Margaret Cho Back On The Diet Train To Sitcom Success
Margaret Cho is trying her hand at sitcoms again. We always felt her sponge-bath-administering character Gwen ("My name's Gwen and I'm here to warrrrsh your vagina!") could be the next Ally McBeal, but Cho has opted for the "ethnic, multigenerational family comedy" route that did her in the first time around:
Fox Broadcasting Co. is developing a comedy script with comedienne Margaret Cho, who unhappily starred in the short-lived sitcom All-American Girl on ABC in 1994-95.
The ethnic, multigenerational family comedy is said to involve a character based on Cho's mother that she has made a fixture of her stand-up routine."I'm very excited about this project because, finally, I get to become my mother," said Cho, who would also executive produce with Just Shoot Me writer Susan Dickes.
Cho describes the harrowing experience with All-American Girl in her concert film I'm the One That I Want, alleging that ABC pressured her to lose so much weight that it triggered kidney failure.
While Fox executives have assured Cho that they will steer clear of any notes involving the comedian's physical appearance, they did retain the right to all final casting decisions. A memo circulated earlier in the week informed producers that while Cho has been approved as the mother character, the part of 'Margaret Cho' herself should be played by "Dakota Fanning, or a Dakota Fanning-type."
