOVED Mom. To bad there was no way to revive it!
Mom was a great show with an important message delivered in a way that wasn’t ‘preachy’. They take a phenomenal show off the air and keep all the garbage. It was great with Anna Faris but still worked just as well when she left. I wish Fox would revive it like the did Last Man Standing.
Sounds like it will appeal to her Mom fans and the CBS audience base.
I would love to watch it. It sounds like great comedy and love Jaime Presley
This sounds familiar and I’m looking forward to it! I love Jamie and her accent.
They really should add Jason Lee to the cast….
Love the idea of Jaime Pressly in a new sitcom. Can’t wait!
Good idea!!!
Always up for a Jaime Pressly comedy!! Love her!!
I watched MOM all 7 seasons! Excellent cast and I’m a huge fan of Jaimie Pressly! So, yes!!! I will watch it!!! ☺
We need more comedies on TV!! TOO much reality series that are on!!!
Thank you!
Mom was one for eight seasons….
Agreed. I too watched all 8 seasons & loved it. Looked forward to it every week & now the reruns. Was one of the best sit coms out there, andthey’re aren’tNEARLY ENOUGH. I watch tv to be ENTERTAINED. Not all the reality shows
I would definitely watch it!! I loved her on Mom!!
I love her so much she was a bright light in mom. The idea sounds great.
YES! I would love to see her perform again.. I’m a big fan! Can’t wait!!😁✌🏼
Glad for her but mom should have not been canceled
Maybe they will grab up Kristen Johnston too.
Yeesh….some can rock a bob haircut, but Pressly cannot.
I’m sure her stylist will give your unsolicited opinion all the consideration it deserves.
I wanted her to get her own when Mom ended. But it would have been great if it could of been Jill and Andy!
I loved her in Mom. Glad she’s getting something.
I’m going to miss Mom a lot. Presley has proven how talented she is time and time again, especially with Joy from My Name is Earl. I hope her new show fills that Mom shaped hole in my heart.
You could tell she was Maaaad when Mom was canceled! I was too, though. Any other ‘ Mom ‘ fans that didn’t like the season finale? Just kind of left us hanging.
I will def watch this show, love her! “ The Porch “ is a good name bc in NC, having a “porch group” is very common. Rich, MC, or poor. How awesome would it be if “ Tammy “ had her own and the other girls were her “ porch posse” ? 😆👏
I’d watch Jaime watching paint dry. Thought she was good in Earl, but she flat out nailed the Jill Kendall character.
This sounds great! I’d watch it.
She’s great. I would check out her show.
Love Jamie
Yes, I would watch it to see how it materializes.
Yeah I would watch it and I would watch it I miss Mom I would love to see her and all of them come back and something but yeah I’d watch it
I loved Mom, never understood why they cancelled it. After Anna Faris left, they should have just kept all the ladies and changed the name of the show, like when Roseanne left, they changed the name. The show was still so funny with the others. And yes I will definitely watch her show.