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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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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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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ABC Orders ‘Single Parents’ and ‘Steps’ Comedy Pilots

Two new comedy pilots are in the works at ABC. According to Deadline, the network has given pilot orders to single-cam comedies called Single Parents and Steps. From New Girl’s Liz Meriwether and J.J. Philbin, Single Parents centers on a group of “dysfunctional single parents” who “lean on each other as they raise their kids, […]

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Fox Orders Steve Dildarian Comedy Pilot ‘Dan the Weatherman’

Fox just added another comedy pilot — this time about how tough it is, apparently, to be a white guy in the world today. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the network has ordered a single-cam pilot written and executive produced by The Life & Times of Tim creator Steve Dildarian called Dan the Weatherman. The […]

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