Update: NBC is no longer moving forward with the comedy. Please click the Buzzfeed link below to read the full article below.
Thanks to CrazyAboutTV for the heads up.
UPDATE — An NBCUniversal spokesperson has issued a response to BuzzFeed News, revealing that the network has decided not to move forward with the project. The full statement is below.
“We purchased the pitch with the understanding that it would tell the creator’s real-life experience of being raised by a strong Filipina stepmother after the loss of her own mother. The writer and producers have taken the sensitivity to the initial concept to heart and have chosen not to move forward with the project at this time.”
“We purchased the pitch with the understanding that it would tell the creator’s real-life experience of being raised by a strong Filipina stepmother after the loss of her own mother. The writer and producers have taken the sensitivity to the initial concept to heart and have chosen not to move forward with the project at this time.”
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NBC has put in development Mail Order Family, a half-hour comedy from Superstore writer-producer Jackie Clarke, director-executive producer Ruben Fleischer and executive producer David Bernad. Universal TV, where Fleischer is under an overall deal, is the studio.
Written and executive produced by Clarke, Mail Order Family is loosely based on Clarke’s family. It follows a widowed single father who orders a mail-order bride from the Philippines to help raise his two pre-teen daughters.
Fleischer, who helmed the pilot for Superstore, which just received a full-season Season 2 order, will direct and executive produce with Bernad via their shingle The District. Josh Bycel and Jonathan Fener (American Dad) also will executive produce as part of their overall deal with Universal TV.
Written and executive produced by Clarke, Mail Order Family is loosely based on Clarke’s family. It follows a widowed single father who orders a mail-order bride from the Philippines to help raise his two pre-teen daughters.
Fleischer, who helmed the pilot for Superstore, which just received a full-season Season 2 order, will direct and executive produce with Bernad via their shingle The District. Josh Bycel and Jonathan Fener (American Dad) also will executive produce as part of their overall deal with Universal TV.
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