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Megan Mullally joins 'Handbook'

ABC comedy pilot stars Alicia Silverstone

Megan Mullally
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"Will & Grace" trouper Megan Mullally is taking another stab at a sitcom. She's joined the cast of ABC pilot "Bad Mother's Handbook," starring opposite Alicia Silverstone.

"Handbook" hails from ABC Studios and scribes Jenni Konner and Ali Rushfield and focuses on three generations of femmes in a family. With the casting set, the single-camera pilot is set to lens later this month with Richard Shepard directing.

Mullally, a two-time Emmy winner for her work on "Will & Grace," toplined her own daytime yakker in the 2006-07 season. More recently, she's been busy on Broadway co-starring in "Young Frankenstein."

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