Debra Messing Will Be All 'Wright vs. Wrong'
by Allison Waldman, posted Mar 4th 2010 9:29AM
Grace is ready to try again. Actress Debra Messing has signed for a new television show called 'Wright vs. Wrong,' a sitcom for ABC, and if you think this is going to be anything like 'Will & Grace,' think again. (Although if they're smart, it better be just as funny!)The premise of the pilot for 'Wright vs. Wrong' is that Debra plays Evelyn Wright, a strong-minded, ambitious political personality who espouses the conservative, right-wing agenda. However, while she has this tough, conservative personality for the public, behind the scenes she's consumed by her foibles and flaws.
So she's half-Grace Adler, the flawed, foibled part. Grace's politics, at least what she tried to articulate in her goofy way, was of the liberal lefty variety.
Messing is a wonderful comic actress and should make the most of this character's dichotomy. In fact, this could be a real skewering of the Ann Coulter-types and some of the other talking heads that turn up on CNN, MSNBC and Fox News.
In addition to starring, Debra Messing also has an executive producer credit on the single-camera sitcom (unlike 'W&G' which was a three-camera show, but like Messing's other series, 'The Starter Wife').
'MadTV' alum Stephnie Weir is writing the show, and 'Arrested Development's' Mitch Hurwitz is one of the exec producers, along with Weir, Messing, Eric Tannenbaum and Kim Tannenbaum.

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