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Justin Bartha Cast in Ryan Murphy Comedy

Actor Justin Bartha
Actor Justin Bartha attends the Casting Society of America’s 27th annual Artios Awards Ceremony at District 36 on September 26, 2011 in New York City. Photo: Amy Sussman/Getty Images

Ryan Murphy and Ali Adler’s single-camera NBC comedy The New Normal has found its other two leads: Justin Bartha and Scottish actress Georgia King have been cast, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Bartha and The Book of Mormon’s Andrew Rannells will play a gay couple who hire King to be their surrogate so they can have a child; Ellen Barkin is already onboard as King’s racist grandmother. This is King’s first American role, but Masterpiece Theater nerds will recognize her as Pet from Little Dorrit. Departure!

Justin Bartha Cast in Ryan Murphy Comedy