The multi-camera sitcom Project Gary stars Jay Mohr (Ghost Whisperer) as Gary Barnes and Paula Marshall (Nip/Tuck) as Allison, a couple divorced after fifteen years of marriage who share custody of their two children. Their “politically correct and environmentally conscious” eleven-year-old daughter Louise is played by Laura Marano (Back to You, Without a Trace), while Ryan Malgarini (How to Eat Fried Worms) portrays their fourteen-year old “socially awkward” son Tom.

Gary, a painting contractor, finally re-enters the dating world and hooks up with single mother Vanessa (Jaime King of The Class), whom he meets when he’s hired to paint her apartment. Complications arise, however, when Gary learns his ex-wife is engaged to the ex-couple’s therapist, which encourages him to pursue his own form of happiness.

CBS ordered 13 episodes of the series executive produced by Ed Yeager (Still Standing) and Ric Swartzlander (8 Simple Rules). View a clip after the jump.

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Back to You’s May 7 episode, The New Boss, guest stars Suzy Nakamura (Help Me Help You) as the new woman in charge at WURG.

Of course, to everyone’s great dismay, she swoops in and starts changing stuff. Unfortunately for Team Ambush, Chuck and Kelly, she’s also more than a little savvy, which allows her to successfully derail their ambush … to their disadvantage.

This episode sounds like it’s going to be a step in the right direction, finally taking viewers away from all of that self-involved angst over revealing to Gracie that Chuck is her father. That’s gotten old, so I, for one, am anxious to just move on already.

Oh — And Ayda Field is back on this episode from wherever she was as sexy weather anchor Montana Diaz Herrera. Great.

Two quick preview clips from “The New Boss” follow the jump.

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Since all of the comedy shows on broadcast television are now in repeats, this post is the final notification of non-fresh episodes. I thought another original installment of Samantha Who? was on the horizon next week. But, like all of the traditional networks suffering with nearly empty shelves due to the writers strike, ABC rearranged its schedule after the fact, making the December 10 episode “The Break Up” the final Samantha of 2007.

Never fear, though, because comedy television gets back into the sorta-swing of things on New Year’s Day when ABC’s According to Jim returns at 9pm EST for its special one-hour, two-episode seventh-season premiere. Of course, whether or not that’s good news depends on how you feel about Jim Belushi and his show’s reprieve last summer. The TV-watching public is clearly divided over the value of the family-oriented series.

Anyhoo, the following comedies have repeats airing tonight.

Fox

• 8pm—Back to You: A Night of Possibilities
  Kelly does her darndest to prove to Chuck that she’s not uptight. [Original Air Date: 17 Oct 2007]
• 8:30pm—‘Til Death: Mixed Doubles
  The Starks get physical with the Woodcocks during yoga and tennis practice. [Original Air Date: 17 Oct 2007]

TBS

• 9pm—Tyler Perry’s House of Payne: The Wench Who Saved Christmas
  Curtis unleashes a foul mood after Ella cancels their Christmas-getaway vacation to Hawaii. [Original Air Date: 5 Dec 2007]

Many people are eagerly anticipating the new Fox sitcom Back to You because it’s not only bringing back to the small screen a pair of well-liked personalities from two of the most successful comedy shows in television history, but wrapping them up in one tidy package for maximum entertainment value.

Six-time Emmy winner Kelsey Grammer has the singular distinction of playing psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane for a whopping twenty years on NBC, eleven on Frasier preceded by nine on Cheers, in addition to an Emmy-nominated 1992 guest appearance as the good doctor on NBC’s Wings. Two-time Emmy winner (and seven-time nominee) Patricia Heaton is no lightweight either after playing Debra Barone, wife of Ray Romano’s character Ray Barone, on CBS’ Everybody Loves Raymond for nine years.

Together, Grammer and Heaton share top billing on Fox’s Back to You as skirt-chasing Chuck Darling and priggish Kelly Carr, formerly partnered Pittsburgh newscasters whose previous on-air rapport might not survive Chuck’s return after a ten-year departure to seek fame in a larger news market. The reunification comes courtesy of a very public scandal that begins with Chuck losing control on television for anyone who’s watching to see.

Yet, when Chuck arrives back at his old WURG-9 job following that embarrassment, things are a bit different. Among the most notable changes are his new colleagues, overextended news director Ryan Church (ER guest star Josh Gad) and sexy weather anchor Montana Diaz Herrera (Ayda Field of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip), whom he must work with alongside previous fellow employees Marsh McGinley (Fred Willard, Heaton’s occasional colleague on Everybody Loves Raymond), a crude but lovable sportscaster, and hapless reporter Gary Crezyzewski (Out of Practice’s Ty Burrell). Child actress Laura Marano (Dexter, Without a Trace) rounds out the cast as Gracie Carr, the ten-year-old offspring of single mom Kelly.

Back to You—which is created, executive-produced, and written by Steven Levitan (Frasier, Just Shoot Me!, Wings) and Christopher Lloyd (Frasier, The Golden Girls)—premieres on Fox Wednesday, September 19, at 8pm EST.