Sasheer Zamata and Sean Kleier to Star in NBC Comedy Pilot ‘So Close’

Saturday Night Live alum Sasheer Zamata has a new TV project in the works. Deadline reports that Zamata and Sean Kleier (Odd Mom Out) have signed on to star in a multi-cam comedy pilot in the works at NBC called So Close. Ordered at the network last month, the pilot is produced by Sean Hayes, […]

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Freeform Orders ‘Girls Code’ Comedy Pilot Directed by Paul Feig

Paul Feig is directing a comedy pilot in the works at Freeform. The network announced today that it’s given a pilot order to Girls Code, which was put into development back in October. New Girl’s Kim Rosenstock serves as writer on the half-hour workplace comedy, which follows “the odd couple partnership between a brazen, self-centered tech […]

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Kat Dennings to Star in an ABC Comedy Pilot Based on ‘How May We Hate You?’

A TV adaptation of Anna Drezen and Todd Dakotah Briscoe’s book How May We Hate You? is getting a second chance on another network. According to Deadline, 2 Broke Girls star Kat Dennings has signed on to star in an ABC pilot based on the book, which was originally developed as a multi-cam comedy at […]

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NBC Orders ‘Bright Futures’ Comedy Pilot from Kenya Barris

Black-ish creator Kenya Barris now has two comedy pilots in the works. According to The Hollywood Reporter, NBC has ordered a single-cam pilot executive produced by Barris called Bright Futures, which he originally had in development at ABC last year. Written by Grown-ish’s Hale Rothstein, Danny Segal, and Isaac Schamis, the ensemble comedy centers on “a group of […]

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TBS Orders ‘Twenties’ Comedy Pilot from Lena Waithe

Master of None writer and The Chi creator Lena Waithe has a comedy project in the works at TBS. Deadline reports that the network has given a pilot order to a single-cam comedy by Waithe called Twenties. The show centers on “the adventures of a queer black girl, Hattie, and her two straight best friends, Marie […]

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Regina Hall, Casey Wilson, Paul Scheer, and More Join Showtime Pilot ‘Ball Street’

Showtime’s comedy pilot Ball Street is rounding out its cast. The network announced today that Casey Wilson, Regina Hall, Paul Scheer, Kurt Braunohler, and Eugene Cordero have joined the cast of the half-hour pilot, which was ordered back in September. Produced and directed by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg and co-created by David Caspe and […]

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Fox Orders ‘Bless This Mess’ Pilot from Liz Meriwether and Lake Bell

Liz Meriwether is keeping super busy these days. According to The Wrap, Fox has ordered a pilot produced by the New Girl creator and Lake Bell called Bless this Mess. The single-cam show, which has been in development at Fox since last year, centers on “a newlywed couple that gives up their drab and unfulfilling […]

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Fox Orders ‘Bless This Mess’ Pilot from Liz Meriwether and Lake Bell

Liz Meriwether is keeping super busy these days. According to The Wrap, Fox has ordered a pilot produced by the New Girl creator and Lake Bell called Bless this Mess. The single-cam show, which has been in development at Fox since last year, centers on “a newlywed couple that gives up their drab and unfulfilling […]

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NBC Orders an Amy Poehler-Produced Pilot from Aseem Batra

Amy Poehler is producing a single-cam pilot in the works at NBC. According to Deadline, the network has given a pilot order to an untitled comedy written by Batra (Scrubs, The Cleveland Show, Marlon) and produced by Poehler and Julie Anne Robinson that follows “one woman’s hilarious unfiltered take on the side effects of trying […]

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ABC Orders ‘Three Rivers’ Comedy Pilot from Sherry Bilsing-Graham and Ellen Kreamer

ABC just added another comedy pilot. Deadline reports that the network has given a pilot order to a single-cam comedy from former Friends writers/producers Sherry Bilsing-Graham and Ellen Kreamer called Three Rivers. Here’s the logline: Three Rivers centers on Rebecca who left her family’s Texas ranch years ago to work at an upscale hotel in New […]

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