My Big Fat Greek Life

My Big Fat Greek Life was a situation comedy series that ran on CBS in 2003. The series was based on the 2002 movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding and was produced by HBO Television and Tom Hanks' Playtone Productions for Sony Pictures Television. In addition to being the series star, Nia Vardalos oversaw the show as one of the co-executive producers, along with Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson (who made a guest appearance in one episode as Nia's cousin)... more

My Big Fat Greek Life was a situation comedy series that ran on CBS in 2003. The series was based on the 2002 movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding and was produced by HBO Television and Tom Hanks' Playtone Productions for Sony Pictures Television. In addition to being the series star, Nia Vardalos oversaw the show as one of the co-executive producers, along with Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson (who made a guest appearance in one episode as Nia's cousin). All seven episodes of this program are available on DVD from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and air on Universal HD. The series, which is set in Chicago, follows the main character, Nia Portokalos (originally named Toula in the film), as she tries to deal with both her family and her new husband, Thomas Miller (Ian in the film version), an English teacher who still doesn't seem to fit in with her family's Greek traditions. Despite the help and interference from family and her husband, Toula tries her best to stay grounded in various... less