Kaley Cuoco broke her teeth on comedy starting on 8 Simple Rules before shifting into the ever popular The Big Bang Theory. That gave her more than a decade of experience with laugh tracks, but in the time since, there’s been less to laugh about. In fact, she’s strung together a slew of thrillers since her Chuck Lorre series ended, and only one of them, Based on a True Story, really had a comedic bent.
I thought it was a really cool move when Cuoco shifted to HBO’s The Flight Attendant as her follow-up to The Big Bang Theory. The show proved she had the chops to take on more dramatic roles, and it was a great, critically-acclaimed role for the actress where she was No. 1 on the call sheet. However, it’s been well over five years since TFA originally hit the schedule, and she’s really done no half-hour sitcom work since then.
