Bill Burr’s Forgotten ’90s Sitcom With Molly Ringwald & Lauren Graham Slowed His Acting Career for 15 Years

For every hit television show that succeeds in primetime, there are at least a dozen failed projects left in its wake that never made it past development and are remembered only by the cast, crew, and die-hard TV historians. Some of these forgotten projects even featured casts who would become megastars years later.

Such is the case with the ABC show Townies, a sitcom about three lifelong friends who work in a small-town restaurant. All share dreams of escaping to the big city, but for one reason or another are held back by obligations, leaving them to navigate adulthood from the confines of their hometown of Gloucester, Massachusetts, where they share “big dreams in a small town.”

A simple premise, but what a stacked cast!