VIDEO: First Look - Kirstie Alley Plays Tony Winning Broadway Star on TV Land's KIRSTIE, Airing Tonight
Below, get a first look at KIRSTIE, starring Kirstie Alley who reunites with her Cheers co-star Rhea Perlman. The sitcom also marks the return of Seinfeld's Michael Richards. The comedy premieres tonight, December 4 at 10/9C on TV Land!
Kristin Chenoweth will join a host of guest stars on the show including Kristen Johnston, George Wendt and Cloris Leachman.
The show centers around Broadway star Madison Banks (Kirstie Alley) whose life turns upside down when Arlo (Eric Petersen), the son she gave up at birth, suddenly appears, hoping to connect after his adoptive parents have died. Rhea Perlman ("Cheers") stars as Maddie's assistant and best friend alongside Richards ("Seinfeld") as Maddie's outlandish driver.
Chenoweth will take on the role of Britney Gold, described as "Maddie's conniving and ambitious snake of an understudy who will do anything - or anyone - to get onstage. And since the unsinkable Maddie never misses a performance, she'll leap at Maddie's offer to finally let her Go On in exchange for an unseemly favor."
Leachman will portray Shirley Kluszewski, Madison's "outspoken, hard-living, show business-hating mother who is estranged from her daughter."Chenoweth, most recently appeared on Broadway in Promises, Promises. Her other theater credits include Wicked and her Tony-winning turn in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown. Her TV credits include her Emmy-winning work on "Pushing Daisies" and a guest starring role on Glee.
