CBS Orders Take advantage of Schneider Comedy for Midseason

Take advantage of Schneider CBS has acquired Take advantage of Schneider's family comedy for midseason, TVGuide.com has learned. In the first prime-time role since NBC's Males Acting Badly, Schneider stars like a lonely bachelor who marries right into a large, tight-knit Mexican-American family. Fall TV: Obtain the lowdown about this season's must-see new shows Initially in contention like a pilot within the fall, the comedy was retooled and largely recast. Alongside Schneider, the only real original cast people left are Eugenio Derbez and Lupe Ontiveros. Claudia Bassols, Diana Maria Riva and Cheech Marin later became a member of the cast from the comedy, that is executive-created by Schneider and Lew Morton.