Thursday, August 13, 2015

Development News - NBC Reteams with '30 Rock' Team for New Pilot; Comedy Central Orders 'Overanalyzers'; Plus 3 More Updates!

Development News - August 13, 2015

Amazon's Untitled Tig Notaro Project; Comedy Central's Overanalyzers; and NBC's Imaginary Friend, Sunset PPL & Untitled Tracey Wigfield Project.





COMEDY CENTRAL's OVERANALYZERS
  • The cable have has given a pilot order to single camera comedy Overanalyzers written by Brian Schacter with Echo Kellum attached to star. Schacter and Kellum will executive produce with Marc Provissiero and Brooke Pobjoy. Odenkirk Provissiero Entertainment will produce. The project follows the misadventures of a diverse group of friends in their mid-twenties as they navigate the fast-moving technological and cultural changes that make life as a young-ish person such a confusing and hilarious nightmare.
AMAZON's UNTITLED TIG NOTARO PROJECT
  • Noah Harpster (Transparent, Afternoon Delight) will co-star on the comedy pilot written by and starring Tig Notaro. He will play Remy, Tig's (Notaro) brother.
NBC's UNTITLED TRACEY WIGFIELD PROJECT
  • The broadcast network is reteaming with the creative team from 30 Rock for a new comedy pilot - this time written by Tracey Wigfield and executive produced by Tina Fey and Robert Carlock. David Miner will also executive produce. Universal Television, 3 Arts Entertainment and Little Stranger will produce. The project centers on a mother-daughter relationship that is challenge when an overly involved New Jersey mom gets an internship at her daughter's workplace, a cable news network.
NBC's IMAGINARY FRIEND
  • The network has also given a pilot order to single camera comedy Imaginary Friend written by NBC Playground comedy winner Kassia Miller. The project centers on an intelligent yet unmotivated woman who discovers a special and unexpected way of dealing with her mediocre life.
NBC's SUNSET PPL
  • The other winner from the NBC Playground initiative - duo Adriano Valentini and Aaron Colom - have been given a pilot order for their script, Sunset PPL, as well. The project focuses on a group of millennial friends who struggle with their own made-up rules for personal and professional success.