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JoAnna Garcia Swisher nabs female lead in CBS pilot

JoAnna Garcia Swisher will play the wife of the titular character in CBS’ “Untitled Tommy Johnagin Project”.

Inspired by his life, the half-hour comedy pilot will star Johnagin as a standup raising a family in a small Midwestern town. He and his wife Michelle, an accomplished paediatrician, have a daughter named Ashley.

“Cougar Town” creator Bill Lawrence will exec produce with Jeff Ingold, Justin Halpern, Patrick Schumacker and Johnagin who penned the pilot with Halpern and Schumacker.

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