CBS Picks Up Robin Williams-Sarah Michelle Gellar Comedy, 5 Others

CBS is in the midst of solidifying its fall lineup, giving a series order to the comedy CRAZY ONES, a father-daughter workplace comedy starring Robin Williams and Sarah Michelle Gellar. The network has also picked up three other comedies, as well as two dramas, according to Deadline.

CRAZY ONES is a half-hour comedy, produced and written by David E. Kelley, and directed by Jason Winer of Modern Family fame. Gellar will play 'Sydney Roberts,' the daughter of Williams, who works alongside her father in a successful advertising agency.

CBS also ordered Chuck Lorre's latest comedy, titled MOM, starring Anna Faris and Allison Janney. According to the logline, the series follows "a newly sober single mom tries to pull her life together in Napa Valley"; THE MILLERS, from Greg Garcia, featuring Will Arnett, Margo Martindale, J.B. Smoove, and Beau Bridges. Arnett plays a "recently divorced guy, whose life gets more complicated when his parents have marital problems of their own." Finally, CBS picked up Rob Greenberg's WE ARE MEN, starring Chris Smith, Kal Penn, Tony Shalhoub, Jerry O'Connell. According to the logline, the series is described as: "a young guy finds camaraderie living among the more experienced guys he meets in a short-term rental complex.

The network also ordered the dramas HOSTAGES, starring the acclaimed Toni Collette and Dylan McDermott, part of "a family is caught in The Middle of a grand political conspiracy that will change their lives forever." CBS also picked up INTELLIGENCE, which pairs Josh Holloway and Marg Helgenberger and "focuses on a unit that has been created around one agent with a very special gift, a microchip that has been implanted in his brain that allows him to access the entire electromagnetic spectrum."

CBS is expected to make 1-2 more orders before the week is out.

For the original announcement, head on over to Deadline.

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