Exclusive: The Onyx Collective for Hulu comedy series Deli Boys is rounding out its cast with 9 including Kevin Corrigan (Ray Donovan), Alexandra Ruddy (City of Lies), Tim Baltz (The Righteous Gemstones) and Zainne Saleh (The Binge).
In Deli Boys, when their convenience store-magnate father suddenly dies, a pair of pampered Pakistani American brothers lose everything and are forced to reckon with their Baba’s secret life of crime as they attempt to take up his mantle in the underworld.
Alfie Fuller, Poorna Jagannathan and Brian George also star.
The full list of new additions can be found below.
Corrigan recurs as Chickie Lozano, an old-school, Italian American crime boss in Philadelphia. He is terrifying yet charming. Ruddy recurs as Agent Mercer, a female FBI agent excluded from the boys club of the agency and on a mission to prove herself. Baltz recurs as Director Simpson, the...
In Deli Boys, when their convenience store-magnate father suddenly dies, a pair of pampered Pakistani American brothers lose everything and are forced to reckon with their Baba’s secret life of crime as they attempt to take up his mantle in the underworld.
Alfie Fuller, Poorna Jagannathan and Brian George also star.
The full list of new additions can be found below.
Corrigan recurs as Chickie Lozano, an old-school, Italian American crime boss in Philadelphia. He is terrifying yet charming. Ruddy recurs as Agent Mercer, a female FBI agent excluded from the boys club of the agency and on a mission to prove herself. Baltz recurs as Director Simpson, the...
- 5/3/2024
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Onyx Collective has picked up Deli Boys comedy pilot to series. Starring Asif Ali, Saagar Shaikh, Alfie Fuller, Poorna Jagannathan and new series regular Brian George, Deli Boys, from 20th Television, will stream exclusively on Hulu in the U.S., Star+ in Latin America, and Disney+ in all other territories.
In Deli Boys, when their convenience store-magnate father suddenly dies, a pair of pampered Pakistani American brothers (Ali and Shaikh) lose everything and are forced to reckon with their Baba’s secret life of crime as they attempt to take up his mantle in the underworld.
Related: 2022-23 Hulu Pilots & Series Orders
The half-hour, 10-episode series was created by Abdullah Saeed and developed by Jenni Konner and Nora Silver under Jenni Konner Productions. Michelle Nader, who also serves as showrunner, is an executive producer alongside Saeed, Konner and Silver. Nisha Ganatra is executive producer and director on the pilot, with...
In Deli Boys, when their convenience store-magnate father suddenly dies, a pair of pampered Pakistani American brothers (Ali and Shaikh) lose everything and are forced to reckon with their Baba’s secret life of crime as they attempt to take up his mantle in the underworld.
Related: 2022-23 Hulu Pilots & Series Orders
The half-hour, 10-episode series was created by Abdullah Saeed and developed by Jenni Konner and Nora Silver under Jenni Konner Productions. Michelle Nader, who also serves as showrunner, is an executive producer alongside Saeed, Konner and Silver. Nisha Ganatra is executive producer and director on the pilot, with...
- 5/11/2023
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
The comedy pilot “Deli Boys” has been ordered to series at Onyx Collective on Hulu, with Brian George added as a series regular. 20th Television serves as the studio.
Created by Abdullah Saeed, the half-hour, 10-episode series stars Asif Ali and Saagar Shaikh as Mir and Raj Dar, respectively. When their convenience-store magnate father suddenly dies, the pampered Pakistani-American Dar brothers lose everything and are forced to reckon with their Baba’s secret life of crime as they attempt to take up his mantle in the underworld.
George has been added to the cast as Ahmad, Baba’s colleague who has always had his eye on the top spot at DarCo and is willing to play whatever game he has to in order to take it. There’s no love lost between him and the entitled boys he’s resented since birth.
George’s credits include “Seinfeld,” “The Big Bang Theory,...
Created by Abdullah Saeed, the half-hour, 10-episode series stars Asif Ali and Saagar Shaikh as Mir and Raj Dar, respectively. When their convenience-store magnate father suddenly dies, the pampered Pakistani-American Dar brothers lose everything and are forced to reckon with their Baba’s secret life of crime as they attempt to take up his mantle in the underworld.
George has been added to the cast as Ahmad, Baba’s colleague who has always had his eye on the top spot at DarCo and is willing to play whatever game he has to in order to take it. There’s no love lost between him and the entitled boys he’s resented since birth.
George’s credits include “Seinfeld,” “The Big Bang Theory,...
- 5/11/2023
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Rock and roll fantasy camp could be heading to the small screen.
Fox is developing single-camera comedy Rock Camp from The Goldbergs co-exec producer Steve Basilone, Jeff Rowe and David Fishof, founder of Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp.
The project follows a down on his luck rock star, who after a series of screw-ups, begrudgingly goes to teach at Rock Camp — a summer camp where anyone can live out their fantasy of shredding next to their favorite rockers — in order to satisfy a court mandate and save his reputation.
Basilone, who has also written on Community and The Michael J. Fox Show, will write and will exec produce alongside Rowe, and Fishof.
Fishof started Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp after having worked with Ringo Starr, Roger Daltrey, The Monkees, Joe Walsh and Peter Frampton. He launched it in 1997 and has put more than 6,000 folks through their rock star dreams.
Fox is developing single-camera comedy Rock Camp from The Goldbergs co-exec producer Steve Basilone, Jeff Rowe and David Fishof, founder of Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp.
The project follows a down on his luck rock star, who after a series of screw-ups, begrudgingly goes to teach at Rock Camp — a summer camp where anyone can live out their fantasy of shredding next to their favorite rockers — in order to satisfy a court mandate and save his reputation.
Basilone, who has also written on Community and The Michael J. Fox Show, will write and will exec produce alongside Rowe, and Fishof.
Fishof started Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp after having worked with Ringo Starr, Roger Daltrey, The Monkees, Joe Walsh and Peter Frampton. He launched it in 1997 and has put more than 6,000 folks through their rock star dreams.
- 1/31/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
All appears to be well between Jimmy Kimmel and “Abbott Elementary” creator, star and Emmy winner Quinta Brunson.
Brunson, who won the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Writing on Monday, appeared as a guest on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Wednesday, where Kimmel apologized for upstaging her historic Emmys win and expressed his admiration and support. But before that, he also let her crash his monologue to deliver the acceptance speech she’d wanted to give — a bit that mirrored the joke critics said disrespected Brunson’s win.
You can watch that apology in the clip above, and further down the page you can watch Bruson’s appearance in the monologue; we’ll hit you with the transcripts for both momentarily.
For those who need a brief catch-up, what happened on Monday at the Emmys is that the presentation of the Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series was preceded by a bit where the presenter,...
Brunson, who won the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Writing on Monday, appeared as a guest on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Wednesday, where Kimmel apologized for upstaging her historic Emmys win and expressed his admiration and support. But before that, he also let her crash his monologue to deliver the acceptance speech she’d wanted to give — a bit that mirrored the joke critics said disrespected Brunson’s win.
You can watch that apology in the clip above, and further down the page you can watch Bruson’s appearance in the monologue; we’ll hit you with the transcripts for both momentarily.
For those who need a brief catch-up, what happened on Monday at the Emmys is that the presentation of the Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series was preceded by a bit where the presenter,...
- 9/15/2022
- by Ross A. Lincoln
- The Wrap
Fox has waited a long time for its Monarch.
The network’s shiny new Nudie suit is hitting the stage this weekend, initially behind an NFL doubleheader on Sunday September 11 before moving to Tuesday nights behind The Resident.
Fox Day @ TCA: Deadline’s Complete Coverage
Michael Thorn, president of entertainment at Fox, tells Deadline that it was the “right choice” to move the Susan Sarandon-fronted show to the fall after it was initially scheduled for last season.
In an interview with Deadline, he also talks about its midseason slate, the future of shows such as 9-1-1 and The Resident, its comedy plans and how it plans to proceed with its anthology project Icon following the death of country icon Naomi Judd.
It comes as the network gets into business with Desperate Housewives creator Marc Cherry with his first new broadcast project in a number of years.
Monarch, a multi-generational...
The network’s shiny new Nudie suit is hitting the stage this weekend, initially behind an NFL doubleheader on Sunday September 11 before moving to Tuesday nights behind The Resident.
Fox Day @ TCA: Deadline’s Complete Coverage
Michael Thorn, president of entertainment at Fox, tells Deadline that it was the “right choice” to move the Susan Sarandon-fronted show to the fall after it was initially scheduled for last season.
In an interview with Deadline, he also talks about its midseason slate, the future of shows such as 9-1-1 and The Resident, its comedy plans and how it plans to proceed with its anthology project Icon following the death of country icon Naomi Judd.
It comes as the network gets into business with Desperate Housewives creator Marc Cherry with his first new broadcast project in a number of years.
Monarch, a multi-generational...
- 9/7/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Former ICM Partners TV literary and packaging agent Katie Cates is becoming a manager at Artists First. Cates spent the last eight years at ICM where she worked with writers, directors, actors, comedians and musicians. She is among the slew of ICM agents who departed on the eve of the agency’s acquisition by CAA last month.
At ICM, Cates worked with such established writer/showrunners as John Shiban (Ozark), Meredith Lavender and Marcie Ulin (The Flight Attendant), Matthew Carnahan (House of Lies) and Christy Stratton (Modern Family), Michelle Nader (Dollface), Karin Gist (Our Kind of People) Betsy Thomas (My Boys), Angeli Millan (Boomerang) and Matthew Newman (The Great Game), in addition to up-and-coming voices such as Marcos Luevanos (Love Victor), Emilia Serrano (Promised Land), Michelle Badillo (A League of Their Own), writer/director Becca Gleason (While You Were Breeding), creators Tim Schauer & Kuba Soltysiak (Boo Bitch) and playwrights...
At ICM, Cates worked with such established writer/showrunners as John Shiban (Ozark), Meredith Lavender and Marcie Ulin (The Flight Attendant), Matthew Carnahan (House of Lies) and Christy Stratton (Modern Family), Michelle Nader (Dollface), Karin Gist (Our Kind of People) Betsy Thomas (My Boys), Angeli Millan (Boomerang) and Matthew Newman (The Great Game), in addition to up-and-coming voices such as Marcos Luevanos (Love Victor), Emilia Serrano (Promised Land), Michelle Badillo (A League of Their Own), writer/director Becca Gleason (While You Were Breeding), creators Tim Schauer & Kuba Soltysiak (Boo Bitch) and playwrights...
- 7/27/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
“Dollface” is a comedy series about female solidarity with Jules Wiley (Kat Dennings) playing the protagonist role. Produced by ABC Signature, this show has something surreal about it. It reveals what life is like for Jules, who suffers heartbreak after getting dumped by her longtime boyfriend. The character deals with the challenges of rejoining female social circles and rekindling lost friendships.
The plot takes unusual twists and turns to tell the story of female friendships in the modern world. Unlike most romantic comedies, the protagonist doesn’t seek comfort in a new love interest but aims to mend broken friendships. As a result, the storyline has a fresh take on girl power and sisterhood spiced with a bit of humor.
Film pundits and viewers showered mostly positive reviews upon the show. Some reviewers praised the main cast’s role in making the show a joy to watch. Others felt it...
The plot takes unusual twists and turns to tell the story of female friendships in the modern world. Unlike most romantic comedies, the protagonist doesn’t seek comfort in a new love interest but aims to mend broken friendships. As a result, the storyline has a fresh take on girl power and sisterhood spiced with a bit of humor.
Film pundits and viewers showered mostly positive reviews upon the show. Some reviewers praised the main cast’s role in making the show a joy to watch. Others felt it...
- 6/15/2022
- by Buddy TV
- buddytv.com
Fox is finalizing a straight-to-series order to a black comedy about a meteorologist whose life unspools after a freak injury at work. Cindy Snow, from The Flight Attendant creator Steve Yockey and Warner Bros TV, was teased by Call Me Kat star and EP Mayim Bialik during Fox’s upfront presentation.
As Deadline has reported, the single-camera project had been in strong contention for a series order at the network under a lower-cost model, with the goal to film the show for about 2.2 million an episode, likely in Atlanta. The deal for the show could not close in time for the Fox upfront and Cindy Snow was not included in the network’s content slate released Monday morning but the Fox presentation was pre-taped so likely Bialik’s comments could not be edited out.
Yockey is writing, exec producing and serving as showrunner for the project, which is produced by...
As Deadline has reported, the single-camera project had been in strong contention for a series order at the network under a lower-cost model, with the goal to film the show for about 2.2 million an episode, likely in Atlanta. The deal for the show could not close in time for the Fox upfront and Cindy Snow was not included in the network’s content slate released Monday morning but the Fox presentation was pre-taped so likely Bialik’s comments could not be edited out.
Yockey is writing, exec producing and serving as showrunner for the project, which is produced by...
- 5/16/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Dollface will end with its sophomore season as Hulu opts not to renew the comedy from creator Jordan Weiss, Deadline can confirm.
The series, which premiered in November 2019, starred Kat Dennings, Brenda Song, Shay Mitchell and Esther Povitsky. Dollface followed Jules (Dennings), a young woman who – after being dumped by her longtime boyfriend – must deal with her own imagination in order to literally and metaphorically re-enter the world of women and rekindle the female friendships she left behind.
TV Cancellations Photo Gallery: Shows Ending In 2022 & Beyond
News of the cancellation comes months after the comedy’s sophomore season, which was impacted by Covid-prompted production delays, dropped in February.
Weiss executive produces alongside showrunner Michelle Nader. Margot Robbie, Brett Hedblom and Tom Ackerley exec produce for LuckyChap Entertainment along with Bryan Unkeless and Scott Morgan for Screen Arcade, Dennings and Nicole King. Dollface is produced by ABC Signature.
TVLine first broke the news.
The series, which premiered in November 2019, starred Kat Dennings, Brenda Song, Shay Mitchell and Esther Povitsky. Dollface followed Jules (Dennings), a young woman who – after being dumped by her longtime boyfriend – must deal with her own imagination in order to literally and metaphorically re-enter the world of women and rekindle the female friendships she left behind.
TV Cancellations Photo Gallery: Shows Ending In 2022 & Beyond
News of the cancellation comes months after the comedy’s sophomore season, which was impacted by Covid-prompted production delays, dropped in February.
Weiss executive produces alongside showrunner Michelle Nader. Margot Robbie, Brett Hedblom and Tom Ackerley exec produce for LuckyChap Entertainment along with Bryan Unkeless and Scott Morgan for Screen Arcade, Dennings and Nicole King. Dollface is produced by ABC Signature.
TVLine first broke the news.
- 5/10/2022
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
“Dollface” has been canceled after two seasons at Hulu, Variety has confirmed.
The news comes around three months after the release of Season 2, which dropped in February in its entirety. The series starred Kat Dennings, Brenda Song, Shay Mitchell and Esther Povitsky.
In Season 2, Jules (Kat Dennings) and her best friends must balance keeping their group together as they navigate work, love, and a deeper relationship with each of themselves.
Season 1 of “Dollface” aired in 2019. It was renewed in January 2020 but production on the second season was delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Both seasons consisted of 10 episodes.
The show received mixed reviews from critics, with the two seasons averaging a 54 critical approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, though it does have a 78 audience approval rating. In his review of the first season for Variety, Daniel D’Addario wrote:
“Its fantasies aren’t fanciful enough to compel us, and its reality seems perpetually elided.
The news comes around three months after the release of Season 2, which dropped in February in its entirety. The series starred Kat Dennings, Brenda Song, Shay Mitchell and Esther Povitsky.
In Season 2, Jules (Kat Dennings) and her best friends must balance keeping their group together as they navigate work, love, and a deeper relationship with each of themselves.
Season 1 of “Dollface” aired in 2019. It was renewed in January 2020 but production on the second season was delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Both seasons consisted of 10 episodes.
The show received mixed reviews from critics, with the two seasons averaging a 54 critical approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, though it does have a 78 audience approval rating. In his review of the first season for Variety, Daniel D’Addario wrote:
“Its fantasies aren’t fanciful enough to compel us, and its reality seems perpetually elided.
- 5/10/2022
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
We are 10 days away from the start of the traditional upfront week and a day into the new series pickup window, which kicked off yesterday with NBC’s order to the Quantum Leap pilot. Getting intel on broadcast pilots is harder than ever as that marketplace has contracted over the last five years but here is what I hear as we head into pre-upfront week. You can use for reference the Early Pilot Buzz report Deadline ran on Monday.
At ABC, the The Rookie planted spinoff starring Niecy Nash and the Alaska project drama pilot, starring Hilary Swank, remain very strong contenders, with the L.A. Law sequel, headlined by Blair Underwood, getting some traction, mostly due to the attractive marketing opportunities its iconic IP presents. Comedy pilot Not Dead Yet, starring Gina Rodrigues, also has been gaining some support at the network, I hear.
Still not a lot of clarity at CBS. Firefighter drama Cal Fire continues to look like a frontrunner. Beyond that, cop drama East New York also is said to be solid, with the Mother & Son legal drama believed to in the mix too. The Early Edition reboot has cooled off a bit, while True Lies continues to divide opinions but sources see a possible path to the air based on its popular IP and potentially advantageous dealmaking.
On the comedy side, presentation Hug Machine and pilot Rust Belt News continue to garner buzz.
2022 CBS Pilots & Series Orders
NBC yesterday became the first network to pick up a pilot to series, giving a series order to Quantum Leap, which had been considered a strong contender and was the only drama pilot in consideration for fall. As Deadline reported, the pilot is expected to undergo some reshoots and is eyed for the post-Voice slot. There had been chatter that NBC may expedite post-production on its other drama pilots that are in advanced stages Unbroken and Blank Slate, for fall consideration, but that does not appear to be the case. The other ordered NBC drama pilots are being produced off-cycle.
NBC’s two comedy pilots, Lopez vs. Lopez and Hungry, remain neck and neck, with Lopez vs. Lopez, a collaboration between George Lopez and his daughter, still believed to have a slight edge.
2022 NBC Pilots & Series Orders
Fox
Two projects that had been put on a script-to-series track, John Eisendrath’s procedural drama Alert and Steve Yockey’s meteorologist comedy Cindy Snow, continue to build momentum and look likely to go to series, The network’s only pilot ordered during the 2022 pilot window this year, an Untitled Michelle Nader comedy presentation, also remains a strong contender for a series pickup.
The CW’s three pilots this season — all based on underlying IP — remain strong contenders as the cuts start to come in: Supernatural prequel The Winchesters, Walker origin story Walker: Independence and Gotham Knights. Because of their pedigree, solid execution and the fact that this is half the number of pilots the CW has normally picked up over the past decade, I hear there is a possibility for all of them to go to series.
As we reported earlier this week, Walker: Independence is described as a sprawling Western, The Winchesters as the strongest attempt at a Supernatural spinoff to date, and Gotham Kings as another solid DC pilot from Berlanti Prods., which also has plenty of easter eggs to attract Batman fans. (Gotham Kings‘ prospects also were improved significantly by the recent cancellations of Batwoman and Legends of Tomorrow.)
So far, it does not look that Nexstar’s pending acquisition of a majority stake in the CW would close before the upfronts but even if that does not happen, the network remains disciplined in its choices with fewer scripted series expected to be on deck for next season than in recent years.
2022 The CW Pilots & Series Orders...
At ABC, the The Rookie planted spinoff starring Niecy Nash and the Alaska project drama pilot, starring Hilary Swank, remain very strong contenders, with the L.A. Law sequel, headlined by Blair Underwood, getting some traction, mostly due to the attractive marketing opportunities its iconic IP presents. Comedy pilot Not Dead Yet, starring Gina Rodrigues, also has been gaining some support at the network, I hear.
Still not a lot of clarity at CBS. Firefighter drama Cal Fire continues to look like a frontrunner. Beyond that, cop drama East New York also is said to be solid, with the Mother & Son legal drama believed to in the mix too. The Early Edition reboot has cooled off a bit, while True Lies continues to divide opinions but sources see a possible path to the air based on its popular IP and potentially advantageous dealmaking.
On the comedy side, presentation Hug Machine and pilot Rust Belt News continue to garner buzz.
2022 CBS Pilots & Series Orders
NBC yesterday became the first network to pick up a pilot to series, giving a series order to Quantum Leap, which had been considered a strong contender and was the only drama pilot in consideration for fall. As Deadline reported, the pilot is expected to undergo some reshoots and is eyed for the post-Voice slot. There had been chatter that NBC may expedite post-production on its other drama pilots that are in advanced stages Unbroken and Blank Slate, for fall consideration, but that does not appear to be the case. The other ordered NBC drama pilots are being produced off-cycle.
NBC’s two comedy pilots, Lopez vs. Lopez and Hungry, remain neck and neck, with Lopez vs. Lopez, a collaboration between George Lopez and his daughter, still believed to have a slight edge.
2022 NBC Pilots & Series Orders
Fox
Two projects that had been put on a script-to-series track, John Eisendrath’s procedural drama Alert and Steve Yockey’s meteorologist comedy Cindy Snow, continue to build momentum and look likely to go to series, The network’s only pilot ordered during the 2022 pilot window this year, an Untitled Michelle Nader comedy presentation, also remains a strong contender for a series pickup.
The CW’s three pilots this season — all based on underlying IP — remain strong contenders as the cuts start to come in: Supernatural prequel The Winchesters, Walker origin story Walker: Independence and Gotham Knights. Because of their pedigree, solid execution and the fact that this is half the number of pilots the CW has normally picked up over the past decade, I hear there is a possibility for all of them to go to series.
As we reported earlier this week, Walker: Independence is described as a sprawling Western, The Winchesters as the strongest attempt at a Supernatural spinoff to date, and Gotham Kings as another solid DC pilot from Berlanti Prods., which also has plenty of easter eggs to attract Batman fans. (Gotham Kings‘ prospects also were improved significantly by the recent cancellations of Batwoman and Legends of Tomorrow.)
So far, it does not look that Nexstar’s pending acquisition of a majority stake in the CW would close before the upfronts but even if that does not happen, the network remains disciplined in its choices with fewer scripted series expected to be on deck for next season than in recent years.
2022 The CW Pilots & Series Orders...
- 5/7/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Decades ago, the pageantry of the broadcast upfront presentations culminated in the shows’ big attraction — each network unveiling their fall schedule to advertisers. The dissemination of information in the era of the Internet took away the shock and awe of the reveals as the schedules are now announced in advance, while the proliferation of broadband, which allows people to watch TV on their own time, took away the grids’ relevance as an increasing portion of viewing of broadcast shows comes from digital platforms.
Add to that the fact that broadcast networks have become a small portion of media congloms’ portfolio pitch to advertisers and that the development cycle has shifted post-pandemic, with only a portion of this year’s pilots in upfront consideration, and the unveiling of a fall schedule at the May 2022 presentations does not have the importance and urgency it once did.
We may have the first broadcast...
Add to that the fact that broadcast networks have become a small portion of media congloms’ portfolio pitch to advertisers and that the development cycle has shifted post-pandemic, with only a portion of this year’s pilots in upfront consideration, and the unveiling of a fall schedule at the May 2022 presentations does not have the importance and urgency it once did.
We may have the first broadcast...
- 5/2/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Like every other facet of life, the broadcast pilot season has not been the same it was before the pandemic. Back in January, we did a story about the expected historic low volume of pilots, which has since became a reality with 30-something orders, and how some Covid-imposed changes were here to stay. A more refined picture of pilot season has now emerged, and it shows a shift toward cost-effective pilot alternatives such as presentations and writers rooms/backup script orders, more willingness to do pilots outside of the traditional January-May window, with many of the 2022 pilots out of upfront consideration, and a major pullback in comedy.
The latter probably should not come as a surprise given the fact that two of the Big 4 networks, NBC and Fox, had no comedies on the fall schedule this season and a third, ABC, only featured one comedy block with its signature Wednesday lineup.
The latter probably should not come as a surprise given the fact that two of the Big 4 networks, NBC and Fox, had no comedies on the fall schedule this season and a third, ABC, only featured one comedy block with its signature Wednesday lineup.
- 4/22/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Fox is launching mockumentary comedy Welcome To Flatch on March 17 and will drop the first seven episodes on Hulu.
It’s an unusual move for a linear broadcast network and something that director and exec producer Paul Feig called “unbelievable”. “To come up with this idea for a network show is unheard of. People don’t latch on to a show until they can binge it,” he said during a Deadline moderated panel session at SXSW in Austin, Texas.
The series, which comes from showrunner and exec producer Jenny Bicks and Feig, is based on BBC Three comedy This Country and follows a documentary crew that sets out to explore the lives of residents in the small American town of Flatch.
Michael Thorn, president of Fox Entertainment, said that the team behind the series, which is produced by Lionsgate, BBC Studios and Fox Entertainment, was up for a new approach.
It’s an unusual move for a linear broadcast network and something that director and exec producer Paul Feig called “unbelievable”. “To come up with this idea for a network show is unheard of. People don’t latch on to a show until they can binge it,” he said during a Deadline moderated panel session at SXSW in Austin, Texas.
The series, which comes from showrunner and exec producer Jenny Bicks and Feig, is based on BBC Three comedy This Country and follows a documentary crew that sets out to explore the lives of residents in the small American town of Flatch.
Michael Thorn, president of Fox Entertainment, said that the team behind the series, which is produced by Lionsgate, BBC Studios and Fox Entertainment, was up for a new approach.
- 3/13/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
After a years-long hiatus, Jules (Kat Dennings), Madison (Brenda Song), Stella (Shay Mitchell), and Izzy (Esther Povitsky) are back in Hulu's "Dollface," which returns for its sophomore season on Feb. 11. Based on creator Jordan Weiss's college writing sample, "Dollface" follows protagonist Jules as she's forced to reconnect with her college friends after a sudden breakup. "It's bizarre to have grown up with these characters. It's been nice to be able to put my own experiences into both seasons, almost like a time capsule," Weiss tells Popsugar. "I've been single working on the show, I've been dating, and now I'm in a serious relationship, and it's funny the way my perspective changes, but I try to let my friendships be a huge part of my life no matter what."
"Friendship stories are universal regardless of gender. That said, I don't think there's any reason not to appreciate the show specifically through the female lens.
"Friendship stories are universal regardless of gender. That said, I don't think there's any reason not to appreciate the show specifically through the female lens.
- 2/12/2022
- by Princess Gabbara
- Popsugar.com
Hulu’s “Dollface” has its Season 2 premiere on Friday, and Kat Dennings reprises her role as an ever-reluctant Jules, guided once again by the Cat Lady (a snarky cat-headed sage voiced by Beth Grant). While the first season followed Jules in her attempt to reconnect with college friends after a breakup, Season 2 takes us on the reconciled group’s sometimes-rocky-sometimes-rhapsodic ride to 30.
Jules, Madison (Brenda Song), Izzy (Esther Povitski) and Stella (Shay Mitchell) navigate new jobs, new relationships and new trials in their friendship. This new stage takes them to some wild places — from tripping at a music festival to starting a bar just for women — all punctuated by the sharply observant magical realism of the show’s first season.
Series creator Jordan Weiss developed the initial idea in her early 20s, premiering the show on Hulu in 2019 at just 26. Now, Season 2 boasts an all-women director slate as well as...
Jules, Madison (Brenda Song), Izzy (Esther Povitski) and Stella (Shay Mitchell) navigate new jobs, new relationships and new trials in their friendship. This new stage takes them to some wild places — from tripping at a music festival to starting a bar just for women — all punctuated by the sharply observant magical realism of the show’s first season.
Series creator Jordan Weiss developed the initial idea in her early 20s, premiering the show on Hulu in 2019 at just 26. Now, Season 2 boasts an all-women director slate as well as...
- 2/11/2022
- by Alyssa Mora
- Variety Film + TV
Fox is developing a pitch black comedy about a meteorologist whose life unspools after a freak injury at work.
Cindy Snow comes from Steve Yockey, creator and showrunner of HBO Max’s Kaley Cuoco comedy drama The Flight Attendant. He will write, exec produce and serve as showrunner for the project, which is produced by Warner Bros Television and Fox Entertainment.
It follows Cindy Snow, who is the most popular local meteorologist in Savannah, Ga, but behind the cameras, she’s– not nice. When a freak head injury at work triggers surreal glimpses of the future, Cindy’s life quickly unspools. In this pitch black comedy, Cindy is cosmically dragged towards being a better person, kicking and screaming the entire way.
Yockey is currently working on backup material on the project, which Fox is looking at as a possible straight-to-series order.
It is Yockey’s latest project; he recently landed...
Cindy Snow comes from Steve Yockey, creator and showrunner of HBO Max’s Kaley Cuoco comedy drama The Flight Attendant. He will write, exec produce and serve as showrunner for the project, which is produced by Warner Bros Television and Fox Entertainment.
It follows Cindy Snow, who is the most popular local meteorologist in Savannah, Ga, but behind the cameras, she’s– not nice. When a freak head injury at work triggers surreal glimpses of the future, Cindy’s life quickly unspools. In this pitch black comedy, Cindy is cosmically dragged towards being a better person, kicking and screaming the entire way.
Yockey is currently working on backup material on the project, which Fox is looking at as a possible straight-to-series order.
It is Yockey’s latest project; he recently landed...
- 2/9/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Dollface showrunner Michelle Nader is developing a hybrid multi/single-camera comedy at Fox.
Nader, who was also previously showrunner of CBS’ 2 Broke Girls, has scored a pilot presentation for an untitled comedy set in the world of witness protection.
The series, which comes from Fox Entertainment, will be written, directed and exec produced by Nader, who previously developed sister comedy Danny Issues at the network in 2018.
The logline: When two long-term, best friends and city girls, who had reached a fork in the road of their relationship, are placed into the Witness Protection Program together, they are forced to reinvent themselves in the off-the-grid town of Doonesland. With a rising drug ring on their trail, they must make the best of a bad situation because it’s life or death — literally.
The project is part of Fox’s modified development model, which it introduced during the pandemic that features...
Nader, who was also previously showrunner of CBS’ 2 Broke Girls, has scored a pilot presentation for an untitled comedy set in the world of witness protection.
The series, which comes from Fox Entertainment, will be written, directed and exec produced by Nader, who previously developed sister comedy Danny Issues at the network in 2018.
The logline: When two long-term, best friends and city girls, who had reached a fork in the road of their relationship, are placed into the Witness Protection Program together, they are forced to reinvent themselves in the off-the-grid town of Doonesland. With a rising drug ring on their trail, they must make the best of a bad situation because it’s life or death — literally.
The project is part of Fox’s modified development model, which it introduced during the pandemic that features...
- 1/31/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Hulu comedy “Dollface” has cast Owen Thiele in its upcoming second season, Variety has learned exclusively.
Thiele will appear in the new season as Q, a new Woom employee who becomes the girls’ cooler and younger confidante. Season 2 does not currently have a premiere date, but is expected to debut in 2022.
Thiele can currently be seen in Season 2 of “I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson” on Netflix. Thiele’s short film, “How Moving,” was selected for the Frameline Film Festival and Outfest. He wrote, directed, and starred in the film. He also co-starred in Cazzie David and Elisa Kalani’s Amazon pilot “Half Empty.”
Thiele is repped by CAA and Range Media Partners.
“Dollface” originally debuted in 2019 and was renewed for Season 2 in January 2020. The show centers on a young woman named Jules (Kat Dennings), who, in the aftermath of a breakup, tries to rekindle long-forgotten female friendships...
Thiele will appear in the new season as Q, a new Woom employee who becomes the girls’ cooler and younger confidante. Season 2 does not currently have a premiere date, but is expected to debut in 2022.
Thiele can currently be seen in Season 2 of “I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson” on Netflix. Thiele’s short film, “How Moving,” was selected for the Frameline Film Festival and Outfest. He wrote, directed, and starred in the film. He also co-starred in Cazzie David and Elisa Kalani’s Amazon pilot “Half Empty.”
Thiele is repped by CAA and Range Media Partners.
“Dollface” originally debuted in 2019 and was renewed for Season 2 in January 2020. The show centers on a young woman named Jules (Kat Dennings), who, in the aftermath of a breakup, tries to rekindle long-forgotten female friendships...
- 10/21/2021
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Chelsea Frei is joining season 2 of Hulu’s Dollface as a recurring guest star in the role of Alison J., Deadline has learned.
Dollface follows Jules (Kat Dennings), a young woman who – after being dumped by her longtime boyfriend – must deal with her own imagination in order to literally and metaphorically re-enter the world of women and rekindle the female friendships she left behind. The series also stars Brenda Song, Shay Mitchell and Esther Povitsky.
Frei most recently starred in the Fox series The Moodys opposite Denis Leary, Elizabeth Perkins and Jay Baruchel. She can also be seen in the third season of the hit TBS series The Last O.G. and the next season of Aidy Bryant’s Hulu series Shrill.
Previously, Frei starred in the title role of Lifetime’s original movie Victoria Gotti: My Father’s Daughter, based on Gotti’s memoir of the same name, as well...
Dollface follows Jules (Kat Dennings), a young woman who – after being dumped by her longtime boyfriend – must deal with her own imagination in order to literally and metaphorically re-enter the world of women and rekindle the female friendships she left behind. The series also stars Brenda Song, Shay Mitchell and Esther Povitsky.
Frei most recently starred in the Fox series The Moodys opposite Denis Leary, Elizabeth Perkins and Jay Baruchel. She can also be seen in the third season of the hit TBS series The Last O.G. and the next season of Aidy Bryant’s Hulu series Shrill.
Previously, Frei starred in the title role of Lifetime’s original movie Victoria Gotti: My Father’s Daughter, based on Gotti’s memoir of the same name, as well...
- 9/17/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Australian actor Luke Cook has joined the second season of the Hulu Original Comedy Dollface in a recurring guest star role.
Dollface follows Jules (Kat Dennings), a young woman who – after being dumped by her longtime boyfriend – must deal with her own imagination in order to literally and metaphorically re-enter the world of women and rekindle the female friendships she left behind.
Dollface stars Dennings, Brenda Song, Shay Mitchell and Esther Povitsky. The series was created by Jordan Weiss, who serves as an EP alongside showrunner Michelle Nader; Margot Robbie, Brett Hedblom and Tom Ackerley for LuckyChap Entertainment; Bryan Unkeless and Scott Morgan for Screen Arcade; Dennings; and Nicole King. The show is in production in Los Angeles and slated to return with all-new episodes on Hulu in 2022. Dollface is produced by ABC Signature.
Cook is repped by Artists First and A3.
Cook is known for starring on The...
Dollface follows Jules (Kat Dennings), a young woman who – after being dumped by her longtime boyfriend – must deal with her own imagination in order to literally and metaphorically re-enter the world of women and rekindle the female friendships she left behind.
Dollface stars Dennings, Brenda Song, Shay Mitchell and Esther Povitsky. The series was created by Jordan Weiss, who serves as an EP alongside showrunner Michelle Nader; Margot Robbie, Brett Hedblom and Tom Ackerley for LuckyChap Entertainment; Bryan Unkeless and Scott Morgan for Screen Arcade; Dennings; and Nicole King. The show is in production in Los Angeles and slated to return with all-new episodes on Hulu in 2022. Dollface is produced by ABC Signature.
Cook is repped by Artists First and A3.
Cook is known for starring on The...
- 7/23/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Beat Shazam‘s Corinne Foxx is set for a key recurring role opposite Brenda Song on the second season of Kat Dennings’ Hulu comedy series Dollface. The half-hour show is currently in production in Los Angeles, with new episodes set to air on Hulu in 2022.
Created by Jordan Weiss, Dollface follows Jules (Dennings), a young woman who – after being dumped by her longtime boyfriend – must deal with her own imagination in order to literally and metaphorically re-enter the world of women and rekindle the female friendships she left behind.
Foxx will play Ruby, the enigmatic daughter of a music industry mogul who reappears from the girls’ past and strikes up a whirlwind friendship with Madison (Song).
Shay Mitchell and Esther Povitsky also star.
Weiss executive produces alongside showrunner Michelle Nader. Margot Robbie, Brett Hedblom and Tom Ackerley exec produce for LuckyChap Entertainment along with Bryan Unkeless and Scott Morgan for Screen Arcade,...
Created by Jordan Weiss, Dollface follows Jules (Dennings), a young woman who – after being dumped by her longtime boyfriend – must deal with her own imagination in order to literally and metaphorically re-enter the world of women and rekindle the female friendships she left behind.
Foxx will play Ruby, the enigmatic daughter of a music industry mogul who reappears from the girls’ past and strikes up a whirlwind friendship with Madison (Song).
Shay Mitchell and Esther Povitsky also star.
Weiss executive produces alongside showrunner Michelle Nader. Margot Robbie, Brett Hedblom and Tom Ackerley exec produce for LuckyChap Entertainment along with Bryan Unkeless and Scott Morgan for Screen Arcade,...
- 7/22/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Jayson Blair has joined the cast of Kat Dennings’ Hulu comedy series “Dollface” in a recurring role. He will play Liam, a new love interest for Izzy (Esther Povitsky), who, for the “Dollface” uninitiated, is a friend and co-worker of Dennings’ main character Jules.
The show centers on a young woman who is dumped by her longtime boyfriend. She then tries to rekindle long-forgotten female friendships, ignored in favor of spending time with her ex, amid a battle with her own imagination. Dennings is best known for her work on the “Thor” franchise, the Disney Plus series “WandaVision” and the long-running CBS sitcom “Two Broke Girls.”
Season 2 of the series from creator Jordan Weiss and showrunner Michelle Nader is currently in production in Los Angeles for an anticipated 2022 premiere. The ABC Signature comedy co-stars Brenda Song and Shay Mitchell. This week, news broke that former late night host Lilly Singh will join the show,...
The show centers on a young woman who is dumped by her longtime boyfriend. She then tries to rekindle long-forgotten female friendships, ignored in favor of spending time with her ex, amid a battle with her own imagination. Dennings is best known for her work on the “Thor” franchise, the Disney Plus series “WandaVision” and the long-running CBS sitcom “Two Broke Girls.”
Season 2 of the series from creator Jordan Weiss and showrunner Michelle Nader is currently in production in Los Angeles for an anticipated 2022 premiere. The ABC Signature comedy co-stars Brenda Song and Shay Mitchell. This week, news broke that former late night host Lilly Singh will join the show,...
- 7/16/2021
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Lilly Singh will join the upcoming second season of Hulu’s comedy series “Dollface,” Variety has confirmed.
Singh will play a queer bar owner named Liv who explores both a relationship and a business venture with Stella (Shay Mitchell).
This marks the actor’s first booked role since ending her late-night program, “A Little Late With Lilly Singh,” after a two-year run on NBC. She has starred in films such as “Bad Moms,” “Dr. Cabbie,” “Fahrenheit 451” and “Ice Age: Continental Drift.”
Singh recently signed a first-look deal with Universal Television Alternative Studio, a division of Universal Studio Group, to develop unscripted projects under her banner Unicorn Island Productions. She is also developing a comedy series for Netflix with Kenya Barris as well as writers Nell Scovell and Diya Mishra.
Created by Jordan Weiss, “Dollface” centers on a young woman named Jules (“2 Broke Girls” and “WandaVision” star Kat Dennings), who,...
Singh will play a queer bar owner named Liv who explores both a relationship and a business venture with Stella (Shay Mitchell).
This marks the actor’s first booked role since ending her late-night program, “A Little Late With Lilly Singh,” after a two-year run on NBC. She has starred in films such as “Bad Moms,” “Dr. Cabbie,” “Fahrenheit 451” and “Ice Age: Continental Drift.”
Singh recently signed a first-look deal with Universal Television Alternative Studio, a division of Universal Studio Group, to develop unscripted projects under her banner Unicorn Island Productions. She is also developing a comedy series for Netflix with Kenya Barris as well as writers Nell Scovell and Diya Mishra.
Created by Jordan Weiss, “Dollface” centers on a young woman named Jules (“2 Broke Girls” and “WandaVision” star Kat Dennings), who,...
- 7/14/2021
- by Antonio Ferme
- Variety Film + TV
Lilly Singh has booked her first role since wrapping her NBC late-night talk show.
The former A Little Late host has booked a recurring role in the second season of Hulu’s Kat Dennings comedy Dollface.
In the series about female friendship, Singh will play Liv, a queer bar owner with a confident sense of humor, who explores both a relationship and a business venture with Stella (Shay Mitchell).
Season two of the series from creator Jordan Weiss and showrunner Michelle Nader is currently in production in Los Angeles for an anticipated 2022 premiere. Margot Robbie exec produces the ABC Signature comedy ...
The former A Little Late host has booked a recurring role in the second season of Hulu’s Kat Dennings comedy Dollface.
In the series about female friendship, Singh will play Liv, a queer bar owner with a confident sense of humor, who explores both a relationship and a business venture with Stella (Shay Mitchell).
Season two of the series from creator Jordan Weiss and showrunner Michelle Nader is currently in production in Los Angeles for an anticipated 2022 premiere. Margot Robbie exec produces the ABC Signature comedy ...
- 7/14/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Lilly Singh has booked her first role since wrapping her NBC late-night talk show.
The former A Little Late host has booked a recurring role in the second season of Hulu’s Kat Dennings comedy Dollface.
In the series about female friendship, Singh will play Liv, a queer bar owner with a confident sense of humor, who explores both a relationship and a business venture with Stella (Shay Mitchell).
Season two of the series from creator Jordan Weiss and showrunner Michelle Nader is currently in production in Los Angeles for an anticipated 2022 premiere. Margot Robbie exec produces the ABC Signature comedy ...
The former A Little Late host has booked a recurring role in the second season of Hulu’s Kat Dennings comedy Dollface.
In the series about female friendship, Singh will play Liv, a queer bar owner with a confident sense of humor, who explores both a relationship and a business venture with Stella (Shay Mitchell).
Season two of the series from creator Jordan Weiss and showrunner Michelle Nader is currently in production in Los Angeles for an anticipated 2022 premiere. Margot Robbie exec produces the ABC Signature comedy ...
- 7/14/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Michelle Nader has boarded Dollface, the Hulu comedy starring Kat Dennings, as showrunner for its second season.
Nader, who was showrunner and exec producer of Dennings’ CBS comedy 2 Broke Girls, replaces Ira Ungerleider, who was showrunner for season one.
The half-hour show is set to start production this summer after a long, Covid-impacted delay on filming with new episodes set to air in 2022.
The streamer said that Dollface was one of its “best performing new binge series for subscriber engagement” after it launched in November 2019 and was renewed in January 2020.
Dollface follows Jules, played Kat Dennings, a young vibrant woman who is dealing with the aftermath of being dumped by her boyfriend. With a broken heart, Jules battles her own imagination in order to literally and metaphorically re-enter the world of women, with friendships she left behind and the new battle of dating post breakup.
Brenda Song, Shay Mitchell...
Nader, who was showrunner and exec producer of Dennings’ CBS comedy 2 Broke Girls, replaces Ira Ungerleider, who was showrunner for season one.
The half-hour show is set to start production this summer after a long, Covid-impacted delay on filming with new episodes set to air in 2022.
The streamer said that Dollface was one of its “best performing new binge series for subscriber engagement” after it launched in November 2019 and was renewed in January 2020.
Dollface follows Jules, played Kat Dennings, a young vibrant woman who is dealing with the aftermath of being dumped by her boyfriend. With a broken heart, Jules battles her own imagination in order to literally and metaphorically re-enter the world of women, with friendships she left behind and the new battle of dating post breakup.
Brenda Song, Shay Mitchell...
- 6/1/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Laura Gordon, a rising star TV literary agent at ICM Partners, has left the agency and is finalizing a deal to join CAA.
Gordon was a homegrown ICM talent. She started at the agency in 2011 as an assistant and was in its trainee program before becoming TV lit coordinator.
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Since her promotion to an agent in ICM Partners’ Television Literary department, Gordon has built a strong roster of clients –many of whom are women and people of color. The list of multi-hyphenates she represented at ICM Parents includes Late Night director Nisha Ganatra, The First Wives Club creator and Girls Trip co-writer Tracy Oliver, Search Party co-creators Sarah-Violet Bliss & Charles Rogers,...
Gordon was a homegrown ICM talent. She started at the agency in 2011 as an assistant and was in its trainee program before becoming TV lit coordinator.
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Since her promotion to an agent in ICM Partners’ Television Literary department, Gordon has built a strong roster of clients –many of whom are women and people of color. The list of multi-hyphenates she represented at ICM Parents includes Late Night director Nisha Ganatra, The First Wives Club creator and Girls Trip co-writer Tracy Oliver, Search Party co-creators Sarah-Violet Bliss & Charles Rogers,...
- 4/11/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Stand-up comic Iliza Shlesinger has lined up a gig at CBS: She’s set to star in a multi-camera comedy that’s in development at the Eye network, according to our sister site Deadline.
The untitled comedy stars Shlesinger as a young woman who comes back to her hometown of Austin, Texas to help her mom and sister run the family business. Shlesinger will co-write the pilot as well, along with Michelle Nader (2 Broke Girls).
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The untitled comedy stars Shlesinger as a young woman who comes back to her hometown of Austin, Texas to help her mom and sister run the family business. Shlesinger will co-write the pilot as well, along with Michelle Nader (2 Broke Girls).
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- 12/18/2019
- TVLine.com
Exclusive: CBS has put in development a multi-camera family comedy starring comedian-actress-writer Iliza Shlesinger. The project hails from Shlesinger, Michelle Nader and Warner Bros. TV — where Nader is under a deal — and CBS TV Studios.
Written by Nader and Shlesinger, the Untitled Michelle Nader and Iliza Shlesinger Project centers on Iliza (Shlesinger), who returns home to Austin, Texas, to help her mom and sister run their family business.
Shlesinger, who was raised in Dallas, and Nader executive produce with Kara Baker, David Martin, Richard Allen-Turner and Jon Thoday for Avalon, and Nader’s producing partner Danielle Stokdyk. Warner Bros. TV produces in association with CBS Television Studios.
Nader served as an executive producer/showrunner on the CBS/Wbtv comedy 2 Broke Girls. Her other credits include writing for and producing The King of Queens, Kath & Kim and Spin City. Stokdyk, a longtime collaborator of Rob Thomas, previously was an executive...
Written by Nader and Shlesinger, the Untitled Michelle Nader and Iliza Shlesinger Project centers on Iliza (Shlesinger), who returns home to Austin, Texas, to help her mom and sister run their family business.
Shlesinger, who was raised in Dallas, and Nader executive produce with Kara Baker, David Martin, Richard Allen-Turner and Jon Thoday for Avalon, and Nader’s producing partner Danielle Stokdyk. Warner Bros. TV produces in association with CBS Television Studios.
Nader served as an executive producer/showrunner on the CBS/Wbtv comedy 2 Broke Girls. Her other credits include writing for and producing The King of Queens, Kath & Kim and Spin City. Stokdyk, a longtime collaborator of Rob Thomas, previously was an executive...
- 12/18/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: HBO Max has ordered a script for 1% Happy, a single camera comedy from Ralph Breaks the Internet star Dani Fernandez and The Daily Show correspondent Roy Wood Jr.
The comedy will star Fernandez, who will write the script, and she will also exec produce alongside Wood via his South Park and Princeton Productions banner. Fernandez recently contributed to The Good Immigrant book.
1% Happy centers around a woman who, after a particularly dark period in her life, is forced to move back in with her estranged father and attend weekly group therapy with a class of oddballs. Showing the funny and relatable sides of Clinical Depression, the series challenges both the stigma of mental illness and the United States healthcare system itself.
Wood Jr. has been on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show with Trevor Noah since 2015 as a correspondent, and in 2017, he was named the host of Comedy Central...
The comedy will star Fernandez, who will write the script, and she will also exec produce alongside Wood via his South Park and Princeton Productions banner. Fernandez recently contributed to The Good Immigrant book.
1% Happy centers around a woman who, after a particularly dark period in her life, is forced to move back in with her estranged father and attend weekly group therapy with a class of oddballs. Showing the funny and relatable sides of Clinical Depression, the series challenges both the stigma of mental illness and the United States healthcare system itself.
Wood Jr. has been on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show with Trevor Noah since 2015 as a correspondent, and in 2017, he was named the host of Comedy Central...
- 12/10/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
ABC is developing a comedy based on the “I Mom So Hard” web series, with the duo of creators on board to star.
Kristin Hensley and Jen Smedley are also co-executive producers on the half-hour comedy which has received a script development deal at the Disney-owned network. The duo previously had a pilot based on their web series set up at CBS back in Sept. 2017. Michelle Nader also served as a writer and executive producer on that project, which was eventually passed over.
The project hails from Warner Bros. Television and Nader, who has an overall deal at the studio, on board as an executive producer alongside Danielle Stokdyk and Rob Thomas.
Written by Nader, Smedley and Hensley, the untitled series will see Smedley and Hensley continue to push comedic boundaries with their unapologetically honest take on marriage and motherhood, proving that friendship is the “secret sauce.”
In addition...
Kristin Hensley and Jen Smedley are also co-executive producers on the half-hour comedy which has received a script development deal at the Disney-owned network. The duo previously had a pilot based on their web series set up at CBS back in Sept. 2017. Michelle Nader also served as a writer and executive producer on that project, which was eventually passed over.
The project hails from Warner Bros. Television and Nader, who has an overall deal at the studio, on board as an executive producer alongside Danielle Stokdyk and Rob Thomas.
Written by Nader, Smedley and Hensley, the untitled series will see Smedley and Hensley continue to push comedic boundaries with their unapologetically honest take on marriage and motherhood, proving that friendship is the “secret sauce.”
In addition...
- 8/27/2019
- by Will Thorne
- Variety Film + TV
CBS is developing a single-camera comedy series that boasts “Big Bang Theory” alum Kaley Cuoco among its executive producers.
Titled “Pretty,” the project is about a ballsy, passionate woman (Muha) who moves from Jersey to L.A. to pursue her dreams of finding love and becoming the next Oprah. Lindsey Kraft will also star.
Kraft and Muha wrote the story for “Pretty” with Kraft writing the teleplay. Muha will produce with Kraft co-executive producing. Cuoco will executive produce under her Yes, Norman Productions banner along with Michelle Nader and Danielle Stokdyk. Yes, Norman’s Suzanne McCormack will also co-executive produce. Yes, Norman will produce in association with Warner Bros. Television, where the company is under an overall deal.
Muha’s credits include Gus Van Sant’s “Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot,” as well as shows like “One Day at a Time” and “Comedy Bang! Bang!
Titled “Pretty,” the project is about a ballsy, passionate woman (Muha) who moves from Jersey to L.A. to pursue her dreams of finding love and becoming the next Oprah. Lindsey Kraft will also star.
Kraft and Muha wrote the story for “Pretty” with Kraft writing the teleplay. Muha will produce with Kraft co-executive producing. Cuoco will executive produce under her Yes, Norman Productions banner along with Michelle Nader and Danielle Stokdyk. Yes, Norman’s Suzanne McCormack will also co-executive produce. Yes, Norman will produce in association with Warner Bros. Television, where the company is under an overall deal.
Muha’s credits include Gus Van Sant’s “Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot,” as well as shows like “One Day at a Time” and “Comedy Bang! Bang!
- 8/1/2019
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
CBS has put in development Pretty, a single-camera comedy from Lindsey Kraft (Getting On), Santina Muha, former 2 Broke Girls executive producer Michelle Nader, Kaley Cuoco’s Yes, Norman Productions and Warner Bros. TV, where Cuoco is under an overall deal.
Kraft and Muha star in the project, written by Kraft from a story by her and Muha, Pretty is about a ballsy, passionate woman (Muha) who moves from Jersey to L.A. to pursue her dreams of finding love and becoming the next Oprah.
Cuoco, Michelle Nader and Danielle Stokdyk (iZombie) executive produce. Kraft and Yes, Norman Productions’ Suzanne McCormack co-executive produce. Muha is a producer. Yes, Norman Productions produces in association with Warner Bros. TV.
Cuoco and Kraft met at a party through the agent they share and immediately hit it off. Kraft told The Big Bang Theory star...
Kraft and Muha star in the project, written by Kraft from a story by her and Muha, Pretty is about a ballsy, passionate woman (Muha) who moves from Jersey to L.A. to pursue her dreams of finding love and becoming the next Oprah.
Cuoco, Michelle Nader and Danielle Stokdyk (iZombie) executive produce. Kraft and Yes, Norman Productions’ Suzanne McCormack co-executive produce. Muha is a producer. Yes, Norman Productions produces in association with Warner Bros. TV.
Cuoco and Kraft met at a party through the agent they share and immediately hit it off. Kraft told The Big Bang Theory star...
- 8/1/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Tony nominee Taylor Louderman (Mean Girls) is set as the female lead opposite Ken Jeong and Max Willems in CBS’ multi-camera comedy pilot The Emperor of Malibu, from Crazy Rich Asians author Kevin Kwan and Warner Bros. TV.
In The Emperor of Malibu, written by Kwan and David Sangalli, directed by Andy Ackerman and showrun by Michelle Nader and Christina Lee, when Auggie (Willems), the son of a Chinese billionaire (Ken Jeong), announces his engagement to an American woman (Louderman), his outrageous family descends upon the couple to win their son back and test drive the American dream.
Louderman portrays Kate. A charming, easygoing classic California blonde, Kate’s an intellectual property lawyer who urges her fiancé, Auggie, to tell his parents about their engagement — confident that they’ll eventually get over the cultural differences and embrace the relationship. But that was before she actually met his parents.
Deborah S. Craig also stars.
In The Emperor of Malibu, written by Kwan and David Sangalli, directed by Andy Ackerman and showrun by Michelle Nader and Christina Lee, when Auggie (Willems), the son of a Chinese billionaire (Ken Jeong), announces his engagement to an American woman (Louderman), his outrageous family descends upon the couple to win their son back and test drive the American dream.
Louderman portrays Kate. A charming, easygoing classic California blonde, Kate’s an intellectual property lawyer who urges her fiancé, Auggie, to tell his parents about their engagement — confident that they’ll eventually get over the cultural differences and embrace the relationship. But that was before she actually met his parents.
Deborah S. Craig also stars.
- 3/28/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Max Willems has been cast as the lead in CBS’ multi-camera comedy pilot The Emperor of Malibu, from Crazy Rich Asians author Kevin Kwan and Warner Bros. TV.
Willems was a series regular in Amazon’s Ya pilot College. The streaming platform is yet to reveal the fate of the several Ya pilots it ordered last year, including College, but the CBS comedy has Willems in first position. There had been speculation that College would not be moving forward.
In The Emperor of Malibu, written by Kwan and David Sangalli, directed by Andy Ackerman and showrun by Michelle Nader and Christina Lee, when Auggie (Willems), the son of a Chinese billionaire (Ken Jeong), announces his engagement to an American woman, his outrageous family descends upon the couple to win their son back and test drive the American dream.
Willems’ Auggie is an environmental lawyer with a degree from Stanford. Recently engaged to his college girlfriend,...
Willems was a series regular in Amazon’s Ya pilot College. The streaming platform is yet to reveal the fate of the several Ya pilots it ordered last year, including College, but the CBS comedy has Willems in first position. There had been speculation that College would not be moving forward.
In The Emperor of Malibu, written by Kwan and David Sangalli, directed by Andy Ackerman and showrun by Michelle Nader and Christina Lee, when Auggie (Willems), the son of a Chinese billionaire (Ken Jeong), announces his engagement to an American woman, his outrageous family descends upon the couple to win their son back and test drive the American dream.
Willems’ Auggie is an environmental lawyer with a degree from Stanford. Recently engaged to his college girlfriend,...
- 3/27/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Deborah S. Craig (The Blacklist) is set as a series regular opposite Ken Jeong in CBS’ multi-camera comedy pilot The Emperor of Malibu, from Crazy Rich Asians author Kevin Kwan, former 2 Broke Girls executive producer Michelle Nader and Warner Bros. TV. In addition, veteran multi-camera comedy director Andy Ackerman has been tapped to direct the pilot. In The Emperor of Malibu, written by Kwan and David Sangalli, when Auggie (Tbd), the son of a Chinese billionaire (Jeong), announces his engagement to an American woman, his outrageous family descends upon the couple to win their son back and test drive the American dream. Craig will play Shiatzy. A terrifying force of nature, Auggie’s mom is sophisticated, a little eccentric and strong-willed. Outraged that Auggie chose his fiancée without her, she does her best to keep Kate (also known as “that one”) (Tbd) at a distance. Craig’s credits include recurring roles on The Blacklist,...
- 3/20/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Freddie Prinze Jr. (24) is set as a lead opposite Kennedy McMann in the CW’s untitled Nancy Drew pilot inspired by the classic mysteries about the brilliant young sleuth. The project hails from Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage’s Fake Empire and CBS TV Studios.
Written/executive produced by Noga Landau, Schwartz and Savage and directed by Larry Teng, the untitled Nancy Drew project centers on 18-year-old Nancy Drew (McMann) and is set in the summer after her high school graduation. She thought she’d be leaving her hometown for college, but when a family tragedy holds her back another year, she finds herself embroiled in a ghostly murder investigation — and along the way, uncovers secrets that run deeper than she ever imagined.
Prinze will play Nancy’s dad, Carson Drew, a dynamic attorney who has become estranged from Nancy following the recent death of his beloved wife. But his...
Written/executive produced by Noga Landau, Schwartz and Savage and directed by Larry Teng, the untitled Nancy Drew project centers on 18-year-old Nancy Drew (McMann) and is set in the summer after her high school graduation. She thought she’d be leaving her hometown for college, but when a family tragedy holds her back another year, she finds herself embroiled in a ghostly murder investigation — and along the way, uncovers secrets that run deeper than she ever imagined.
Prinze will play Nancy’s dad, Carson Drew, a dynamic attorney who has become estranged from Nancy following the recent death of his beloved wife. But his...
- 3/15/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Crazy Rich Asians co-star Ken Jeong has been tapped as the lead of CBS’ multi-camera comedy pilot The Emperor of Malibu, from Crazy Rich Asians author Kevin Kwan, former 2 Broke Girls executive producer Michelle Nader and Warner Bros. TV.
In The Emperor of Malibu, written by Kwan and David Sangalli, when the son of a Chinese billionaire (Jeong) announces his engagement to an American woman, his outrageous family descends upon the couple to win their son back and test drive the American dream.
Jeong’s Gerry is shocked when he learns that his son, Auggie, plans to marry a California woman he has been dating for two years without telling his parents. Gerry brings the whole family to Los Angeles to see if they can persuade Auggie to re-think his engagement.
The Emperor of Malibu draws on a similar East-meets-West theme as Kwan’s popular Crazy Rich Asians book and its hit movie adaptation,...
In The Emperor of Malibu, written by Kwan and David Sangalli, when the son of a Chinese billionaire (Jeong) announces his engagement to an American woman, his outrageous family descends upon the couple to win their son back and test drive the American dream.
Jeong’s Gerry is shocked when he learns that his son, Auggie, plans to marry a California woman he has been dating for two years without telling his parents. Gerry brings the whole family to Los Angeles to see if they can persuade Auggie to re-think his engagement.
The Emperor of Malibu draws on a similar East-meets-West theme as Kwan’s popular Crazy Rich Asians book and its hit movie adaptation,...
- 2/15/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
A “Crazy Rich Asians” reunion is happening at CBS.
Ken Jeong has been cast in a lead role in the multi-camera comedy pilot “The Emperor of Malibu,” which is being co-written and executive produced by “Crazy Rich Asians” author Kevin Kwan. In the series, Auggie, the son of a Chinese tech billionaire, announces his engagement to an American woman, forcing his outrageous family descends upon the couple to win their son back and test drive the American dream.
Jeong will play Gerry, the Chinese tech billionaire. Gerry brings the whole family to Los Angeles to see if they can persuade Auggie to re-think his engagement.
Jeong was part of the ensemble cast for “Crazy Rich Asians” alongside stars including Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Michelle Yeoh, Awkwafina, and Gemma Chan. The film has grossed over $238 million at the global box office. Jeong released his first stand up special, “You Complete Me,...
Ken Jeong has been cast in a lead role in the multi-camera comedy pilot “The Emperor of Malibu,” which is being co-written and executive produced by “Crazy Rich Asians” author Kevin Kwan. In the series, Auggie, the son of a Chinese tech billionaire, announces his engagement to an American woman, forcing his outrageous family descends upon the couple to win their son back and test drive the American dream.
Jeong will play Gerry, the Chinese tech billionaire. Gerry brings the whole family to Los Angeles to see if they can persuade Auggie to re-think his engagement.
Jeong was part of the ensemble cast for “Crazy Rich Asians” alongside stars including Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Michelle Yeoh, Awkwafina, and Gemma Chan. The film has grossed over $238 million at the global box office. Jeong released his first stand up special, “You Complete Me,...
- 2/15/2019
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
CBS has ordered three more comedy pilots, bringing its total to seven so far this season. They are multi-camera The Emperor of Malibu, from Crazy Rich Asians author Kevin Kwan, former 2 Broke Girls executive producer Michelle Nader and Warner Bros. TV; multi-cam The Unicorn, from Fam co-executive producers Bill Martin and Mike Schiff, Kapital Entertainment and CBS TV Studios; and multi-cam/hybrid Our House, from Brendan O’Brien and Nick Stoller (Neighbors), Sony Pictures TV and CBS TV Studios.
All of CBS’ comedy pilots this season are multi-camera or hybrid. The Unicorn, originally developed as a single-camera, is being converted to multi-cam.
The Emperor of Malibu is written by Kwan and David Sangalli. When the son of a Chinese billionaire announces his engagement to an American woman, his outrageous family descends upon the couple to win their son back and test drive the American dream.
Kwan and Sangalli executive produce with Nader and Christina Lee,...
All of CBS’ comedy pilots this season are multi-camera or hybrid. The Unicorn, originally developed as a single-camera, is being converted to multi-cam.
The Emperor of Malibu is written by Kwan and David Sangalli. When the son of a Chinese billionaire announces his engagement to an American woman, his outrageous family descends upon the couple to win their son back and test drive the American dream.
Kwan and Sangalli executive produce with Nader and Christina Lee,...
- 2/7/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva and Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
CBS has picked up three more multi-cam comedy pilots, including one from “Crazy Rich Asians” author Kevin Kwan.
Kwan’s project is titled “The Emperor of Malibu.” In the series, when the son of a Chinese billionaire announces his engagement to an American woman, his outrageous family descends upon the couple to win their son back and test drive the American dream.
Kwan will write and executive produce along with David Sangalli. Michelle Nader and Christina Lee will serve as co-showrunners and executive producers with Danielle Stokdyk also executive producing. Warner Bros. Television will produce.
The next pilot is titled “The Unicorn,” about a widower who is eager to move on from the most difficult year of his life. He realizes that he’s utterly unprepared to raise his two daughters on his own, and equally unprepared for the dating world where, to his shock, he’s suddenly a hot commodity.
Kwan’s project is titled “The Emperor of Malibu.” In the series, when the son of a Chinese billionaire announces his engagement to an American woman, his outrageous family descends upon the couple to win their son back and test drive the American dream.
Kwan will write and executive produce along with David Sangalli. Michelle Nader and Christina Lee will serve as co-showrunners and executive producers with Danielle Stokdyk also executive producing. Warner Bros. Television will produce.
The next pilot is titled “The Unicorn,” about a widower who is eager to move on from the most difficult year of his life. He realizes that he’s utterly unprepared to raise his two daughters on his own, and equally unprepared for the dating world where, to his shock, he’s suddenly a hot commodity.
- 2/7/2019
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
CBS is developing Rachet, a multi-camera comedy from Another Period co-creator Natasha Leggero, who also is attached to star, and Morgan Murphy (Two Broke Girls).
Written by Leggero and Murphy, Ratchet centers on Jessica Rachet (Leggero), who must start a new life and make new friends after her rich fiancé dies suddenly and leaves her to fend for herself.
Murphy and Leggero executive produce with 3 Arts’ Michael Rotenberg for 3 Arts, and Brillstein Entertainment Partners’ Jon Liebman, Marc Gurvitz, and Geoff Cheddy. 3 Arts and Brillstein Entertainment Partners produce with CBS TV Studios.
Leggero is an actress, writer and standup, best known for creating and starring in Comedy Central’s series Another Period. Her latest comedy special, The Honeymoon Stand Up Special is now on Netflix. She is repped by CAA, Brillstein Entertainment Partners and attorney Isaac Dunham.
Writer-comedian Murphy also has Danny Issues, a comedy she is co-writing with Michelle Nader,...
Written by Leggero and Murphy, Ratchet centers on Jessica Rachet (Leggero), who must start a new life and make new friends after her rich fiancé dies suddenly and leaves her to fend for herself.
Murphy and Leggero executive produce with 3 Arts’ Michael Rotenberg for 3 Arts, and Brillstein Entertainment Partners’ Jon Liebman, Marc Gurvitz, and Geoff Cheddy. 3 Arts and Brillstein Entertainment Partners produce with CBS TV Studios.
Leggero is an actress, writer and standup, best known for creating and starring in Comedy Central’s series Another Period. Her latest comedy special, The Honeymoon Stand Up Special is now on Netflix. She is repped by CAA, Brillstein Entertainment Partners and attorney Isaac Dunham.
Writer-comedian Murphy also has Danny Issues, a comedy she is co-writing with Michelle Nader,...
- 12/7/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
CBS has given a put pilot order to the multi-camera sitcom “The Emperor of Malibu” from “Crazy Rich Asians” author Kevin Kwan and David Sangalli.
The project, written and executive produced by Kwan and Sangalli, centers on two very different families, one from Shanghai with new money and one from the East Coast of the U.S. with old money, who learn to co-exist when their children get married.
“2 Broke Girls” alum Michelle Nader, Christina Lee and Danielle Stokdyk will also serve as executive producers on the project from Warner Bros. Television.
Also Read: 'Crazy Rich Asians' Star Jimmy O. Yang on the 'Almost Therapeutic' Process of Writing His Memoir
Kwan’s novel “Crazy Rich Asians” was adapted into a feature film from Warner Bros. released earlier this year, starring Constance Wu, Henry Golding and Michelle Yeoh. He and Sangalli are also set to develop a drama series at Amazon.
The project, written and executive produced by Kwan and Sangalli, centers on two very different families, one from Shanghai with new money and one from the East Coast of the U.S. with old money, who learn to co-exist when their children get married.
“2 Broke Girls” alum Michelle Nader, Christina Lee and Danielle Stokdyk will also serve as executive producers on the project from Warner Bros. Television.
Also Read: 'Crazy Rich Asians' Star Jimmy O. Yang on the 'Almost Therapeutic' Process of Writing His Memoir
Kwan’s novel “Crazy Rich Asians” was adapted into a feature film from Warner Bros. released earlier this year, starring Constance Wu, Henry Golding and Michelle Yeoh. He and Sangalli are also set to develop a drama series at Amazon.
- 10/26/2018
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
CBS has given a put pilot commitment to multi-camera comedy The Emperor of Malibu, from Crazy Rich Asians author Kevin Kwan; former 2 Broke Girls executive producer Michelle Nader; and Warner Bros. TV, where Nader is under an overall deal.
Written by Kwan and David Sangalli with Nader supervising, The Emperor of Malibu revolves around two very different families — one from Shanghai with new money and one from the U.S. East Coast with old money — who learn to co-exist when their children get married.
Kwan and Sangalli executive produce with Nader and Christina Lee, who will both showrun, and Danielle Stokdyk.
This is Kwan’s second recent sale as he makes a foray into TV. Also partnered with Sangalli, he has a script-to-series commitment for an untitled drama project at Amazon via STXtv, described as a globe-hopping drama set among Hong Kong’s most influential and powerful family.
Kwan’s...
Written by Kwan and David Sangalli with Nader supervising, The Emperor of Malibu revolves around two very different families — one from Shanghai with new money and one from the U.S. East Coast with old money — who learn to co-exist when their children get married.
Kwan and Sangalli executive produce with Nader and Christina Lee, who will both showrun, and Danielle Stokdyk.
This is Kwan’s second recent sale as he makes a foray into TV. Also partnered with Sangalli, he has a script-to-series commitment for an untitled drama project at Amazon via STXtv, described as a globe-hopping drama set among Hong Kong’s most influential and powerful family.
Kwan’s...
- 10/26/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva and Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
CBS has given a put pilot commitment to a comedy series co-created by “Crazy Rich Asians” author Kevin Kwan, Variety has learned.
The multi-camera comedy is titled “The Emperor of Malibu.” It follows two very different families–one from Shanghai with new money and one from the East coast of the U.S. with old money– that must learn to co-exist when their children get married.
Kwan will serve as writer and executive producer on the series along with David Sangalli. Michelle Nader, Christina Lee, and Danielle Stokdyk will also executive produce, with Warner Bros. Television producing.
This marks the second TV project that Kwan and Sangalli have teamed to create. Variety previously reported that the duo is developing a drama at Amazon set amongst Hong Kong’s most influential and powerful family and the business empire they control.
Kwan’s international best-selling debut novel “Crazy Rich Asians” was recently...
The multi-camera comedy is titled “The Emperor of Malibu.” It follows two very different families–one from Shanghai with new money and one from the East coast of the U.S. with old money– that must learn to co-exist when their children get married.
Kwan will serve as writer and executive producer on the series along with David Sangalli. Michelle Nader, Christina Lee, and Danielle Stokdyk will also executive produce, with Warner Bros. Television producing.
This marks the second TV project that Kwan and Sangalli have teamed to create. Variety previously reported that the duo is developing a drama at Amazon set amongst Hong Kong’s most influential and powerful family and the business empire they control.
Kwan’s international best-selling debut novel “Crazy Rich Asians” was recently...
- 10/26/2018
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Fox is developing a drama series based on Michelle Poler’s blog “100 Days Without Fear,” Variety has learned.
Akiva Goldsman is attached to the one-hour project as an executive producer. The series is inspired by the life and blog of Poler, who embarked on a personal journey of self-discovery, vowing to conquer 100 of her biggest fears in 100 days and chronicled her journey online. Following the success of her blog, Poler went on to become a motivational speaker, offering people tips on ways to overcome their fears.
20th Century Fox Television will produce along with Goldsman’s Weed Road Pictures. Rachel Reznick brought the project to Weed Road and will oversee it along with Greg Lessans. Shane Riches will also produce.
Goldsman is repped by CAA.
This also marks the latest project Fox has put into development for next season. Earlier this week, the broadcaster gave out a put pilot order...
Akiva Goldsman is attached to the one-hour project as an executive producer. The series is inspired by the life and blog of Poler, who embarked on a personal journey of self-discovery, vowing to conquer 100 of her biggest fears in 100 days and chronicled her journey online. Following the success of her blog, Poler went on to become a motivational speaker, offering people tips on ways to overcome their fears.
20th Century Fox Television will produce along with Goldsman’s Weed Road Pictures. Rachel Reznick brought the project to Weed Road and will oversee it along with Greg Lessans. Shane Riches will also produce.
Goldsman is repped by CAA.
This also marks the latest project Fox has put into development for next season. Earlier this week, the broadcaster gave out a put pilot order...
- 9/20/2018
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Fox has handed a put pilot commitment to Danny Issues, a multi-camera comedy from former 2 Broke Girls writer-producers Michelle Nader and Morgan Murphy and the studio behind the CBS sitcom, Warner Bros. TV, where Nader is under an overall deal.
Written by Nader and Murphy inspired by their own relationships with their fathers, Danny Issues is about two flawed sisters who are reunited with their ne’er-do-well father after the loss of their mother, leading all three to realize that sometimes what they thought was the problem is actually the solution.
Nader and Murphy executive produce with Danielle Stokdyk.
As part of New Fox’s effort to significant reduce the network’s dependence on sister studio 20th TV, which will soon become part of Disney, the network plans to go from 90% of its scripted development coming from 20th TV last season to 50% this season.
So far, the Fox network...
Written by Nader and Murphy inspired by their own relationships with their fathers, Danny Issues is about two flawed sisters who are reunited with their ne’er-do-well father after the loss of their mother, leading all three to realize that sometimes what they thought was the problem is actually the solution.
Nader and Murphy executive produce with Danielle Stokdyk.
As part of New Fox’s effort to significant reduce the network’s dependence on sister studio 20th TV, which will soon become part of Disney, the network plans to go from 90% of its scripted development coming from 20th TV last season to 50% this season.
So far, the Fox network...
- 9/18/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Fox has given out a put pilot order to a multi-cam comedy project from Michelle Nader and Morgan Murphy.
Titled “Danny Issues,” the show follows two flawed sisters who are reunited with their ne’er-do-well father after the loss of their mother, leading all three to realize that sometimes what they thought was the problem is actually the solution.
Nader and Murphy will serve as writers and executive producers on the project, with Danielle Stokdyk also executive producing. “Danny Issues” will be a co-production between Fox Broadcasting and Warner Bros. Television.
Nader and Murphy previously worked together on the CBS comedy series “2 Broke Girls.” Nader was a writer and executive producer on the series while Murphy was a writer and consulting producer. Murphy’s other credits include shows like “Downward Dog” and the ABC revival of “Roseanne.” Nader’s past credits include “Spin City,” “The King of Queens,” and “Dharma & Greg.
Titled “Danny Issues,” the show follows two flawed sisters who are reunited with their ne’er-do-well father after the loss of their mother, leading all three to realize that sometimes what they thought was the problem is actually the solution.
Nader and Murphy will serve as writers and executive producers on the project, with Danielle Stokdyk also executive producing. “Danny Issues” will be a co-production between Fox Broadcasting and Warner Bros. Television.
Nader and Murphy previously worked together on the CBS comedy series “2 Broke Girls.” Nader was a writer and executive producer on the series while Murphy was a writer and consulting producer. Murphy’s other credits include shows like “Downward Dog” and the ABC revival of “Roseanne.” Nader’s past credits include “Spin City,” “The King of Queens,” and “Dharma & Greg.
- 9/18/2018
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
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