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Christina Applegate is leaving her lead role on the NBC comedy series "Up All Night." The actress' spokesperson confirmed the news in a statement to OTRC.com on Friday, February 8.

"It's been a great experience working on 'Up All Night,' but the show has taken a different creative direction and I decided it was best for me to move on to other endeavors," Applegate said in a statement. "Working with Lorne Michaels has been a dream come true and I am grateful he brought me into his TV family. I will miss the cast, producers and crew, and wish them the best always."

"Up All Night" has been picked up for three additional episodes but the sitcom featuring Christina Applegate, Maya Rudolph and Will Arnett will undergo some major changes.

The show was picked up for three additional episodes, raising its second season episode count from 13 to 16, according to The Hollywood Reporter. In addition, the show will switch to a multi-camera format, which comedies like "Two and a Half Men" and "The Big Bang Theory," and shoot in front of a live studio audience.

Christina Applegate's return to television in "Up All Night" had a strong start on Wednesday.

The show, which premiered after the season finale of "America's Got Talent," nabbed 10.9 million viewers, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Next week the show debuts in its regular times slot of Wednesday at 8 p.m.

In a promo for Christina Applegate's new NBC series "Up All Night," the actress reveals her biggest bedroom fantasy.

"I'm alone in the bedroom, and you walk in," Applegate says seductively. "You tell me 'Don't speak,' that you'll take care of everything. So I lie down in the bed and you turn down the lights..."

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Christina Applegate's new project "Up All Night" was officially picked up by NBC, marking the actress' return to television, two years after her old show "Samantha Who?" was canceled.

The pilot also stars "Arrested Development"'s Will Arnett as Applegate's husband and "Bridesmaids" actress Maya Rudolph as her boss and best friend.

Will Arnett is set to play Christina Applegate's husband in a new NBC comedy pilot spearheaded by "Saturday Night Live" creator Lorne Michaels and writer Emily Spivey.

The Canadian-born 40-year-old actor has for the past three years had a recurring role on the sitcom "30 Rock" and played "George "Gob" Bluth II" on the cult comedy series "Arrested Development" between 2003 and 2006. He also starred on the short-lived show "Running Wilde" last year.

Christina Applegate is set to star in a new NBC comedy pilot spearheaded by "Saturday Night Live" creator Lorne Michaels and writer Emily Spivey.

If the project is picked up and more episodes are ordered, it could mark the actress' return to television, two years after her old show "Samantha Who?" was canceled.

Christina Applegate wore a Temperley London sheer tunic with a zigzag design, black skinny jeans and strappy Brian Atwood Helix ankle boots at the Los Angeles premiere of her new comedy film "Hall Pass" on Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011.

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Christina Applegate says her new daughter Sadie Grace LeNoble, her first child, "opened" her "soul."

She and her fiance, musician Martyn LeNoble, welcomed their baby girl, on January 27 in Los Angeles. Applegate, the 39-year-old star of the shows "Samantha Who?" and "Married With Children," star and LeNoble, a 41-year-old Dutch musician and founding member of Porno for Pyros became engaged last year on February 14 after dating for two years. Applegate announced her pregnancy in July 2010.

Christina Applegate and her fiancé, musician Martyn LeNoble, are the proud parents of a baby girl, reports the Associated Press.

The girl, named Sadie Grace LeNoble, was born on January 27 in Los Angeles. "Mother and daughter are doing great," Applegate's spokesperson said in a statement.