Allison Janney, who played White House press secretary C.J. Cregg on "The West Wing," has been cast in Chuck Lorre's upcoming CBS comedy pilot "Mom."
The half-hour, multi-camera project stars "The House Bunny" actress Anna Faris as a newly sober single mom trying to pull her life together in Napa Valley, Calif.
Janney will play Bonnie, the mother of Faris' character.
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Lorre is writing the pilot with "The Big Bang Theory" and "Two and a Half Men" producer Eddie Gorodetsky and Gemma Baker, with Lorre and Gorodetsky executive producing.
Chuck Lorre Productions is producing in association with Warner Bros. Television.