NBC has given pilot orders to comedies produced by top talk show hosts Ellen DeGeneres and Jimmy Fallon. This brings NBC’s half-hour pilots to nine, including straight-to-series comedy Telenovela starring Eva Longoria.
The first project, an untitled multi-camera from Warner Bros. TV and DeGeneres’ studio-based A Very Good Production, stars Parenthoold‘s Monica Potter. The project, which had a pilot production commitment, was written by I Hate My Teenage Daughter creators Sherry Bilsing-Graham and Ellen Kreamer. Loosely based on Potter’s life, it stars the actress as a woman who juggles her busy family life as well as her three ex-husbands, which proves to be difficult when she starts dating again. Bilsing-Graham and Kreamer executive produce with A Very Good Production’s DeGeneres and Jeff Kleeman. Potter serves as producer.
Single-camera comedy Sharing, from Universal TV and Fallon’s Eight Million Plus, is a workplace comedy about the different groups of people working side by side in a shared office space. Jeremy Bronson and Damian Lanigan wrote the script. Bronson is executive producing with Fallon and Rick Schwartz; Lanigan is a co-executive producer.
The first project, an untitled multi-camera from Warner Bros. TV and DeGeneres’ studio-based A Very Good Production, stars Parenthoold‘s Monica Potter. The project, which had a pilot production commitment, was written by I Hate My Teenage Daughter creators Sherry Bilsing-Graham and Ellen Kreamer. Loosely based on Potter’s life, it stars the actress as a woman who juggles her busy family life as well as her three ex-husbands, which proves to be difficult when she starts dating again. Bilsing-Graham and Kreamer executive produce with A Very Good Production’s DeGeneres and Jeff Kleeman. Potter serves as producer.
Single-camera comedy Sharing, from Universal TV and Fallon’s Eight Million Plus, is a workplace comedy about the different groups of people working side by side in a shared office space. Jeremy Bronson and Damian Lanigan wrote the script. Bronson is executive producing with Fallon and Rick Schwartz; Lanigan is a co-executive producer.
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ReplyDeleteWho'da thunk it? XD
Both of these comedy pilots will be picked up to series because of NBC's relationship with Ellen and Fallon.
ReplyDeleteIs it just me or NBC finally has good comedies or, at least, shows involved with big names. I mean, Eva Longoria, Ellen and Jimmy.
ReplyDeleteWhats up with Taxi Brooklyn? why is NBC taking long ass time to decide lol.
ReplyDeleteBTW Jimmy Fallon already had a comedy and well we all saw how they ended lol
Who knows!!
ReplyDeleteI try not to get in the minds of TV executives... It's a dark, scary... and empty place!
Lmao!
ReplyDeleteI think that's not a false assessment. Having said that I don't think either has super sustainability in their respective concept. Execution will be key...
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