we also love its star, laura linney.how series "the big c," laura linney tries to play a wife and mother after finding out she has stage four cancer. >> i love you, dear. >> you're smiling. you never smile. i knew it. i knew it! i'm a dead woman. the tumors have grown again. well, it is what it is. >> i can't smile because i'm happy? >> i don't know. can you? >> on sunday laura linney returned for a third season in the role that won her a golden globe. welcome. >> good to have you here in the morning. >> wonderful to see you both. >> tell me why did you think this has been so compelling because it is a comedy, good acting, good writing, but there's something about this that makes it even more interesting. >> i think it's the youth of comedy with something that is -- >> not so funny. >> -- not so funny but i think comedy is effective when you try to make sense of something. when something's overwhelming or threatening or confusing or chaotic, comedy can go right to the center of something and elucidate to make you feel li

we also love its star laura linney.g becoming partly sunny, a pretty good amount of overcast in the area right now. let's go to first warning doppler weather radar, we have light shower activity widely scattered around the region, this is a morning and early midday thing. i wish i could tell you it was more than ♪ a beautiful day got love it ♪ >>> in the hit show series "the big c," laura linney tries to play a wife and mother after finding out she has stage four cancer. >> i love you, dear. >> you're smiling. you never smile. i knew it. i knew it! i'm a dead woman. the tumors have grown again. well, it is what it is. >> i can't smile because i'm happy? >> i don't know. can you? >> on sunday laura linney returned for a third season in the role that won her a golden globe. welcome. >> good to have you here in the morning. >> wonderful to see you both. >> tell me why did you think this has been so compelling because it is a comedy good acting, good writing, but there's something about this that makes it even more interest

and i think i'm getting the shining star award and actually my cast member laura linney is getting the really for -- >> jimmy: she's only getting the star -- >> no, her -- >> jimmy: yours is the shining. she must be furious. >> she's mad. she keeps sending me fish in the mail. i don't know what it's about. no, it's because she's had a super long career of awesomeness and i had a three-month career of awesomeness. so, the shining star award is for newer. >> jimmy: that's fun. you'll both go there? >> yeah, we are both accepting and i hope i can take her line dancing after? i'm going to get her smacked on tequila. i'm not. >> jimmy: you're not? >> probably not. >> jimmy: no. >> she's classy. >> jimmy: big co-stars coming up in the show this year, huh? >> yeah. >> jimmy: susan sar randon, allison janney. >> i sometimes feel super weird, because the night before i came out here to do black hitler, we were shooting a scene at this restaurant, it was me and laura, oliver platt, allison and susan and black hitler and i'm like, why are they even letting me sit at this adult actor table, i'm ju

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