DELIGHTFUL NEW TV COMEDY ARRIVES NEXT WEEK AT CBS: CAROL'S SECOND ACT WITH PATRICIA HEATON, JEAN LUC BILODEAU, KYLE MACLACHLAN, LUCAS NEFF

I shall cheer you up this boring Monday with a new sitcom that starts next week, September 26th, Thursday on CBS! CAROL'S SECOND ACT will star Patricia Heaton, Kyle MacLachlan, Baby Daddy's beloved star Jean  Luc Bilodeau, Lucas Neff and Sabrina Jalees! Patricia Heaton leads the comedy series as a woman who embarks on a unique second act after raising her children, getting divorced and retiring from teaching: pursuing her dream of becoming a doctor.

Patricia Heaton returns to CBS with new role

Following Your Dreams Is The Best Medicine
On Carol Kenney’s first day at work, she’s prepped with an abundance of life experience, people skills, talent and enthusiasm, advantages the chief resident and other newly minted interns don’t have – or immediately appreciate. Carol’s first-year partners on rounds are Lexie (Sabrina Jalees), who’s very nervous due to the pressure on her to succeed as the first in her family to go to college, and Daniel (Jean Luc Bilodeau), a 2018 Harvard Medical School grad who’s already

Ito Aghayere, Lucas Neff, Patricia Heaton, Jean Luc Bilodeau, Sabrina Jalees and Kyle MacLachlan from left to right

published in the New England Journal of Medicine … twice. Carol will need to win over their chief resident, Dr. Maya Jacobs (Ito Aghayere), an all business disciplinarian who doesn’t care for Carol’s chatty, outgoing nature.

Jean Luc  Bilodeau returns to sitcoms after Baby Daddy hit comedy

Fortunately, Carol has a couple of friendly faces at the hospital, including Dr. Frost (Kyle MacLachlan), the accomplished senior attending physician who

Patricia Heaton was the part of Everybody Loves Raymond sitcom

finds her charming, and her bubbly daughter, Jenny, a successful pharma sales rep who catches the eye of Carol’s fellow doctors. At age 50, Carol is a

In the pilot episode Carol disregards orders and saves a patient's life

medical intern who must sink or swim with peers who are half her age, and it’s her enthusiasm, perspective, and yes, even her age, that may be exactly what will make her second act a great success.