Jennifer Aniston to star in series inspired by Jennette McCurdy memoir 'I'm Glad My Mom Died'

The "Friends" actress will star in and executive produce the drama-comedy.

July 1, 2025, 4:32 PM

Jennifer Aniston will star in a series inspired by Jennette McCurdy's memoir, "I'm Glad My Mom Died."

The drama-comedy will consist of 10 episodes made for Apple TV+.

McCurdy serves as a writer, executive producer and the showrunner of the series alongside Ari Katcher.

PHOTO: Jennifer Aniston attends the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards, Septr 15, 2024 in Los Angeles.  "I'm Glad My Mom Died," 2022
by Jennette McCurdy.
Jennifer Aniston attends the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards, Septr 15, 2024 in Los Angeles. "I'm Glad My Mom Died," 2022 by Jennette McCurdy.
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McCurdy's No. 1 New York Times bestselling memoir recounts her struggles as a former child actor as she dealt with her overbearing and domineering mother.

Apple TV+ describes the upcoming series as a dramedy that "will center on the codependent relationship between an 18-year-old actress in a hit kid’s show, and her narcissistic mother who relishes in her identity as 'a starlet’s mother.'”

Aniston will play the starlet's mother in the series. She'll also executive produce the show.

Sharon Horgan, Tom Ackerley and Jerrod Carmichael are among several other executive producers on the project.

Jennette McCurdy attends The Future of Audiobooks Event with Spotify 2023, Oct. 3, 2023, in New York.
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This marks another collaboration between Aniston and Apple TV+. The actress also stars in and executive produces the service's drama series "The Morning Show."

McCurdy is known for playing Sam on the Nickelodeon series "iCarly." She reprised that role in the spinoff series "Sam & Cat," which also starred Ariana Grande.

"I'm Glad My Mom Died" was published Aug. 9, 2022, and has spent over 80 weeks on the New York Times' bestseller list.

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