Lauren Graham played the antagonizing role of an efficiency expert in need of friends on Newsradio .
In addition to her many guest starring and co-starring roles on prime-time television , Graham starred in four failed sitcoms , including Townies ( with Molly Ringwald and Jenna Elfman ) , the short-lived sitcom Lush Life ( with Lori Petty and Karyn Parsons ) , and M.Y.O.B , which was burned off by NBC in the summer months before the premiere of Gilmore Girls.
Lauren Graham