Sara Gilbert has joined the third season of Netflix original series “Atypical” as a recurring character, the streaming service announced Tuesday.
The third season will have 10 half-hour episodes. Gilbert (“The Talk,” “The Conners”) will play Professor Judd, a university ethics professor who is generally irritable and chronically underwhelmed, yet capable of compassion.
The actress and producer tweeted a picture of her and star Keir Gilchrist Tuesday. “So excited to be a part of one of my favorite shows Season 3,” the “Roseanne” alum said in the tweet.
Gilbert announced that she was leaving as co-host of CBS daytime show “The Talk” earlier this month, saying that her “life was slightly out of balance.”
“I’m just feeling like I don’t know how I’m gonna do it all,” she said. “I was looking at the next six months and just thinking, ‘There’s not time.’”
The actress co-created “The Talk,” which launched in 2010, and currently also executives produces “The Conners.”
Per Netflix, “Atypical” is a coming of age story that follows Sam (Gilchrist), an 18-year-old on the autism spectrum as he searches for love and independence. While Sam is on his funny and emotional journey of self-discovery, the rest of his family must grapple with change in their own lives as they all struggle with the central theme: what does it really mean to be normal?
Other cast includes Jennifer Jason Leigh as Sam’s mother, Elsa, who is on her own journey of self-discovery, Michael Rapaport as Sam’s father, Doug, and Brigette Lundy-Paine as Sam’s sister, Casey.
Season 2 saw Elsa and Doug dealing with a marriage crisis while Casey adjusted to her new school and Sam faced post-grad life.
Robia Rashid (“How I Met Your Mother,” “Will & Grace”) creates, writes and executive produces. Mary Rohlich (“Gleason,” “Baywatch”) also executive produces. Sony Pictures Television produces in association with Weird Brain Inc. for Netflix.
so excited to be part of one of my favorite shows season 3 #atypicalnetflix pic.twitter.com/CK1ax6kQqD
— sara gilbert (@THEsaragilbert) April 23, 2019