Legendary Young Sheldon Actress Joins Cast Of Fox’s Medical Comedy Best Medicine

New casting information has been revealed about the upcoming Fox medical comedy Best Medicine, with a Young Sheldon alum joining the cast. Deadline reports that Annie Potts has been cast in Fox’s Best Medicine. More recently known for playing Meemaw in Young Sheldon and its spinoff Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage on CBS, Potts joins the already-announced Best Medicine cast of Josh Charles, Abigail Spencer, and Josh Segarra.

Based on the UK series Doc Martin, Best Medicine received a straight-to-series order and is a co-production of Fox and Warner Bros. TV. The medical comedy will likely diversify TV’s medical series scene, which is seeing a resurgence.

Potts will reportedly play the character of Charles’ Martin Best’s aunt, Joan, a no-nonsense lobster woman with a good heart underneath her stern demeanor. Described as “loyal but stubborn,” Aunt Joan will likely be a fixture of the East Coast fishing village Martin finds himself in after abruptly leaving his successful career in Boston.

What This Means For Best Medicine & Annie Potts’ Other Roles

The Best Medicine Casting Will Inevitably Affect Potts’ Other Projects

The description of Potts’ Aunt Joan hints at a compelling dynamic with Best Medicine’s protagonist, Martin, along with an intriguing role in and of itself, given how Joan is seemingly strong, determined, and extremely kind. Her love for her small Maine town and dedication to still going out every day on her boat only add to the character’s charm.

Best Medicine previously cast Josh Segarra as Sheriff Mark Mylow and Abigail Spencer as school teacher Louisa Glasson. Alongside the medical comedy’s protagonist and Potts’ Aunt Joan, it promises the town’s dynamic will truly be at Best Medicine’s center. This checks out with Martin’s wish to be left alone, only to get dragged into the middle of the town residents’ personal chaos.

Potts being cast in Best Medicine also potentially has consequences for Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage. While she was never part of the main cast of Young Sheldon’s spinoff, Potts appeared as Meemaw repeatedly in First Marriage, even having a big role in the sitcom’s main fights in season 1.

Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage season 1 finale further complicates Meemaw’s role in the spinoff. As such, Best Medicine presents another hurdle, given Potts’ likely difficulty in appearing in First Marriage due to Best Medicine also following a network TV schedule.

Our Take On Annie Potts Joining Best Medicine

Potts’ Incredible Talent Will Inevitably Benefit Fox’s Best Medicine

Potts joining Best Medicine is bound to be a major benefit of the upcoming medical comedy. Her role in Young Sheldon as Meemaw already proved her ability to thrive in comedies with a high level of conflict, something that is also seemingly at the heart of Best Medicine, inevitably making the upcoming medical comedy better as a result.