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Sara Gilbert Joins New Show After Claiming She Quit 'The Talk' To Spend Time With Her Family

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Apr. 23 2019, Updated 4:45 p.m. ET

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Sara Gilbert is heading to Netflix! Weeks after the former co-host announced her decision to leave The Talk, it has now been revealed that she will be joining the cast of Atypical for its third season.

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Sara, 44, will play the recurring character Judd — a college ethics professor.

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The slice of life series follows 18-year-old Sam who is on the autism spectrum and his family. Season three will feature ten 30-minute long episode.

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Earlier this month, the Conners star announced she was stepping away from her seat on The Talk. She executive-produced and co-hosted the daytime series for 9 years.

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“This is hard to do and something that I have been struggling with for a while and going back and forth,” she said at the time. “But I’ve decided that it’s time for me to leave the show at the end of the season.”

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In addition to get back into doing more acting, she expressed her desire to spend more time with her children. “If I’m being honest about it, I think my life was slightly out of balance,” Sara explained. “I wasn’t able to spend as much time with my three kids as I’d like, and have time for myself.”

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She and wife Linda Perry share son Rhodes Emilio Gilbert, 4, and she has daughter Sawyer, 11, and son Levi, 14 from a previous relationship.

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What do you think about Sara joining Atypical so soon after leaving The Talk? Share your thoughts in the comments section.

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