They say the third time's the charm and reformed party girl Kate is hoping that's true when she becomes Pete's third wife. She fell into his arms at a karaoke bar and a year later, Kate's got an insta-family complete with three stepchildren and two ex-wives. Diane is ex-wife number one, an intense, over-achieving doctor and the mother of twin teenagers Hillary and Warren. Diane is quick to convey her withering disapproval of Kate's barely tapped maternal instinct. Ex-wife number two, Jackie, is mother to adopted son, Bert, and can pull Pete's strings with her special blend of neurotic, new-ageyness. Juggling all this baggage is uncharted territory for Kate who finds support with her best friend Meg a party-hearty singleton and the only woman Kate knows who has less experience with kids than she has... 

Emily Halpern & Sarah Haskins, Lee Eisenberg & Gene Stupnitsky (The Office), Malin Akerman, Dan Kaplow

I adore the cast and the concept, although done before, is freshened with the addition of a second ex-wife and kid to go along with the first ex and the kids from that marriage. Whitford can play off anyone and make everyone better for it. Malin Akerman has for-real comedy chops and isn't too difficult to look at. For me, it's how she and Marcia Gay Harden play off each other. Their relationship has to be strained, but it can't be too rancorous or it'll turn everyone off. I'm looking forward to checking this out.