Michael J Fox to star in new Parkinson's sitcom

Michael J Fox said he aimed to bring laughs and a dose of reality about day-to-day living with Parkinson’s disease to a new comedy loosely based on his life, his first lead role in a television show in 13 years.

In the upcoming The Michael J Fox Show, the actor plays a father with Parkinson’s who returns to work as a local newscaster on a television station in New York. To his surprise, his fictional family reacts with relief that he will be getting out of the house.

The show draws from Fox’s own experience to generate laughs and give viewers a sense of everyday life with Parkinson’s, a nerve disorder that causes tremors.