Laura Linney Tackles The C Word For Showtime (No, Not That C Word)

Showtime’s lesbian drama The L Word entered its sixth season this year. Clearly, somebody at the network thinks they’ve got a winning title structure, because Variety reports that Showtime has ordered a pilot for the terminal-illness comedy (you read that right) The C Word. Actress Laura Linney will star in and exec produce the dark comedy about a woman diagnosed with cancer. Darlene Hunt created the show and wrote the pilot script.

In related news, I’ll soon be pitching Showtime The D Word, my sitcom idea based loosely on the life of Spencer Pratt; and The F Word, a sprawling, 17-part miniseries event chronicling the lives of the men and women responsible for Volkswagen’s discovery of Fahrvergnügen.