VIDEO : Helen Hunt to Direct Episode of CBS Comedy Show

Academy Award-and Emmy-winning actress Helen Hunt is joining the CBS family. The actress-director has been tapped to direct an upcoming episode of the network's freshman family comedy, Life in Pieces. Life in Pieces marks the latest small-screen directing gig for the Oscar winner. Her work includes two episodes of ABC's Revenge, Showtime's Californication and multiple episodes of her own television show, Mad About You. Life in Pieces, which recently grabbed a full-season pickup at CBS, moves to its new night this week on Thursdays in the prime post-Big Bang Theory slot at 8:30 p.m.