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Sept. 27, 2011 / 7:36 PM

Rob Schneider to star in CBS sitcom

Rob Schneider arrives for the Friars Club Roast of Quentin Tarantino at the Hilton Hotel in New York on December 1, 2010. UPI /Laura Cavanaugh

Rob Schneider arrives for the Friars Club Roast of Quentin Tarantino at the Hilton Hotel in New York on December 1, 2010. UPI /Laura Cavanaugh | License Photo

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 27 (UPI) -- CBS says it has ordered a new U.S. comedy series from former "Saturday Night Live" star Rob Schneider.

The show is to premiere at a time still to be determined during a time during the 2011-2012 season.

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Tentatively called "The Rob Schneider Comedy," the series will star Schneider as a "confirmed bachelor who has just married into a tight-knit Mexican-American family," the network said in a news release Tuesday.

The show will also star Cheech Marin, Lupe Ontiveros, Claudia Bassols, Eugenio Derbez, Diana Maria Riva and Ricky Rico, CBS said.

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