CBS marks Veterans Day by picking up United States of Al to series

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United States of Al, revolving around combat veterans, will premiere this season, marks Chuck Lorre's fifth currently airing comedy on CBS, joining Mom, Bob Hearts Abishola, Young Sheldon and B Positive. Adhir Kalyan and Parker Young star in the comedy that centers around the friendship between Riley (Young), a Marine combat veteran struggling to readjust to civilian life in Ohio, and Awalmir (Al) (Kalyan), the Interpreter who served with his unit in Afghanistan and has just arrived to start a new life in America.