CBS Comedies Land Emmy Winners Perlman, Coleman

Date:March 30,2005
From:Zap2it

LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) Between the two of them, Rhea Perlman and Dabney Coleman have 15 Emmy nominations and five wins. The reliable comedy veterans are bringing their decorated resumes to CBS' comedy development slate.
Perlman, who accumulated her Emmy glories over a decade of playing Carla on "Cheers," will lend support to "Stoller Wars," a comedy that stars Tiffani Thiessen and Darren Ritchie as new parents. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Perlman will play the mother of Ritchie's character.

The six episodes of "Kate Brasher" that CBS aired back in 2001 were Perlman's last regular television gig. Since then, Perlman has done several pilots, as well as guest spots on shows including "Frasier," "Karen Sisco" and "Kevin Hill."


Coleman ("Buffalo Bill") is partnering with Jenna Elfman in CBS' "Everything I Know About Men." Genetic implausibility aside, Coleman will play Elfman's father in the comedy, about an assistant at a marketing firm who can't understand the men in her life.
An Emmy winner for the 1987 telefilm "Sworn to Silence," Coleman's feature credits include such classics as "North Dallas Forty," "Melvin and Howard," "Nine to Five," "Tootsie," "WarGames" and "The Muppets Take Manhattan."