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COMEDY FRIDAY: LAUREN GRAHAM TO LEAD 'LINDA FROM HR' SITCOM! DYLAN MCDERMOTT IN 'LA -> VEGAS', BRETT GOLDSTEIN IN 'SPACED OUT' SITCOM! JENNA ELFMAN'S 'IMAGINARY MARY' SITCOM CAST PHOTOS

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LAUREN GRAMA TO LEAD
'LINDA FROM HR' COMEDY
Comedy Friday today, people, to end your week with some fun topics! After her return to Stars Hollow in Gilmore Girls event series, it seems Lauren Graham will stay in comedy waters on the small screens since, as Deadline reports, she has just taken the lead role in Fox single camera comedy series LINDA FROM HR! The new series centres on the eponymous heroine, Linda Plugh (Graham). All it takes is one bad decision to throw Linda from HR’s monotonous, unfulfilled life into an exciting but dangerous tailspin of balancing work life, home life and a secret that could unravel everything. She recently starred in Matthew Perry's The Odd Couple sitcom as well!

DYLAN MCDERMOTT TO LEAD
'LA - > VEGAS' COMEDY
Also overt at Fox, they have found their lead actor for new single camera comedy series LA - > VEGAS in Dylan McDermott! The comedy is set on the Friday night flight from LAX to Vegas and the returning flight on Sunday. It is about a group of underdogs trying to find their place in the world who all share the same goal: to come back a winner in the casino of life. McDermott will play the pilot on Flight 1710, Captain Dave, cocky but also a baby, a likeable narcissist who feels connecting with his passengers is just as important as flying the plane.
'SPACED OUT' NBC SITCOM
Meanwhile, the creators of NBC's beloved sitcom Undateables are returning to the same network with new single camera comedy series SPACED OUT a workplace comedy that centres on a working class genius and his struggles to fit in with an established team — all made more difficult when their job is building a rocket to Mars. Brett Goldstein is the first one to be cast in the new series as Leon Ness, the brilliant, eccentric and unpredictable founder of Space One, a man who dreams big and never gives up!

'IMAGINARY MARY
JENNA ELFMAN TV COMEDY
Meanwhile, a series that has already been shot and is ready for the launch of its first season over at ABC is hybrid comedy sitcom IMAGINARY MARY which will air its sneak peak on March 29th and then continue with regular premiere on April 4th!  A mix of live action scripted comedy series and CGI elements it will see Jenna Elfman leading the thirteen episode first season run! The series has been postponed a few times since ABC needed time to improve and enhance the CGI elements (Mary's imaginary friend is CGI animated!

UNHINGED IMAGINARY FRIENDS  
Imaginary Mary centres on Alice (Jenna Elfman), a fiercely independent career woman whose life is turned upside down when she meets the love of her life – a divorced father (Stephen Schneider) with three kids. This triggers even more upheaval when the slightly unhinged imaginary friend she created as a child suddenly reappears to help her navigate the transition from single girl to a woman ready for a family.


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