Leanne (TV series)

Leanne
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Susan McMartin & Chuck Lorre & Leanne Morgan
Starring	Leanne Morgan Kristen Johnston Celia Weston Blake Clark Ryan Stiles Graham Rogers Hannah Pilkes
Music by	Keb' Mo' and Yolabelle International
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	16
Production
Executive producers	Susan McMartin Nick Bakay Leanne Morgan Judi Marmel Chuck Lorre
Producers	Kristy Cecil Robinson Green
Cinematography	Steven V. Silver
Editor	Russell Griffin
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	18–24 minutes
Production companies	Chuck Lorre Productions Warner Bros. Television
Original release
Network	Netflix
Release	July 31, 2025 (2025-07-31)

Leanne is an American television sitcom created by Susan McMartin, Chuck Lorre, and Leanne Morgan that premiered on Netflix on July 31, 2025. The series stars Morgan, Kristen Johnston, Celia Weston, Blake Clark, Ryan Stiles, Graham Rogers, and Hannah Pilkes.

Cast and characters

Main

• Leanne Morgan as Leanne, a woman whose life is shattered when her husband of 33 years leaves her for another woman
• Kristen Johnston as Carol, Leanne's younger sister who is a twice divorcee and recently moves back to Knoxville, Tennessee from Chicago
• Celia Weston as Mama Margaret, Leanne and Carol's mother who often need them to take care of her
• Blake Clark as Daddy John, Leanne and Carol's father
• Ryan Stiles as Bill, Leanne's husband who is in the process of leaving her for another woman and the owner of 3 RV Emporiums
• Graham Rogers as Tyler, Leanne and Bill's son who is married with a baby son and works for Bill at RV Emporium
• Hannah Pilkes as Josie, Leanne and Bill's free-spirited 30-year-old daughter

Recurring

• Jayma Mays as Mary, Leanne's neighbor and fellow churchgoer
• Annie Gonzalez as Nora, Tyler's wife who is pregnant again shortly after giving birth to a son
• Blake Gibbons as Dylan, Carol's new plumber boyfriend who is later revealed to be a wanted criminal
• Tim Daly as Andrew, an FBI Agent looking for Dylan and Leanne's love interest

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Teleplay by	Original release date	Prod. code
1	"The Important Stuff"	James Widdoes	Written by : Susan McMartin & Chuck Lorre & Leanne Morgan	July 31, 2025 (2025-07-31)	T12.18801
Leanne is stunned to find out her husband of 33 years, Bill, is leaving her for another woman via email. She doesn't want to tell anyone yet except her sister Carol who shows up for her to cheer her up and son Tyler who drops off his son for Leanne to babysit. Leanne and Carol keep the secret from their church congregation and parents, Mama Margaret and Daddy John who see Bill as the ideal husband. Leanne tells her daughter Josie who is also shocked. Later, Bill shows up at the house unannounced to pick up some things and Leanne yells at him for deciding to end the marriage. Bill reveals he is miserable in the marriage. After he leaves, Carol comes back to sleep over on the side of the bed where Bill used to sleep along with the CPAP machine.
2	"The Healing Magic of Family"	James Widdoes	Nick Bakay & Mark Gross Story by : Chuck Lorre & Susan McMartin	July 31, 2025 (2025-07-31)	T12.18802
The next morning, Leanne is still mopey and dragging Carol with her. Tyler stops by with a flower bouquet and tries to cheer her up while on his way to work at RV Emporium. When Mama Margaret's Life Alert necklace goes off, Leanne and Carol quickly get dressed and go to the hospital. They find out that she fainted on the kitchen floor. Bill arrives at the hospital as well due to Mama's Life Alert necklace notice on his phone. The doctor diagnoses her with low blood pressure and dehydration. Leanne takes her parents in for the night after Mama refuses to stay at the hospital for the night. The family keep lying to Mama and Daddy about Bill until Leanne gets tired of the lying and reveals that she and Bill are separating up. Mama faints and ends up in the hospital again after hearing the news. While at the hospital waiting room, Leanne punches Bill after he says that he would always loves her.
3	"Oh, Knoxville"	James Widdoes	Susan McMartin & Mark Gross Story by : Chuck Lorre & Nick Bakay	July 31, 2025 (2025-07-31)	T12.18803
Leanne's neighbor Mary who also goes to her church brings over a lasagna after hearing about Bill leaving her. Carol encourages Leanne to go out for the night after seeing Leanne depressingly singing and eating the lasagna. Leanne reluctantly gets dressed and hits the bars alongside Carol. At the bar, they chat with some men, but the men ditches Leanne and Carol after coming back from restrooms. She becomes upset and wants to go home. Meanwhile, Daddy John picks up Bill to talk to him about leaving Leanne and shares his marital problems that he had in the past. John crashes his truck along with Bill with a suspended license. John and Bill end up in jail with John's truck in the impound lot and the sisters go to the police station to pick their father up after getting a call from Mama Margaret. Leanne tells Bill she is dating again. They leave Bill at the station.
4	"Smooth Like a Dolphin"	James Widdoes	Nick Bakay & Julie Bean Story by : Chuck Lorre & Susan McMartin	July 31, 2025 (2025-07-31)	T12.18804
Leanne and Carol go see a divorce attorney to work on Leanne's divorce settlement. The sisters celebrate with champagne after Leanne consults a divorce attorney and hearing about the large settlement. Leanne wants to use the settlement for her grandchildren's children while Carol suggests to use it for splurging on herself like a Cadillac. She picks the Escalade. The sisters go over to their parents' house for lunch to reveal that she saw a divorce lawyer. Leanne grabs a shotgun and Carols brings a knife to downstairs at home after hearing noise at night. Leanne threatens to shoot and Bill tells them that they should. He tells her that he wants her back. She tells him to get out, but Bill is too drunk to drive. So, she lets him stay the night on the couch, but tell him he needs to leave before the sun comes up or she shoots. The following morning, she gets her shotgun and fires it after finding Bill showering in the bathroom. Later, the entire family come over to watch college football. Bill shows up unannounced with the keys to an Escalade. The family try to convince Leanne to consider taking him back. His mistress announces that she is pregnant and Mama tells Leanne to let him go.
5	"A Plumber Sent from Heaven"	James Widdoes	Susan McMartin & Julie Bean Story by : Chuck Lorre & Nick Bakay	July 31, 2025 (2025-07-31)	T12.18805
Leanne tries to get a revenge body by working out and limit her food intake. She sneaks into the kitchen to eat and runs into a man named Dylan who reveals to be Carol's new boyfriend. She asks how they meet the following morning. Carol says they met while she was choking on beef at Korean BBQ restaurant and Dylan gave her the Heimlich maneuver. She calls him her hero, but Dylan says it was not a big deal since he is a plumber. Daddy John calls Leanne that Mama Margaret needs a bath. Leanne and Carol asks Dylan to install a walk-in tub for Mama. He agrees to install it. Daddy announces that he likes Dylan after talking to him about his intentions with Carol while Dylan explains the walk-in installation process. Bill shows up to finally install the walk-in tub and they tell it was already done by Dylan. So, Bill leaves. Mama posts pictures of Dylan installing the tub all over social media and Dylan insists taking them down. He leaves abruptly. Later, the sisters find out that he cleared out his apartment.
6	"Too Much Wedding Ring"	Andy Ackerman	Mark Gross & Julie Bean Story by : Susan McMartin & Nick Bakay	July 31, 2025 (2025-07-31)	T12.18806
FBI agent Andrew knocks on Leanne's front door and asks for Carol. Andrew says it is about her missing boyfriend Dylan whose real surname is McQuaide. Leanne flirts with Andrew and he reciprocates. As Andrew leaves, he tells the sisters to give him a call if they find anything helpful. Leanne throws a gender reveal party for Tyler and Nora. While getting ready for the party, she sneaks into the bathroom to call Andrew and leaves a voicemail. Daddy John cuts the gender reveal cake and tells Leanne they are having a girl after he got tired of waiting for Leanne. Leanne goes to Andrew's office to give a hairbrush that Dylan used. Andrew says that it doesn't help. As she leaves, Andrew asks her out for a date. While getting ready for the date, she has second thoughts about going. Carol and Josie reassures that she would be fine and tell her to take off her wedding ring. On the date, Andrew reveals that he is twice divorced. He never wants to get married again and Leanne feels that same. At the end of the night, Andrew says that he is looking forward to a second date and kisses her on the cheeks. Bill sees that and leaves.
7	"Please Be a Lizard"	Kristy Cecil	Susan McMartin & John "Jack" O'Brien Story by : Nick Bakay & Anne Flett-Giordano	July 31, 2025 (2025-07-31)	T12.18807
Leanne is out jogging and Mary makes her spilling the beans about the man she is dating. Leanne is smitten with Andrew while Carol is depressed about Dylan. Leanne goes to see her gynecologist for her a routine check-up. She is concerned about her pelvic floor issues. At home, Josie comes over to Carol to safe keep her box containing a vape pen, edibles, pills, and mini tequila bottles. At doctor's office, she runs into Bill's baby mama Faye. Faye asks to grab coffee to talk and Leanne declines. Leanne becomes very angry at Faye. She changes her mind and meets up with Faye to give her a piece of her mind. She finds out Faye is the dentist she sent Bill to see for a root canal. Faye says Bill is only with her because of the baby and he really wants to be with Leanne. Leanne tells Faye that she has moved on and Bill is all hers. Meanwhile, Carol gets high with Bill in the garbage from Josie's edibles. Bill is upset that Leanne is dating Andrew because he still loves her. Carols tells him to get over himself and just be happy for Leanne.
8	"Muscle Memory"	Kristy Cecil	Nick Bakay & Amy Hubbs Story by : Susan McMartin & Alexandra Melnick	July 31, 2025 (2025-07-31)	T12.18808
At the workout class, Mary hounds Leanne about Andrew as she sees everything on her Ring camera. Leanne has yet to kiss him and Carol makes fun of her. Leanne wants to kiss him, but wants it to be perfect. That night, Leanne runs out of his car and asks him to leave because she is having hot flashes and embarrassed. Bill comes over the next morning to pick his passport for his work trip. They kiss unexpectedly as they say goodbyes. Leanne says it is just muscle memory and nothing more as Carol saw the kiss. That night, Carol drives her parents and Tyler to the movies to watch a rom-com. John is less than enthusiastic. Meanwhile, Leanne is on a date with Andrew. Leanne hesitates to kiss Andrew because she is afraid to lead into a relationship and heartbreak later and she doesn't want to experience that again. He is ok with Leanne not ready for it. Mary comes over to discuss how Carol's kiss made her realizes how much she starves for affection after her husband Jerry died. Mary drunkenly kisses Tyler when he walks her home. Leanne shows up at Andrew's house and kisses him.
9	"Chipmunk in the Drywall"	Rhiannon O'Harra	Mark Gross & Anne Flett-Giordano Story by : Susan McMartin & Nick Bakay	July 31, 2025 (2025-07-31)	T12.18809
At church, Leanne tells Carol that she can't stop thinking about Andrew. Mary acts weird at church due to remembering her kiss with Tyler. Mama Margaret is out of town to see Aunt Ruth. Daddy John gets to ditch church when Mama is out of town. Leanne tells him about Andrew. Carol gets upset when Daddy gives Grandma's Loretta bunny china to Leanne instead of her. Daddy tells her because Leanne has a family and she doesn't. Carol argues that because Leanne is his favorite. Daddy gives Carol a bag of 3,000 pennies. The sisters get into an argument after Carol feels that she never takes her side. Carol leaves Leanne's house to go back to her apartment. Meanwhile, Mary keeps harassing Tyler about the kiss as she assumes Carol knows and needs to get ahead of it before everyone knows. Leanne tells Daddy that he is too hard on Carol and says that Carol has always been there for her, but herself have not thank her enough. Leanne apologizes to Carol for not standing for her and wants her to move back in. Carol accepts her apology and moves back to Leanne's.
10	"Apology Pie"	Nick Bakay	Susan McMartin & Julie Bean Story by : Amy Hubbs & John "Jack" O'Brien	July 31, 2025 (2025-07-31)	T12.18810
Leanne leaves Bill a voicemail telling him to pick up his mail, change his mailing address, and sign the divorce papers because she wants to move on with her life. During trivia night, Andrew tells Leanne that his father just died apathetically when he receives a text message. Leanne is shocked to see he doesn't care about his father dying and talks to Carol about it. The sisters think about the possibilities why he is that way. Leanne is determined to get to the bottom of it. Bill finally picks up his mail and Leanne badgers him to sign the divorce papers. Leanne makes deal with him by agreeing to give some family photo albums if he signs the divorce papers. Bill accepts the deal. The next date, Leanne tries to get Andrew to open up to her. Andrew tells her he doesn't have a good relationship with her father so, he is not going to the funeral and asks to let it go. She ignores Andrew's wishes and go to the funeral with Carol. Meanwhile, Bill drives Daddy John to his eye appointment because he couldn't get a hold of Leanne. The sisters run into Andrew at the funeral. Andrew explains to Leanne when he was a cop he arrested his father's brother because he was con man. His father who was also a cop chose to look the other way. But, he couldn't so, he chose the badge over family. On their way, Leanne realizes that she forgot to take Daddy John to his eye appointment. Bill tells Leanne that the divorce papers are signed while Leanne is baking a pie for Daddy. Leanne hands over a photo album to Bill.
11	"Dog Day Afternoon"	Nikki Lorre	Nick Bakay & Anne Flett-Giordano Story by : Susan McMartin & Matthew McGeehan	July 31, 2025 (2025-07-31)	T12.18811
Andrew arrives late in meeting Leanne's parents because he was arresting Dylan. Carol asks what he did. Andrew says Dylan robbed banks and he has been chasing Dylan for years. He was a ghost until he showed up on Mama's Facebook page. Andrew leaves for work immediately as they need him to interview Dylan. Leanne asks Andrew do her favor by setting Carol up to meet with Dylan to give Carol some closure after seeing how depressed Carol is. As soon as Carol sees Dylan, she smacks him repeatedly. Dylan admits that he lied almost about everything. The sisters go home after Leanne refuses to let Carol make more bad choices. Then, Leanne takes Andrew to her parents' house for dinner and Daddy badgers Andrew about the reward. After discussing what Dylan did for them, Andrew takes a look of the dry wall in the bathroom and discovers things that Andrew stolen are in there. Since it is a crime scene, Leanne's parents can't be there so, Leanne offers to house them temporarily. Andrew says he will look into the reward money more. Daddy says he likes him. Carol convinces herself that Dylan really loves her and is fine to be a prison wife.
12	"The Queen's Dilemma"	Nikki Lorre	Mark Gross & Julie Bean & Kelly Farrell Story by : Susan McMartin & Nick Bakay & Anne Flett-Giordano	July 31, 2025 (2025-07-31)	T12.18812
The next morning, Leanne complains about having no hot water for a shower. Mary rings Leanne's doorbell to let her know that she is rebooting her book club and expects Leanne and Carol to be there. The sisters goes to Mary's house for her book club. Mary bores the ladies with a prolonged review of The Queen's Dilemma. When it is Leanne's turn, she admits that she didn't read the book and glad she didn't because it is about a woman can feel only whole if she has a man with her and thinks it is a bunch of hooey. The book club turns into the ladies sharing their own problems. Leanne asserts that they are the real queens. Carol is thinking about ending things with Dylan. One the ladies, Becca stops by and let her know that she is a hit on Instagram with her female empowerment speech. Later, Mama Margaret announces that she is leaving Daddy John. The sisters agree to lie to their parents so that they will to be back together.
13	"Don't Dangle a Dream"	Nikki Lorre	Amy Hubbs & Anne Flett-Giordano Story by : Susan McMartin & Julie Bean	July 31, 2025 (2025-07-31)	T12.18813
Leanne, Carol, and Mama Margaret make baked goods for their church's bake sale. Josie decides to sell her bridesmaid dresses on EBay or burn them if they don't sell. She says people in Knoxville only get married and have babies. Mama Margaret tells Josie her time will come. She also says she never had a wedding and describes her dream wedding. Leanne ropes Carol into throwing a wedding for their parents at Leanne's place. Mama Margaret is excited whereas Daddy John is not interested. Mama wants to do the wedding the following Saturday. She demands that Josie to be the flower girl and Tyler as the ring bearer much to their chagrin. Carol hires funeral director Stephen for the flower arrangements because she couldn't find a florist due to short notice. On the big day, Stephen tells Leanne that his vendor sent them funeral flower arrangements instead of the wedding ones. The wedding begins to fall apart. Leanne tells everyone that we are going to adapt and pivot. Mama thanks Leanne and Carol for making her dream come true. Josie tells Leanne that she has no desire to get marry ever and wants to leave Knoxville.
14	"Gomez Is a Woman"	Nikki Lorre	Susan McMartin & Mark Gross Story by : Nick Bakay & Julie Bean	July 31, 2025 (2025-07-31)	T12.18814
Josie shows Leanne and Carol about the collective farm in California that she is moving to. Carol tells Leanne needs to let Josie go. When Bill comes over to give Josie survival gear, he blames Leanne for smothering Josie. Leanne meets Andrew's FBI partner Gomez during her lunch date with Andrew. Gomez happens to be a single attractive woman without any kids. Leanne feels very insecure and tells Carol about her lunch date and Gomez. After some meditation and tea, Leanne realizes she is blowing out of proportion a bit. Carol assures Leanne that Andrew locked in. The next date, Andrew and Leanne get into a brief argument about Leanne not trusting him with Gomez. The ladies at Zumba class tries to get into Leanne's head. Carol reassures her that she doesn't think Andrew is going to cheat on her and tells her jealousy is making her super unattractive. While waiting for Josie, Bill apologizes to Leanne about blaming her for Josie leaving. Bill and Leanne say their goodbyes to Josie at the airport. Andrew agrees to take a lie detector test. He reveals he loves her and it is the truth.
15	"Spiritual Airbags"	Nikki Lorre	Nick Bakay & Anne Flett-Giordano Story by : Susan McMartin & John "Jack" O'Brien	July 31, 2025 (2025-07-31)	T12.18815
As the sisters are driving home from church, their car is t-boned by Mary who is driving Jerry's car. The sisters couldn't sleep that night because they are still shaken from the accident. Carol feels the need to change her ways to be more kind and preform good acts because she assumes her bad karma caused the accident. When Bill comes over to check on them, Leanne states that she doesn't want Bill to be buried next to her on their burial plot. They get into argument over it. Leanne officially makes Carol her emergency contact. Mary comes over crying about Jerry's car being totaled. She reveals the she hasn't moved nor gotten rid of anything of Jerry's. The sisters try to make her feel better, tell her she needs to let go of Jerry's things to allow her for an opportunity to change, and offer to help her. While helping Mary get rid of some of Jerry's things. Carol realizes when she dies, no one would care as she feels her life has no meaning to anyone. After seeing Carol still depressed, Leanne reassures her again about how much everyone would care and Carol feels a lot better. Later, Leanne tells Bill that he can keep his burial plot if Carol can be buried in between them.
16	"Having Big Feelings"	Nikki Lorre	Mark Gross & Amy Hubbs Story by : Susan McMartin & Julie Bean	July 31, 2025 (2025-07-31)	T12.18816
During a date, Andrew says he is taking Leanne to a weekend getaway. Leanne is not thrilled about it because she feels insecure about the trip. To ready for the romantic getaway, Carol accompanies Leanne to the mall for Leanne to get wax, spray tan, and a bathing suit. As Andrew and Leanne are on their way to their getaway, Leanne looks uncomfortable. Bill stops by while Leanne is away for Josie's old crib. Bill is shocked to learn that Leanne is very serious with Andrew. Meanwhile, Leanne and Andrew become very awkward around each other, but eventually they go over it and have fun. Carol dials 9-1-1 when Bill says he is having chest pain. Tyler calls Leanne to tell her that Nora is in labor and they need her. As the Leanne and Andrew are driving back home, she receives a call from Carol about Bill's chest pain. The family learn that Bill just had a panic attack as the couple arrives. Leanne and Bill have a heart-to-heart conversation about their failed marriage. Nora gives birth to a baby girl and the family comes together.

Production

Development

On April 25, 2024, Netflix gave production a 16-episode series order for an untitled multi-cam sitcom. The untitled sitcom is created by Leanne Morgan, Chuck Lorre, and Susan McMartin who are expected to executive produce alongside Judi Marmel. Production companies involved producing the series are Chuck Lorre Productions and Warner Bros. Television. On May 28, 2025, the formerly untitled sitcom is given the title Leanne. Later, Nick Bakay was added as executive producer.

Casting

Upon series order announcement, Morgan is also set to star. On May 9, 2024, Kristen Johnston joined cast as a series regular. Celia Weston, Blake Clark, Ryan Stiles, Graham Rogers, and Hannah Pilkes are part of the starring cast with Tim Daly, Jayma Mays, Annie Gonzalez and Blake Gibbons to recur.

Release

Leanne premiered on July 31, 2025, with all 16 episodes.

Reception

The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 75% approval rating based on 16 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "Harkening back to classic sitcoms and carried by Leanne Morgan's sheer likability, Leanne is as comfy to watch as hanging out on the couch." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, gave a score of 61 out of 100 based on 9 critics, indicating "generally favorable".

External links

• Leanne on Netflix
• Leanne at IMDb