NBC Midseason Tuesday 9:30pm
Premieres Midseason
concept
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Jenna Elfman has been cast in the upcoming NBC comedy Growing Up Fisher. Elfman will play the role of Joyce Fisher, the wife of Mel Fisher - the proud family patriarch who does not let his blindness affect him as a father, husband and breadwinner. Elfman recently appeared on NBC's 1600 Penn and is best known for her role on Dharma and Greg, for which she garnered a Golden Globe Award, three Emmy Award nominations... 
stars
J.K. Simmons (The Closer), Jenna Elfman (1600 Penn, Dharma & Greg), Lance Lim, Ava Deluca-Verley, Eli Baker, Jason Bateman (narrator) (Arrested Development)
prods
D.J. Nash (Up All Night), Jason Bateman, Jim Garavente
studio
Universal Television, Aggregate Films
my take
J.K. Simmons is great. He's also one of those actors whose name you don't know. Here he plays a blind man who has Jenna Elfman as his wife. Perhaps this will be the sitcom that makes you learn Simmons' name? Or be the first post-Dharma & Greg hit for Elfman? No opinion here -- as a midseason entry, NBC has nearly no info on this.
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