Filed under: How I Met Your Mother, Casting, WGA Strike, Reality-Free

The fates have decreed that Alicia Silverstone is meant to play a mother. Earlier this year, she was rumored to be the mother on How I Met Your Mother, but then opted out of that storyline entirely when Britney Spears was inserted in a guest role on the very same episode. The episode went on to do boffo Nielsen numbers, and Alicia’s role was played by Sarah Chalke, who may or may not turn out to be mother. Probably not since she’s still part of Scrubs, which is moving over to ABC.

Be that as it may, Alicia Silversone has now been officially cast on the pilot Bad Mother’s Handbook. Alia Shawkat (Arrested Development) will also appear in the show as Alicia’s daughter. This comedy project has been set up at ABC and previously announced in the rush of production greenlighted soon after the writers’ strike.

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