Better With You star JoAnna Garcia Swisher is set as the female lead in CBS’ untitled Greg Malins/Greg Berlanti comedy pilot, reuniting with Better With You executive producer/co-showrunner Malins.

The multi-camera project, from Warner Bros. TV and studio-based Berlanti Prods., centers on Nick who has a health scare and realizes that Wendy (Garcia Swisher), his best friend and business partner of 15 years, is ‘the one’. Now he has to figure out how to break it to her.

Malins and Berlanti wrote the script and executive produce.

This marks the third consecutive WBTV pilot for Garcia Swisher following Privileged and Better With You, both of which went to series. She also did an arc on the studio’s CW drama Gossip Girl. It also marks the latest multi-camera comedy for Garcia who started off on the WB’s Reba.

Earlier this season, Garcia was attached to a Warner Bros. TV multi-camera comedy project written by Better With You creator/exec producer Shana Goldberg-Meehan. The family comedy sparked a bidding war before landing at ABC with a production commitment but ultimately didn’t go to pilot, making WME-repped Garcia Swisher available. She immediately received multiple offers, choosing the Malins/Berlanti pilot.

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Shana Goldberg-Meehan and JoAnna Garcia are returning to ABC. In a very competitive situation, the network has landed a comedy from Better With You creator/executive producer Goldberg-Meehan that is toplined by Garcia, that series’ star.

The multi-camera project, about a woman (Garcia) who moves in with her husband’s family, has received a pilot production commitment. The pitch hit the marketplace yesterday and sparked a bidding war after landing offers from ABC, NBC and CBS. Warner Bros TV, where Goldberg-Meehan has been based since her days on Friends, is producing.

Goldberg-Meehan most recently created and executive produced the multi-camera ABC comedy series Better With You, starring Garcia and Jennifer Finnigan, which ran for one season.

This marks the fourth consecutive series project at Warner Bros TV for Garcia following Privileged, Better With You and Gossip Girl, on which she did an arc. Goldberg-Meehan and Garcia are with WME.

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In what could be one of the last big bidding wars this pitch season, I hear that 3 networks — ABC, NBC and CBS — are after a multi-camera comedy from Better with You creator/executive producer Shana Goldberg-Meehan, which is toplined by the series’ star JoAnna Garcia.

The project, about a woman (Garcia) who moves back in with her husband’s family, was formally pitched to the networks today, landing offers right away, but there had been buzz about it for the past couple of weeks. Warner Bros. TV, where Goldberg-Meehan has been based since her days on Friends, is producing.

Goldberg-Meehan has history at both ABC and NBC. Her family comedy Better With You starring Garcia and Jennifer Finnigan had a seasonlong run on ABC where Goldberg-Meehan also has done a couple of pilots. And at NBC, she spent 7 seasons on Friends, rising to executive producer/co-showrunner, and co-created spinoff Joey.

The strong interest in the project underscores the huge popularity of the comedy genre this development season, which has led to bidding wars over several half-hour pitches.

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Great news, everyone! JoAnna Garcia Swisher has joined the cast of the USA channel TV series “Royal Pains”! She just tweeted about starting work on set tomorrow. Congrats JoAnna!

2morrow I have the honor of starting my work on @RoyalPains_USA! I’m a huge fan of show & xcited they asked me 2 hang out w them for a bit!

Like many of today’s women, JoAnna Garcia Swisher has a lot on her plate: a demanding career, new husband, and life in the spotlight. And now she’s kicking off Let’s Go There, a new campaign with Merck to celebrate women’s “don’t settle” mindset and encourage all of us to get real about our health. In a video exclusive to PopSugar, Jo introduces the program and tells us what it means to her.

Jo shared a few key findings from the Let’s Go There survey of 2,000 women in their 20s and 30s that shed a little light on what makes us modern gals tick. Find out what they are below.

We go after what we want: 69 percent of women surveyed feel comfortable “making the first move” with her significant other or potential partner she’s interested in.

We won’t settle: 78 percent of women say they would seek out new employment or a new position if they felt unsatisfied with their job.

This is true of relationships, too: Almost nine in 10 (87 percent) unmarried women say they would end a relationship if they felt unsatisfied with someone they were dating.

We say what’s on our minds: 87 percent of women feel comfortable expressing their opinion.

And yet, we may not be taking the same initiative when it comes to an important health decision: seven out of 10 women using hormonal birth control would change something about their current method, and many aren’t evaluating whether what they’re using is a fit for their lifestyle. So as independent and in-control women, what’s stopping us from taking the same proactive approach to our birth control? Are we asking the questions we should be asking?

Does it fit our lifestyle? Are we really satisfied? Do we even know what’s out there?

Jo encourages us to talk to our health-care provider about the options. So why wait? Visit Facebook.com/letsgothere to see how JoAnna balances her career, relationships, and everyday life, and to learn how you can “go there” in all aspects of your life, too.

To help get everyone into the holiday spirit, I have just finished adding 1,682 screen captures of JoAnna Garcia from the 2008 Lifetime channel movie “A Very Merry Daughter of the Bride” into the gallery!

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