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Chelsea Handler's Buffalo Wing Therapy

By April MacIntyre Jan 7, 2012, 19:02 GMT

Chelsea Handler - TCA notable from January 6 © Janet Mayer / PR Photos

NBC's press tour first day on January 6th had a back-to-back slam of all their upcoming shows, the two most notable being "Smash" and "Are You There, Chelsea," which had the two stars, Chelsea Handler and Laura Prepon, on guard over critics' questioning over the name change.

In her NBC sitcom “Are You There, Chelsea,” which premieres Jan. 11, Handler plays the sister, Sloane, while Laura Prepon plays Chelsea in her 20s.

The show is a take away from the real-life stumbles that Handler has made hay with going into juicy details in her four best-selling books.

The series initially was to be titled "Are You There Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea."  "Vodka" has since been excised from the show title.

The books, hosting the E! channel’s “Chelsea Lately,” Chuy wrangling and touring as a standup has busy Handler playing a secondary character in her fictionalized life sitcom.

“I don’t have time to star in my own TV show,” Handler told TV critics here Friday. “If I did, I would.” 

".. I went through my 20s in a way that not a lot of people do. I kind of barrelled through them with kind of no rhyme or reason or no repercussions for anything. And so there’s definitely an essence of that. She’s not gonna be a caricature of me or, you know, of what she thinks I am. So I wanted we all wanted to give Laura license to make the character as great as she could, and she has. I like myself much better as her."

As for the best hangover remedy, Handler volunteered her remedy:

"I mix my vodka just with lemon, club soda. And the best cure for your hangover is Excedrin. And Buffalo wings.''

"Are You There, Chelsea" premieres Wednesday, Jan. 11 on NBC