Mo Gaffney and Dan Castellaneta - H 2012
Getty Images- Share this article on Facebook
- Share this article on Twitter
- Share this article on Email
- Show additional share options
- Share this article on Print
- Share this article on Comment
- Share this article on Whatsapp
- Share this article on Linkedin
- Share this article on Reddit
- Share this article on Pinit
- Share this article on Tumblr
ABC Family is adding Homer Simpson to its ranks.
The Simpsons‘ Dan Castellaneta and Absolutely Fabulous‘ Mo Gaffney have joined the network’s comedy pilot Continuing Fred, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
From Mike & Molly‘s Bill Daly, the multicamera comedy revolves around twentysomething Winifred “Fred” Harris (Mimi Gianopulos), a newly graduated slacker with an overbearing family who surprisingly finds purpose when she begins to teach at a local elementary school.
STORY: ‘The Simpsons’ at 500: Untold Stories
Castellaneta, who voices Homer Simpson on the long-running Fox animated comedy, will play Harry Harris, Fred’s hard-working, cheap and gruff father.
Gaffney will co-star as Loretta Harris, Fred’s well-meaning yet intrusive mother of Fred and her older brother, Ben.
Castellaneta is with Sovereign Talent Group, Forster and Myman Abel. Gaffney, whose credits also include House of Lies, is with Stone Manners.
Email: Lesley.Goldberg@thr.com; Twitter: @Snoodit
THR Newsletters
Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day