Jenna Elfman is back on TV with CBS’s new hit comedy Accidentally on Purpose and she talked to me about the show that brought her back to TV. So what was it about this CBS Monday night sitcom that convinced her to return to TV? She told me, “When I first read the script it made me laugh out loud repeatedly which I thought was a very good sign. Because I’ve been looking for the past 4 and a half years to develop and find a great new show to come back to television with and they don’t always make you laugh out loud. so I am very excited!” And she has a lot to be excited about because this show will have you laughing out loud repeatedly too!
Jenna plays Billie, a woman in her late 30’s who thought her boyfriend/boss was going to propose to her but when he doesn’t she winds having a one night stand with a 22 year old guy, Zack and finds herself pregnant by him. Even though Zack is basically homeless and working a crap job, he decides to man up and take responsibility for their baby and Billie asks him to move in. The two of them have decided to have a platonic relationship and with that comes their friends and her sister. There will be a lot of hysterical things that happen because of their living arrangement and she detailed some of things that will be coming up on the show. There will be dating, her trying to keep her job because her ex will do things out of spite and a big cliffhanger in the Christmas episode that will have us excited for the New Year!
Talking about the New Year, Jenna has something to be excited about…her second baby! So was Story’s future sibling planned? She told me, “Yes! Once I found out the show was going to be on for the fall season, I turned to my husband and said this is a good time to have another baby cause my character is pregnant the whole first season on the show and I won’t have to hide it.” But Jenna added because she was showing a little more than Billie was and she did have to hide her pregnancy for the first few episodes. But once the two baby bumps were at the same size, it was very liberating for her to let it show!
If you have never seen Accidentally on Purpose, why not start watching it tonight on CBS at 8:30p and discover just how hysterical this show is!!! On tonight’s episode when Billie’s cravings lead her to eating the guys’ ribs, they decide to get revenge and eat something of hers. I can’t wait to see what eases their cravings because you know it is going to be good just like all the other episodes!!!
