Katherine Heigl returns to TV with a new NBC drama . The actress will play a political analyst advising the president on high - profile global affairs . This is Heigl 's first regular television role since she left ` ` Grey 's Anatomy '' in 2006 . The Hollywood Reporter reports that Eichner and Klausner , who co-created the `` Difficult People '' concept , will star as a pair of NYC best friends who hate everyone except themselves . The series is just one of three politically themed new shows .
Katherine Heigl returns to TV with a new NBC drama . The actress will play a political analyst advising the president on high - profile global affairs . This is Heigl 's first regular television role since she left ` ` Grey 's Anatomy '' in 2006 . The series is just one of three politically themed new shows .