Synopsis: Welcome To New York stars actor/comedian Jim Gaffigan as an Indiana weatherman of the same name, who is called up to the "big time" and finds himself trying to hold his own on the Big Apple's "AM New York" newscast.

Jim's folksy world of tornadoes and silos is now a combative world of five dollar cups of coffee and power wardrobes. Jim has to contend with a big-city move and a big-city job, and especially with his colleagues at the morning news show.

Co-anchor Adrian Spencer (Rocky Carroll) sees Jim as a threat and will do whatever it takes to ensure that he doesn't usurp his own popularity. Executive producer Marsha Bickner (Christine Baranski), however, is thrilled with Jim's arrival because she finally has an ally on her team, and she'll do whatever it takes to ensure that the network doesn't sway him to its side.

Jim's just trying to adjust to big-city life and keep harried New Yorkers informed as best he can about their daily weather conditions. Maybe they just don't understand Jim's simple Midwestern sensibilities. Or maybe he has a lot to learn about life in the big city. Who knows?

And, incidentally, not only is actress Christine Baranski playing a TV show executive producer in Welcome to New York. With this new show, she actually becomes one. Explaining why she’s producing this upcoming CBS sitcom, Baranski said, "It’s not because I want to fire people and get bottled water handed to me all the time. It’s because I want to collaborate and be part of the quality of the show."

The actress made a point of saying that she wants her portrayal to be lifelike. "The last thing I’d want to do is play the cliché of the fast and harried executive producer. I’ve already gone and sat in on The Early Show and followed (its senior executive producer) Steve Friedman around. And people are very calm. People know what they’re doing; they don’t run around hysterical. Everybody’s terribly focused. The energy is very fast and very focused."

The Cast:
Christine Baranski as Marsha Bickner
Jim Gaffigan as Jim Gaffigan
Rocky Carroll as Adrian Spencer
Sara Gilbert as Amy
Anthony De Sando as Vince
Mary Birdsong Connie

Production Credits:
Produced By: CBS Productions, in association with Studios USA Television and Worldwide Pants Incorporated

Executive Producers: Barbara Wallace, Tom Wolfe, Christine Baranski and Eric Gilliland

Created by: Barbara Wallace and Tom Wolfe