Someone's Getting Fired

I don't know who had the bright idea to give Alicia Silverstone another lead in a situation comedy, but I think we know which new series will be headed for cancellation first. There were not that many new shows lined up because of the WGA strike and so it was going to be tough to pick a loser out of the bunch. No longer. Alicia Silverstone who is to television shows what Jennifer Aniston is to movies has been signed to be the star of "Bad Mother's Handbook." Oh yes, Alicia plays a mother to a 16 year old, and acts as a mother to her own mother. I think the premise actually sounds decent, if tired and overdone, but casting Alicia is just like ensuring that after six episodes the rest will be on DVD or the Family Channel.

Now the casting people did get a great daughter at least. They got the girl from Arrested Development. You know. Maeby. Yes, Alia Shawkat is cast as Silverstone's daughter. How about the writers kill off Alicia's character in the first episode and then it can just be Alia and her grandmother. Now that would be a great show and would spare us all the effect of having Alicia to look at each week. They could keep her photo on Alia's night stand and that way she can still be remembered on the show.