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Kirstie Alley About to Star in ABC Pilot, ‘The Manzanis’

kirstie alleyFresh off the Dancing with the Stars dance floor and after confronting David Letterman on all the jokes about her weight that he’s made over the past few months, Kirstie Alley is on the verge landing her own sitcom once again. She’s almost set to star in the pilot of ABC’s The Manzanis, which if picked up will be a multi-camera family comedy that Deadline reports is being described as a fresher version of the successful show, Rosanne. Renowned sitcom writers Marco Pennette and Dave Flebotte have assumed all creative responsibilities and ABC Studios and Brillstein Entertainment have signed on to produce. 

Kirstie will play an outspoken wife and mother whose family moves to a “repressed country club town,” where presumably, Kirstie’s character goes bonkers once she sees the surrounding families’ dedication and obedience to the status quo. But The Manzanis won’t be the first time Kirstie has taken on the character of a blunt and candid person — previously, she starred in the very short-lived Showtime show, Fat Actress, where she played a version of herself and called out the limitations that Hollywood puts on actresses if they gain weight during their careers. Kirstie also starred in Veronica’s Closet, which only aired on NBC from 1997 to 2000 because of a sharp decline in ratings (it went from 24.4 million viewers in May of 1998 to only 7.97 viewers in June of 2000). But Kirstie genuinely deserves her own show, so lets hope that she’s finally past all the “Hey, Do This Because You Have Nothing Else to Do!” shows.

Source: Deadline

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