The most anticipated comedy spec script this winter has just hit the marketplace — a multi-camera comedy from The Big Bang Theory, Mike & Molly and Mom co-creator/executive producer Chuck Lorre. And it’s definitely making an impression with its provocative subject matter – weed.
Co-written by Lorre and former Daily Show head writer/executive producer David Javerbaum, I’ve learned that the spec, which has been sent out to the broadcast networks and possibly Netflix, is set at a legal marijuana dispensary in Colorado and revolves around an ensemble of potheads. As someone put it, it’s The Big Bang Theory, if the guys were not geniuses but selling weed.
This is the third consecutive time Lorre has come out with projects that don’t quite fit the sitcom mold, dealing with topics like obesity (Mike & Molly) and sobriety (Mom). This marks Lorre’s follow-up to Mom, which also was taken out late in the development season as a pitch.
Co-written by Lorre and former Daily Show head writer/executive producer David Javerbaum, I’ve learned that the spec, which has been sent out to the broadcast networks and possibly Netflix, is set at a legal marijuana dispensary in Colorado and revolves around an ensemble of potheads. As someone put it, it’s The Big Bang Theory, if the guys were not geniuses but selling weed.
This is the third consecutive time Lorre has come out with projects that don’t quite fit the sitcom mold, dealing with topics like obesity (Mike & Molly) and sobriety (Mom). This marks Lorre’s follow-up to Mom, which also was taken out late in the development season as a pitch.
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