Kathy Bates is set to star in a new comedy from super producer Chuck Lorre. “Disjointed” a half hour multi-camera series will have a 20 episode order on Netflix.
“Disjointed” is a workplace comedy starring Kathy Bates as a lifelong advocate for legalization who’s finally living her dream as the owner of an L.A.–area cannabis dispensary. Joining her are three budtenders, her twenty-something son and a deeply troubled security guard. All of them are more or less constantly high.
Bates and Lorre worked together before when the Academy Award winning actress appeared on “Two and a Half Men” in the memorable role of “Charlie” who was in Alan’s mind is an episode in which Alan mourned his brother’s death in which she won an Emmy. Bates also received an Emmy for her role in “American Horror Story: Coven.”
Lorre and David Javerbaum are executive producers/writers of the new series, from Chuck Lorre Productions, Inc. in association with Warner Bros. Television for Netflix
