Ashley Tisdale has landed a new lead role in the upcoming CBS sitcom You're Only Young Twice.
The 40-year-old actress, who , confirmed the big news on her main Instagram page on Friday, with the show currently in development.
Tisdale has not only been cast in the role of Emily in the comedy series, but is also one of the executive producers on the project, per Deadline.
Tommy Johnagin will be penning the scripts while additional cast details have yet to be announced.
The premise followers Tisdale's character Emily as well as Alex 'who married young and are now 35 with their kid starting college.
'Newly divorced empty-nesters, they stumble through dating, co-parenting, and maybe a second chance at love,' per an official IMDB synopsis.
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Ashley Tisdale, 40, has landed a new lead role in the upcoming CBS sitcom You're Only Young Twice; seen in 2024 in L.A.
The mom-of-two also took to Instagram to share the news of her casting and humorously wrote, 'I told my agent I was retired in acting and he said… umm no you're not.'
Tisdale is no stranger to the world of sitcoms and previously appeared in the CBS series Carol's Second Act alongside Patricia Heaton. The show aired from 2019 until 2020.
Tisdale has not only been cast in the role of Emily in the comedy series, but is also one of the executive producers on the project, per Deadline; seen in 2019 in L.A.
The mom-of-two also took to Instagram to share the news of her casting and humorously wrote, 'I told my agent I was retired in acting and he said… umm no you're not'
Tisdale is no stranger to the world of sitcoms and previously appeared in the CBS series Carol's Second Act alongside Patricia Heaton. The show aired from 2019 until 2020 (seen above third from left)
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She is also known for her role as Sharpay in Disney's High School Musical franchise (seen above)
Last month in January, Tisdale wrote an article for The Cut titled 'Breaking Up With My Toxic Mom Group.'
She chose to depart from a group that consisted of other celebrity mothers such as Mandy Moore and Hilary Duff, claiming that she had felt 'frozen out' during her postpartum period.
Duff had created the group and the friends will often message each other, go on vacations, have shared play dates and attend baby classes together.
Tisdale is mom to Jupiter, four, and Emerson, one, whom she shares with husband Christopher French.
While the High School Musical actress did not list any names in the story, fans were quick to point out that she unfollowed both Duff and Moore on Instagram around the time of the article's release.
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Tisdale wrote that she had been left out from some gatherings and added, 'All of a sudden I was in high school again, feeling totally lost as to what I was doing "wrong" to be left out.'
She continued, 'I texted to the group after being left out from yet another group hang: "This is too high school for me and I don't want to take part in it anymore."
'To be clear I have never considered the moms to be bad people (maybe one) but I do think our group dynamic stopped being healthy and positive - for me anyway.'
Last month in January, Tisdale wrote an article for The Cut titled 'Breaking Up With My Toxic Mom Group; seen in 2025 in NYC
She chose to depart from a group that consisted of other celebrity mothers such as Mandy Moore and Hilary Duff, claiming that she had felt 'frozen out' during her postpartum period
Tisdale had posted about the group over the years, such as in 2022 when they enjoyed a girls trip with Duff, singer Meghan Trainor and others.
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Duff's husband Matthew Koma had also stepped in to defend her as he called out 'self obsessed and tone deaf' Tisdale.
The Lizzie McGuire actress recently during Wednesday's episode of the Call Her Daddy podcast.
In regards to how she initially felt when the essay came out, the star admitted that she had felt 'really sad.'
'I honestly felt really sad. I was, like, pretty, pretty taken aback and felt just, like, sad.'
Duff continued, 'I have so many groups of friends. I'm so lucky. Motherhood has brought on, like, I have my core group of friends who have been my ride-or-dies for 10 to 20 years.
'And I have tons of different groups of mom friends because I have four kids. So I think I just was like, "Woah." It sucks to read something that's, like, not true. And it sucks on behalf of, like, six women in all of their lives.'
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Tisdale wrote that she had been left out from some gatherings and added, 'All of a sudden I was in high school again, feeling totally lost as to what I was doing "wrong" to be left out'
In regards to how she initially felt when the essay came out, Duff admitted that she had felt 'really sad'; seen earlier this month in Las Vegas
'It's hard because you're like, "Wait, whoa, that person kind of got it right," and "Whoa that person doesn't know what they're talking about."'
She added, 'I saw something that was like, "None of the moms at school actually like her and neither do the teachers," and I was like, "First of all… the women at school are lovely and I'm obsessed with all of them."'
While Tisdale recently celebrated her latest acting role, Duff has also been keeping busy and dropped her sixth studio album Luck... Or Something on February 20.
