Laura Linney is taking on an offbeat role in a Showtime comedy pilot — a woman who is diagnosed with cancer. Showtime said Thursday that Linney will star in and executive produce the half-hour show, ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oscar nominee Laura Linney will star as a cancer-stricken woman in a new television series on cable network Showtime, playing a suburban mom whose life changes when she learns ...

And launching a show with cancer as the driving narrative force presents its own hurdles. The cable channel has taken a typically irreverent approach in marketing "The Big C": Promos feature Linney ...

Laura Linney has credited her series The Big C with teaching her a lot about herself. The Big C returns for a fourth and final season next week and will bring to a close the story of a woman who finds ...

(AP) — Showtime says it will be looking for laughs from cancer, of all things, in a new series starring Laura Linney. Showtime announced Friday that "The Big 'C'" will begin shooting 13 episodes this ...