{"id":29716,"date":"2019-08-27T09:37:20","date_gmt":"2019-08-27T15:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1068281"},"modified":"2019-08-27T09:37:20","modified_gmt":"2019-08-27T15:37:20","slug":"lauren-grahams-tv-comeback-is-set-with-zoeys-extraordinary-playlist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/music-news\/lauren-grahams-tv-comeback-is-set-with-zoeys-extraordinary-playlist\/","title":{"rendered":"Lauren Graham&#8217;s TV Comeback Is Set With Zoey&#8217;s Extraordinary Playlist"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"photo-txt-0\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"40.32702020202\">\n<div class=\"column post-content__image--left post-content__image\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"32\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image--full\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/2019727\/rs_634x1024-190827083017-634-Lauren-Graham-LT-082719-GettyImages-1051906442.jpg?fit=inside|900:auto&amp;output-quality=90\" title=\"Lauren Graham\" alt=\"Lauren Graham\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"image__credits\">Amanda Edwards\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"19.659685863874\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/lauren_graham\">Lauren Graham<\/a><\/strong>&#8216;s return to TV will be <em>Extraordinary<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Gilmore Girls<\/em> star has joined the cast of <em>Zoey&#8217;s Extraordinary Playlist<\/em>, NBC&#8217;s upcoming musical dramedy, as a series regular. E! News has learned Graham will play Joan, boss to Zoey, replacing <strong>Carmen Cusack<\/strong> in a pilot recast.<\/p>\n<p>The cast of <em>Zoey&#8217;s Extraordinary Playlist<\/em> is led by <em>Suburgatory<\/em> and <em>What\/If<\/em> star <strong>Jane Levy<\/strong> as Zoey, a computer coder who begins to hear the thoughts and desires of those around her through songs. <em>Pitch Perfect<\/em> and <em>Crazy Ex-Girlfriend<\/em> veteran <strong>Skylar Astin<\/strong>, <em>Glee<\/em>&#8216;s <strong>Alex Newell<\/strong>, <em>Book Club<\/em> and <em>Last Man on Earth<\/em> star <strong>Mary Steenburgen<\/strong>, <em>The O.C.<\/em> and <em>Law &amp; Order: SVU<\/em> veteran <strong>Peter Gallagher<\/strong>, <em>Luke Cage<\/em>&#8216;s <strong>John Clarence Stewart<\/strong> and <em>Barry<\/em> star <strong>Andrew Leeds<\/strong> are all part of the ensemble cast.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"57.821033210332\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"10.512915129151\">\n<p>Graham, who previously spent six seasons on NBC in <em>Parenthood<\/em>, most recently popped up in <em>Curb Your Enthusiasm<\/em> as a love interest for <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/larry_david\">Larry David<\/a><\/strong> in 2017. She returned to Stars Hollow and Lorelai Gilmore for the 2016 revival miniseries <em>Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life<\/em> on Netflix opposite much of the original <em>Gilmore Girls<\/em> cast including TV daughter <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/alexis_bledel\">Alexis Bledel<\/a><\/strong>. Graham also provided a voice on Disney&#8217;s <em>Vampirina<\/em> series. Her other TV credits include <em>The Odd Couple<\/em>, <em>Web Therapy<\/em>, <em>NewsRadio<\/em>, <em>Law &amp; Order<\/em>, <em>Seinfeld<\/em> and <em>Caroline in the City<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-3\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"58.5\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"7\">\n<p>In addition to her acting, Graham has penned two books, <em>Someday, Someday, Maybe<\/em> and <em>Talking as Fast as I Can: from Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls (and Everything in Between)<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-4\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"55.800492610837\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"4.8522167487685\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tvline.com\/2019\/08\/27\/lauren-graham-zoeys-extraordinary-playlist-cast-nbc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TVLine<\/a> first reported Graham&#8217;s casting. No premiere date for <em>Zoey&#8217;s Extraordinary Playlist<\/em> has been announced other than midseason 2019-2020 on NBC.<\/p>\n<p>(E! and NBC are both part of the NBCUniversal family.)<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1068281\/lauren-graham-s-tv-comeback-is-set-with-zoey-s-extraordinary-playlist?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: E! Online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amanda Edwards\/Getty Images Lauren Graham&#8216;s return to TV will be Extraordinary. The Gilmore Girls star has joined the cast of Zoey&#8217;s Extraordinary Playlist, NBC&#8217;s upcoming musical dramedy, as a series regular. E! News has learned Graham will play Joan, boss to Zoey, replacing Carmen Cusack in a pilot recast. The cast of Zoey&#8217;s Extraordinary Playlist [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-music-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-24 18:34:22","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KIFT - The LIFT FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29716\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}