Exclusive: ABC has given a put pilot commitment to Mourning Songs, a musical family comedy from former New Girl executive producers/co-showrunners Dave Finkel and Brett Baer; Michael Seitzman and Christina Davis’ Maniac Prods; and ABC Studios, where the company is based.
Mourning Songs is based on the life and Instagram feed of songwriter Ryan Langer. Co-written by Finkel & Baer with Langer, the single-camera comedy centers on a 35-year-old composer who, after the tragic death of his father, is forced to move back home to live with his mom, help his family heal and grow up, possibly for the very first time.
Langer was an aspiring songwriter working in New York when his father, a Los Angeles trial lawyer, was killed in an office shooting in December 2017.
He quit his job, packed his bags and moved back home to help take care of the family business. Three months on,...
Mourning Songs is based on the life and Instagram feed of songwriter Ryan Langer. Co-written by Finkel & Baer with Langer, the single-camera comedy centers on a 35-year-old composer who, after the tragic death of his father, is forced to move back home to live with his mom, help his family heal and grow up, possibly for the very first time.
Langer was an aspiring songwriter working in New York when his father, a Los Angeles trial lawyer, was killed in an office shooting in December 2017.
He quit his job, packed his bags and moved back home to help take care of the family business. Three months on,...
- 9/23/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
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