{"id":370610,"date":"2026-07-23T07:49:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T02:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=370610"},"modified":"2026-07-23T07:49:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T02:19:23","slug":"jennifer-aniston-exits-im-glad-my-mom-died-tv-adaptation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/07\/23\/jennifer-aniston-exits-im-glad-my-mom-died-tv-adaptation\/","title":{"rendered":"Jennifer Aniston Exits I’m Glad My Mom Died TV Adaptation"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jennifer Aniston<\/strong> has reportedly stepped away from Jennette McCurdy<\/strong>\u2019s I\u2019m Glad My Mom Died<\/em> TV show adaptation.<\/p>\n

Multiple outlets reported on Tuesday, July 21, that Aniston, 57, exited from the AppleTV+ project attributable to a scheduling conflict. Sources told TMZ<\/a> on Tuesday that McCurdy\u2019s show continues to be being worked on, with scripts being written.<\/p>\n

Us Weekly<\/em> reached out to AppleTV and Aniston\u2019s reps for comment.<\/p>\n

Aniston was set to play McCurdy\u2019s mother on screen, while also serving as an executive producer. The show would have marked her second lead role in a TV show since Friends<\/em> led to 2004, with Aniston\u2019s AppleTV+ hit series The Morning Show<\/em> debuting in 2021.<\/p>\n

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Related: <\/span>Jennifer Aniston Says She and Jennette McCurdy Had ‘Very Similar Mothers’<\/span>
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\n\t\t\tJennifer Aniston has a robust bond with I\u2019m Glad My Mom Died costar and creator Jennette McCurdy. \u201cWe’ve got lots in common,\u201d Aniston, 56, told People in an interview published on Friday, October 17. \u201cWe had very similar mothers.\u201d Aniston recalled the moment McCurdy\u2019s book and the adapted TV series were each dropped at [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Apple TV+ greenlit a series order for I\u2019m Glad My Mom Died<\/em> in July 2025, with the primary season consisting of 10 episodes. The series is reportedly being written, executive produced and showrun by McCurdy, 34, and Ari Katcher. Sharon Horgan<\/strong> and Merman, LuckyChap, Jerrod Carmichael<\/strong> and Erica Kay<\/strong> are also serving as executive producers.<\/p>\n

Based on the synopsis, the show is \u201ca heartbreaking and hilarious recounting of McCurdy\u2019s struggles as a former child actor while dealing together with her overbearing, domineering mother.\u201d I\u2019m Glad My Mom Died<\/em> will \u201ccenter on the codependent relationship between an 18-year-old actress in successful kid\u2019s show, and her narcissistic mother who relishes in her identity as \u2018a starlet\u2019s mother.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

McCurdy, who got her start as a toddler star in Nickelodeon\u2019s iCarly <\/em>and Sam & Cat<\/em>, released her memoir in 2022. The book became a bestseller, following the story of McCurdy\u2019s childhood and abusive behavior from her mother, Debra McCurdy<\/strong>, who died in 2013.<\/p>\n

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