Rosie and Fran: NYC's Latest Sitcom Residents?

One more reason not to watch television, coming soon to a TV near you! amNewYork is reporting that "two of television's most recognizable voices (to put it very, very, very mildly and kindly) are coming together: Rosie O'Donnell and Fran Drescher."

The sitcom will be Manhattan-based and called The New Thirty; geared at the midlife crisis-set, the two will play old high school friends living in the same apartment building. Drescher described it as being similar to Sex and the City "but we ain't getting any."

Rosie hasn't been on the air since she left The View about a year ago, just after Drescher left the small screen when her show (that we just found out existed) called Living with Fran ended. If the show gets picked up, there is reportedly going to be a third cast member joining the two.

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By Jen Carlson in Arts & Entertainment on May 24, 2008 2:55 PM

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Reflect

YAY ROSIES BACK. LOVE HER. How about kathy Griffin?

sonyactivision

Couldn't they have called it "T-Rex And The City"?

sarahlucy

shut up, the nanny was awesome

Spirit of 76

My first thought was, "This sounds like a female Odd Couple." Lo and behold, that's exactly how Drescher describes it. But even if it's good, nobody will ever be able to match the comic chemistry of Tony Randall and Jack Klugman. Just ask Ron Glass and Demond Wilson how hard it is.

Mr Mel

Manhattan gives spinsterhood a bad name.

Jen Chung

Roseanne Barr for the third role?

BongoBoy

this is too easy.

the d--e and the k--e.

dr zippy

Joan Rivers would make a nice addition to the cast.

matty

I would tap fran drescher.

cucarachita

Who will this show be targeted at? Older single women nostalgic for old fashioned laugh-track boring sitcoms? Isn't that what Seinfeld is for?

Dave Hogarty

I'm trying to think of an as-objectionable third party to join the cast, but am struggling. Can Bill O'Reilly be the curmudgeonly homophobic sex-averse landlord?