Comedian Fred Willard to Guest Star on New CBS Comedy ROB

Emmy Award-nominated actor and comedian Fred Willard is set to guest star on CBS's new comedy ROB as "George," Rob's reserved father.

Willard is well known for his roles on Christopher Guest movies such as "This is Spinal Tap," "Waiting for Guffman," "Best in Show," "A Mighty Wind" and "For Your Consideration." He earned three Emmy nominations for his role as "Hank MacDougal" on the CBS comedy series "Everybody Loves Raymond."

ROB stars Rob Schneider, Claudia Bassols, Cheech Marin, Diana Maria Riva, Eugenio Derbez and Lupe Ontiveros and premieres Thursday, Jan. 12 (8:31-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

The series follows the lifelong bachelor who just married into a tight-knit Mexican-American family. Rob is a successful landscape architect who, after a whirlwind romance, marries Maggie, a beautiful, smart book translator, who is way out of his league. After eloping in Las Vegas, Maggie and Rob must break the news to her overprotective, judgmental parents, Rosa and Fernando, that they are married. Shocked by news that they've eloped, the family remains skeptical of Maggie’s choice for a husband, with the exception of her uncle Hector, the black sheep of the family, who immediately declares himself Rob’s best friend. Rob hopes he will one day win over his new in-laws, aunts, uncles and Maggie’s Abuelita, and live happily ever after with his one true love, Maggie.