Actress Marcia Gay Harden on how her new series, 'So Help Me Todd,' mixes comedy and drama

Marcia Gay Harden knows something about both comedy and drama. The Oscar and Tony Award-winning actress said she was drawn into her new role on the CBS show 'So Help Me Todd' because of the way the show blends the two genres together.

-winning actress said she was drawn into her new role on the CBS show"So Help Me Todd" because of the way the show blends the two genres together.

Harden plays Margaret Wright, who hires her son, Todd, played by actor Skylar Astin, as the in-house investigator for her law firm in hopes of repairing their damaged relationship. They work together solving cases while hashing out their mother-son drama. "He's a master at throwing lines in, and I throw physical things in. He's really good at like little comments at the end. And then they make it better, it's like little buttons. Then I'll say, 'What about if my character falls off her chair on this moment?' They are like, 'OK, try it,'" said Harden.

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