‘Our House’: Nancy Lenehan & Phil Hendrie To Co-Star In CBS Comedy Pilot

EXCLUSIVE: Nancy Lenehan (Veep) and Phil Hendrie (New Girl) are set as leads opposite Katherine Heigl and Malcolm Barrett in CBS’ multi-camera comedy pilot Our House, from Sony Pictures TV and CBS TV Studios. In addition, Chris Harris (How I Met Your Mother) has been tapped as executive producer and showrunner as part of his overall deal with CBS TV Studios.

Written by Brendan O’Brien and directed by James Burrows, Our House centers on a devoted dad, Shawn (Barrett), and mom, Bridget (Heigl), who are committed to raising their children with the love and support the mom never got as a kid but discover how difficult that is with her insane parents, played by Lenehan and Hendrie, and siblings back in the picture.

Lenehan will play Laura, Bridget’s (Heigl) loving, passive-aggressive mother who feels like she no longer has a place in her family after her daughter renovates the childhood home she grew up in and raises her kids with a radically different parental style. Once Bridget and Laura learn to communicate better and commiserate over the difficulties of raising a family, their complicated relationship improves – and Bridget realizes she’s not as different from her mother as she thought.

Hendrie portrays Rory, Bridget’s old-school, sometimes problematic father who spends his time trying to appease his wife Laura (Lenehan) – even if that means meddling in the lives of his children. Rory’s adoration for his family is tested when he finds himself at odds with his daughter Bridget’s new “hippy dippy” parenting style.

O’Brien and Heigl executive produce with Nick Stoller, Conor Welch and Harris.

Lenehan’s recent credits include recurring on Veep on HBO and a series regular role on TBS’ People of Earth. In addition, she is currently shooting a recurring role on ABC’s Bless This Mess. Lenehan is repped by Pakula/King & Associates and Meghan Schumacher Management.

Hendrie’s on-camera credits include New Girl, Modern Family, Marin and most recently, a guest appearance on The Conners. A veteran voice actor, Hendrie can currently be heard on F is for Family, as well as in Rick & Morty, Futurama, King of the Hill and Team America. He also hosts The Phil Hendrie Showr. Hendrie is repped by 90210 Talent and Sutton, Barth & Vennari.

Harris previously worked as an executive producer on long-running CBS comedy series How I Met Your Mother and as a writer on the network’s Late Show with David Letterman, sharing a total of five Emmy nominations with the teams of the two shows. He served as executive producer on The Great Indoors and consulted on The Millers, Angel From Hell and most recently Happy Together.

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