Chuck Lorre first encountered stand-up comedian Leanne Morgan via her 2023 Netflix special “I’m Every Woman,” which became a smash for the platform. Morgan was a 50-something mother — and now grandmother — from Tennessee, and her routine resonated with the “Two and a Half Men” and “The Big Bang Theory” comedy titan.
It’s really simple: I saw her stand-up and I went, ‘Oh my God. This is an original voice,’” says Lorre — who famously got his start writing sitcoms for the likes of Roseanne Barr and Brett Butler. “It’s authentically who she is. Her manager said, ‘Would you like to meet her? She could come visit you.’ I went, ‘You know what? I think I should go to Knoxville.’ So I went to Tennessee to spend time with her family, and they’re just wonderful people.”
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