(FROM VARIETY) – Megan Mullally (Will & Grace) has joined Alicia Silverstone in the cast of the upcoming ABC comedy pilot Bad Mother's Handbook. Mullally will play the 48-year-old mom to Silverstone's character, a 32-year-old woman who has to take care of both her mother and her 16-year-old daughter. Alia Shawkat (who played Maeby on Arrested Development) has been cast as the daughter. Mullally hosted a daytime talk show in the 2006-07 season and currently stars in the Broadway production of Young Frankenstein. (Variety)


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