Margaret Cho becomes the latest VH-1 Celebreaity star with "The Cho Show"

I still remember the evening Margaret Cho's All American Girl debuted. My phone rang again and again to ask if I saw it and to discuss the show. Even my rooommate's conservative Republican friends were calling. We all, it turns out, had a friend like Margaret somewhere in our high school memories and we were so excited to see that experience mined for comedy on TV that we kinda missed that the show wasn't anywhere as funny as Cho's comedy.

It's been nearly fourteen years since that night and while Cho has been in a few pilots (most memorably, "Mommy", a Fox sitcom inspired by her life that cast Cho as a character based on her mother) nothing's become a series ... until now.

Today, VH-1 announced several new upcoming shows including The Cho Show, the latest Celebreality show. This one will follow Margaret around as she interacts with the people in her life, including her "colorful cast of friends and colleagues" as well as - and this is where we hit the jackpot - Margaret's parents.

Taking a simplified look at The Cho Show - which will follow an outspoken, independent-minded comedian who refuses to conform to Hollywood's demands of who she can be - has me thinking that this could be VH-1's My Life on the D-List. I hope they don't shy away from Margaret's political side, since her drive to advocate for minority groups - including LGBT people - drives some of Cho's most passionate comedy.

There's no debut date yet for The Cho Show but you can bet we'll be watching for it and we'll pass that information along.