Jennette McCurdy’s best-selling memoir I’m Glad My Mom Died is getting the series treatment thanks to Apple – the streamer behind Severance, The Morning Show and Ted Lasso.
According to Variety, the series will consist of 10 episodes and Jennifer Aniston will star in the series; she’ll portray Jennette’s late mother, Debra McCurdy.
Not many other details have been released aside from an official logline which reads:
“[A] heartbreaking and hilarious recounting of Jennette McCurdy’s struggles as a former child actor while dealing with her overbearing, domineering mother (Aniston).
“The dramedy will center on the codependent relationship between an 18-year-old actress in a hit kid’s show, and her narcissistic mother who relishes in her identity as ‘a starlet’s mother.’”
Jennette herself will write, executive produce, and showrun the series with Ari Katcher, of Ramy fame.
It’s currently in the very early stages of development, so the series won’t hit Apple TV+ until at least next year; watch this space for an exact release date.
At this stage, we only know that Jennifer Aniston will star in the series.
Watch this space for more casting announcements.
Want to read Jennette’s memoir before the series is released?
You can purchase the iCarly star’s memoir via Amazon, Dymocks, and/or QBD Books.
Warning! Spoilers lie ahead…
The memoir is split into ‘before’ and ‘after’. 
In the ‘before’ section, Jennette recounts her childhood and the intense pressure she faced from her abusive mother to become a child star.
She covers disordered eating, emotional manipulation, and iCarly.
The ‘after’ section of the memoir explores the aftermath of her mother’s death – Jennette begins to process her trauma, navigate adulthood, and reclaim her identity on her own terms.
It’s raw, darkly funny, and unflinchingly honest.
