Oliver Platt Joining Showtime's 'C Word'

Oliver Platt is set to co-star opposite Laura Linney in Showtime's dark comedy pilot "The C Word."

The pilot stars Linney as Cathy, a suburban wife and mother forced to face a diagnosis of cancer but who manages to find the lighter side of a dark situation.

Platt will play her husband, Paul, a narcissistic but lovable manchild.

Read more at the Hollywood Reporter.