Pilot Season 2013

[BillBrasky]

LOL, never too early to start this I guess.

From Deadline:

NBC has put in development Assistance, a single-camera comedy from Will Ferrell and Adam McKay’s Gary Sanchez Prods. It will be written by Leslye Headland, who wrote and directed the feature Bachelorette, also produced by Gary Sanchez.

Based on a play by Headland, Assistance follows Nora, an idealistic assistant, and her daily efforts to try to find balance in her life as she strives to please her larger than life boss. Gary Sanchez’s Jessica Elbaum and Owen Burke will executive produce along with Will Ferrell and Adam McKay.

The project stems from Gary Sanchez’s overall deal with Universal TV, which will produce the comedy. Headland, repped by CAA and Caliber Media, is writing a remake of About Last Night for Screen Gems, with Steve Pink directing and Joy Bryant, Kevin Hart and Michael Ealy starring.

[BillBrasky]

Just for fun, here's what sounds promising so far;

BASTARDS 9/6/12 9/6/12 FOX script currently in development
(2013-2014 season)
[who's behind it?]
· FanFare Productions
· Sony Pictures Television
· Underground Films

[related genres]
· comedy (all)
· comedy (single-camera)
[who's in it?]
· N/A
[who's making it?]
· Jamie Tarses as EP
· Jason Micallef as CRTR/EP
· Josh McGuire as EP
· Seth Gordon as EP/DIR (Pilot)
· Trevor Engelson as EP
[what's it about?]
comedy described as an unconventional family comedy about a family who has never met

(Micallef wrote the movie "Butter", this is his first TV script)

FAMILY TREE 8/17/12 8/17/12 HBO ordered to series
[eight episodes] currently in development
(2013-2014 season)
[who's behind it?]
· N/A

[related genres]
· comedy (all)
· comedy (single-camera)
[who's in it?]
· Chris O'Dowd as Tom Chadwick
· Christopher Guest
· Jim Piddock
[who's making it?]
· Christopher Guest as CRTR/EP
· Jim Piddock as EP
· Karen Murphy as CO-PROD
[what's it about?]
(from BBC's press release, August 2012) Filmmaker Christopher Guest is bringing his humour to the small screen with a documentary-style comedy series for BBC Two. Family Tree will feature Irish actor Chris O'Dowd, who starred in hit movie Bridesmaids.

FARM, THE 1/25/12 -
8/30/12 8/30/12 NBC ordered to pilot currently in development
(2013-2014 season)
[who's behind it?]
· Universal Television

[related genres]
· comedy (all)
· comedy (single-camera)
[who's in it?]
· ??? as Cameron Whitman
· Majandra Delfino as Fannie Schrute
· Matt Jones as Cousin Zeke
· Mike Schur as Cousin Mose
· Rainn Wilson as Dwight Schrute
· Thomas Middleditch as Jeb Schrute
· Tom Bower as Heinrich Manheim
[who's making it?]
· Ben Silverman as EP
· Howard Klein as EP
· Paul Lieberstein as CRTR/EP
· Rainn Wilson as CRTR/EP
[what's it about?]
backdoor pilot for a spin-off of "The Office" set at Schrute Farms featuring Rainn Wilson's Dwight

HELLO LADIES 7/23/12 -
9/4/12 9/4/12 HBO ordered to pilot currently in development
(2013-2014 season)
[who's behind it?]
· ABC Studios

[related genres]
· comedy (all)
· comedy (single-camera)
[who's in it?]
· Christine Woods as Jessica
· Kevin Weisman as Kives
· Nate Torrence as Wade
· Stephen Merchant as Stephen
[who's making it?]
· Gene Stupnitsky as CRTR/EP
· Lee Eisenberg as CRTR/EP
· Stephen Merchant as CRTR/EP/DIR (Pilot)
[what's it about?]
comedy about a gawky Englishman searching for the woman of his dreams in Los Angeles

HIGH LIFE, THE 8/22/12 8/22/12 NBC put pilot currently in development
(2013-2014 season)
[who's behind it?]
· 20th Century Fox Television
· Thruline Entertainment

[related genres]
· comedy (all)
· comedy (single-camera)
[who's in it?]
· N/A
[who's making it?]
· J.J. Philbin as EP
· Jake Kasdan as EP
· Melvin Mar as PROD
· Robin Reiser as CRTR/EP
· Will Reiser as CRTR/EP
· Willie Mercer as EP
[what's it about?]
single-camera comedy about the trials and tribulations of a misguided young woman, who's newly sober and trying to navigate motherhood, work and marriage - all of which makes her want to drink

(J.J. Philbin is Regis Philbin's daughter; she and Kasdan are both "New Girl" vets)

HOUSEWIVES, THE 8/30/12 8/30/12 ABC put pilot currently in development
(2013-2014 season)
[who's behind it?]
· Olive Bridge Entertainment
· Sony Pictures Television

[related genres]
· comedy (all)
· comedy (multi-camera)
[who's in it?]
· June Diane Raphael
[who's making it?]
· Casey Wilson as CRTR/EP
· June Diane Raphael as CRTR/EP
· Richard Schwartz as CO-EP
· Will Gluck as EP
[what's it about?]
multi-camera comedy about three female friends in 1954

LANDLORD, THE 7/25/12 7/25/12 HBO script currently in development
(2013-2014 season)
[who's behind it?]
· N/A

[related genres]
· comedy (all)
· comedy (single-camera)
[who's in it?]
· N/A
[who's making it?]
· Daniel Clowes as CRTR/EP
· John Lesher as EP
[what's it about?]
comedy at the pay channel about a volatile college professor with Utopian delusions, who after inheriting a shabby apartment building in a remote California town, drags his family into the unforgiving netherworld of small-town America

PUNCHING THE CLOWN 8/30/12 8/30/12 SHOWTIME script currently in development
(2013-2014 season)
[who's behind it?]
· N/A

[related genres]
· comedy (all)
· comedy (single-camera)
[who's in it?]
· Henry Phillips as Henry Phillips
[who's making it?]
· Chuck Martin as CRTR/EP
· David Permut as EP
· Gregori Viens as CRTR/EP
· Henry Phillips as CRTR/EP
· Sarah Silverman as EP
[what's it about?]
comedy based on Gregori Viens's 2009 film of the same name about singer-songwriter Henry Phillips, a hapless modern troubadour whose dumb-luck fame and fortune quickly goes bust

SECOND COMING OF ROB, THE 8/29/12 8/29/12 CBS script currently in development
(2013-2014 season)
[who's behind it?]
· Principato-Young Entertainment
· Sony Pictures Television

[related genres]
· comedy (all)
· comedy (multi-camera)
[who's in it?]
· N/A
[who's making it?]
· Jill McGrath as PROD
· Joel Zadak as EP
· John Ross Bowie as CRTR/CO-EP
· Kevin Sussman as CRTR/CO-EP
· Paul Young as EP
· Peter Principato as EP
[what's it about?]
multi-camera comedy about a recent divorcee looking for a do-over on his twenties when he reunites with his college buddies after seven years of marital "incarceration'

SLAMMED 9/4/12 9/4/12 NBC script currently in development
(2013-2014 season)
[who's behind it?]
· Holiday Road
· Universal Television

[related genres]
· comedy (all)
· comedy (single-camera)
[who's in it?]
· N/A
[who's making it?]
· Amy Ozols as EP
· Jimmy Fallon as EP
· Jon Rineman as CRTR/EP
[what's it about?]
workplace comedy set in the world of professional wrestling

(At least this is single-camera, hopefully it'll be better than 'Guys with Kids')

TINY APARTMENT 7/25/12 7/25/12 COMEDY CENTRAL ordered to pilot currently in development
(2013-2014 season)
[who's behind it?]
· Mosaic Television

[related genres]
· comedy (all)
· comedy (single-camera)
[who's in it?]
· Jessie Cantrell as Jessie
· Mike O'Gorman as Mike
· Pat Driscoll as Pat
[who's making it?]
· Jessie Cantrell as CRTR/EP
· Jimmy Miller as EP
· Joe Kelly as EP
· Mike O'Gorman as CRTR/EP
· Pat Driscoll as CRTR/EP
· Sam Hansen as EP
· Tristram Shapeero as EP/DIR (Pilot)
[what's it about?]
comedy around a young couple living in a rundown apartment in New York City, trying to make the best of their situation with a little help from beer, take out, and their best friend


TROPHY WIFE 9/7/12 9/7/12 ABC script
[cast-contingent] currently in development
(2013-2014 season)
[who's behind it?]
· ABC Studios

[related genres]
· comedy (all)
· comedy (single-camera)
[who's in it?]
· N/A
[who's making it?]
· Emily Halpern as CRTR/EP
· Gene Stupnitsky as EP
· Lee Eisenberg as EP
· Sarah Haskins as CRTR/EP
[what's it about?]
single-camera comedy about a reformed party girl who finds herself with an insta-family when she falls in love with a man with three manipulative kids and two judgmental ex-wives

UNTITLED CATHERINE KEENER PROJECT 5/21/12 5/21/12 HBO script currently in development
(2013-2014 season)
[who's behind it?]
· N/A

[related genres]
· comedy (all)
· comedy (single-camera)
[who's in it?]
· Catherine Keener
[who's making it?]
· Catherine Keener as PROD
· Charlie Kaufman as CRTR/EP/DIR (Pilot)
[what's it about?]
comedy described as an exploration of one day in a woman's life and how the events leading up to it can affect, or not, the reality in which she lives

UNTITLED CEE LO GREEN PROJECT 9/6/12 9/6/12 NBC script currently in development
(2013-2014 season)
[who's behind it?]
· Happy Madison Productions
· Sony Pictures Television

[related genres]
· comedy (all)
· comedy (multi-camera)
[who's in it?]
· Cee Lo Green
[who's making it?]
· Ali LeRoi as CRTR/EP
· Andrew Jameson as EP
· Cee Lo Green as EP
· Doug Robinson as EP
· Larry Mestel as EP
[what's it about?]
multi-camera comedy which would star Green as a version of himself as he tries to balance his career as a top recording artist and his frenetic home life

(Who knows, might be fun)

UNTITLED CHRIS GETHARD PROJECT 8/20/12 8/20/12 IFC script currently in development
(2013-2014 season)
[who's behind it?]
· N/A

[related genres]
· comedy (all)
· comedy (single-camera)
[who's in it?]
· Chris Gethard
[who's making it?]
· Chris Gethard as CRTR/EP
[what's it about?]
(from IFC's press release, August 2012) IFC has launched an "Adopt-A-Comic" program to help spotlight the standout work of one comedian in line with the network's own "Slightly Off" sensibilities.

UNTITLED DAN HARMON PROJECT 7/25/12 -
7/31/12 7/31/12 CBS script currently in development
(2013-2014 season)
[who's behind it?]
· N/A

[related genres]
· comedy (all)
· comedy (multi-camera)
[who's in it?]
· N/A
[who's making it?]
· Dan Harmon as CRTR/EP
[what's it about?]
no details are available other than it is a comedy

UNTITLED DAN HARMON PROJECT 7/31/12 7/31/12 FOX script currently in development
(2013-2014 season)
[who's behind it?]
· CBS Television Studios

[related genres]
· comedy (all)
· comedy (multi-camera)
[who's in it?]
· N/A
[who's making it?]
· Dan Harmon as CRTR/EP
[what's it about?]
no details are available other than it is a multi-camera comedy

UNTITLED DONALD GLOVER PROJECT 9/12/12 9/12/12 NBC put pilot currently in development
(2013-2014 season)
[who's behind it?]
· TBD Productions
· Universal Television

[related genres]
· comedy (all)
· comedy (single-camera)
[who's in it?]
· N/A
[who's making it?]
· Donald Glover as CRTR/EP
· Matt Hubbard as CRTR/EP
· Peter Traugott as EP
· Rachel Kaplan as EP
[what's it about?]
comedy loosely based on the "Comunity" actor's life

UNTITLED GOOR & SCHUR PROJECT 8/17/12 -
8/21/12 8/21/12 FOX ordered to pilot currently in development
(2013-2014 season)
[who's behind it?]
· 3 Arts Entertainment
· Universal Television

[related genres]
· comedy (all)
· comedy (single-camera)
[who's in it?]
· N/A
[who's making it?]
· Dan Goor as CRTR/EP
· David Miner as EP
· Michael Schur as CRTR/EP
[what's it about?]
comedy about a diverse group of detectives in a precinct at the very edge of New York City

UNTITLED KAY CANNON PROJECT 8/22/12 8/22/12 FOX put pilot currently in development
(2013-2014 season)
[who's behind it?]
· 20th Century Fox Television
· Chernin Entertainment

[related genres]
· comedy (all)
· comedy (single-camera)
[who's in it?]
· N/A
[who's making it?]
· Katherine Pope as EP
· Kay Cannon as CRTR/EP
· Peter Chernin as EP
[what's it about?]
single-camera comedy set in the offices of an NFL-Sunday-type show and has a strong female lead at the center

UNTITLED LIEB & THUNE PROJECT 9/4/12 9/4/12 NBC script currently in development
(2013-2014 season)
[who's behind it?]
· Holiday Road
· Universal Television

[related genres]
· comedy (all)
· comedy (multi-camera)
[who's in it?]
· Nick Thune
[who's making it?]
· Amy Ozols as EP
· Jimmy Fallon as EP
· Josh Lieb as CRTR/EP
· Nick Thune as CRTR/CO-EP
[what's it about?]
multi-camera comedy about a decidedly un-hip anthropology student finds himself living with - and studying - the wild, untamed hipsters of Brooklyn, New York

UNTITLED MEYERS BROTHERS PROJECT 8/2/12 8/2/12 NBC script currently in development
(2013-2014 season)
[who's behind it?]
· Broadway Video Television
· Universal Television

[related genres]
· comedy (all)
· comedy (multi-camera)
[who's in it?]
· N/A
[who's making it?]
· Josh Meyers as CRTR/EP
· Lorne Michaels as EP
· Peter Grosz as EP
· Seth Meyers as CRTR/EP
[what's it about?]
no details are available other than it is a multi-camera comedy

UNTITLED MICHAEL J FOX PROJECT 8/20/12 8/20/12 FOX ordered to series
[22 episodes] currently in development
(2013-2014 season)
[who's behind it?]
· Olive Bridge Entertainment
· Sony Pictures Television

[related genres]
· comedy (all)
· comedy (single-camera)
[who's in it?]
· Michael J. Fox
[who's making it?]
· Richard Schwartz as CO-EP
· Sam Laybourne as CRTR/EP
· Will Gluck as CRTR/EP/DIR (Pilot)
[what's it about?]
(from NBC's press release, August 2012) Iconic film and television star Michael J. Fox, a current double Emmy nominee, is making his long-awaited return to series television on NBC, the network where it all began 30 years ago with "Family Ties'.

UNTITLED MICHALKA SISTERS PROJECT 8/23/12 8/23/12 FOX script currently in development
(2013-2014 season)
[who's behind it?]
· Happy Madison Productions
· Sony Pictures Television

[related genres]
· comedy (all)
· comedy (single-camera)
[who's in it?]
· A.J. Michalka
· Aly Michalka
[who's making it?]
· A.J. Michalka as CO-PROD
· Adam F. Goldberg as CRTR/EP
· Aly Michalka as CO-PROD
· Doug Robinson as EP
· Matt Dearborn as CRTR/EP
[what's it about?]
comedy in which they play versions of themselves, finally out of the house and into their first apartment, only to have their exciting new lives interrupted when their mother unexpectedly moves in with them

(Hey, I'd watch this...I'm a perv!)

YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG 9/4/12 9/4/12 ABC script currently in development
(2013-2014 season)
[who's behind it?]
· ABC Studios

[related genres]
· comedy (all)
· comedy (single-camera)
[who's in it?]
· N/A
[who's making it?]
· John Enbom as CRTR/EP
[what's it about?]
single-camera comedy about two young parents struggling to fit in with their new community who realize that their parenting skills pale in comparison to the pros they're now grouped with

[BillBrasky]

ABC is giving new life to "Super Fun Night," a comedy pilot written by and starring "Bridesmaids" scene-stealer Rebel Wilson.

The show, about three geeky female friends and their quest to liven up their Friday nights, was in contention at CBS last pilot season. The network passed, but ABC took an interest over the summer and has now greenlit a new pilot, Deadline reports.

The show will get a pretty extensive revamping in its new home. It was shot as a multi-camera show at CBS, but the new version will be single-camera. Wilson's friends, played by Jenny Slate and Edi Patterson in the first pilot, will be recast.

"Super Fun Night" also has a new showrunner in "30 Rock" and "Larry Sanders Show" veteran John Riggi. He takes over from Ted Cohen and Andrew Reich ("Friends," "Work It"), who were signed only for the CBS pilot.

Wilson currently stars in the indie comedy "Bachelorette" and will next be seen in "Pitch Perfect," which opens Sept. 28.

[BillBrasky]

The trio behind Ted, the biggest comedy hit of the summer, are teaming for another project, this time in television. Fox has snagged the multi-camera live-action comedy, written/executive produced by Ted co-writers Alec Sulkin and Wellesley Wild and executive produced by Ted co-writer/director/star Seth MacFarlane, with a put pilot commitment that has a series penalty behind it. The untitled project, from 20th Century Fox TV where MacFarlane is under a rich overall deal, centers on two successful guys in their 30s who have their lives turned upside down when their nightmare dads unexpectedly move in with them.

Writing team Wild and Sulkin have worked with MacFarlane for a while — they have been on Family Guy since 2005, rising to executive producers. Family Guy is one of three animated series MacFarlane has on Fox, along with spinoff The Cleveland Show and American Dad, as well as the upcoming reboot of Carl Sagan’s Cosmos.

[BillBrasky]

In its maiden development season, Ben Stiller’s Red Hour Television has sold two single-camera comedies to ABC, Please Knock, written by Kevin Napier, and The Notorious Mollie Flowers, written by Adam Resnick (The Larry Sanders Show). Both are being produced by ABC Studios. Red Hour TV was launched at the end of last year when Stiller and Stuart Cornfeld’s Red Hour Films signed an overall deal with ABC Studios and brought in veteran film and TV executive Debbie Liebling to run the new TV division. Stiller, Cornfeld and Liebling executive produce both ABC comedies, which have received script commitments.

Loosely based on Stiller’s life, Please Knock centers on Mitch Fuller, an A-list actor who realizes he’s losing touch with reality and his family, and moves back to the same building he grew up in in New York, where his parents still live. Napier is writing-executive producing. Please Knock reunites Knapier with Red Hour. In 2009, he wrote the company’s off-beat comedy pilot at Fox, The Station, which Stiller directed and executive produced.

The Notorious Mollie Flowers is set in Cape May, New Jersey. When the town’s sweetest, cutest, most selfless do-gooder is falsely accused of a crime, her reputation in town is suddenly tarnished. After being exonerated, she decides it’s time to start focusing on her own needs for once, much to the dismay of everyone around her. Resnick is writing-executive producing.

[BillBrasky]

Next year should be really interesting in the TV landscape. "30 Rock" will be gone. "The Office" will be gone. Judging by the fact that they got moved to Fridays and only got picked up for 13 episodes (and Donald Glover is currently pitching his own series to NBC), "Community" will probably be gone. The showrunners for "How I Met Your Mother" have said they are treating this current season as the last season for all intents and purposes.

"Two and a Half Men" is currently in its tenth season, which is insane. One has to assume that they just gave Jon Cryer a Best Actor Emmy because they felt sorry for him for being stuck on that piece of crap show and this will most likely be its last season.

Assuming all these shows get cancelled, that would leave "The Big Bang Theory" as the longest-running live action sitcom on the air (it would be going into its seventh season). Oddly enough, Parks & Rec would be the 2nd going into its sixth season. It really doesn't seem like P&R has been on the air 5 seasons (maybe because the 1st season was so short and the third season was shorter than normal too).

So I guess there's probably going to be a lot more development than usual this next cycle, especially if things like "Go On" and "Animal Practice" and "Guys with Kids" don't work out for NBC. FOX and ABC seem to be doing OK comedy-wise for right now.

[funnyclown]

I just hope someone can come up with an idea for a show in which a minor celebrity I don't care about plays a heightened version of him or herself.

[beewcar]

Cee Lo has tiny hands.

[BillBrasky]

The lives of two young couples are the subjects of two comedy projects set up at Fox. One is an untitled half-hour from writers Michael Colton, John Aboud and Sony Pictures Television, the other, Adultish, hails from writers Dan Gregor and Doug Mand (How I Met Your Mother), Imagine TV and 20th Century Fox TV.

The Colton/Aboud project centers on a couple that has their peaceful Brooklyn existence turned upside down when the wife’s Uruguayan parents move in to help take care of their kids. The project is inspired by Colton’s relationship with his Uruguayan in-laws, and the language and cultural barriers that keep them at odds. He previously wrote a comedic piece in the New York Times Magazine about how the language barrier between him and his father-in-law ruined his marriage proposal to his wife. Colton and Aboud will write the script and will executive produce with Peter Principato and Paul Young of Principato Young Entertainment.

In the style of a Civil War documentary, Gregor and Mand’s Adultish dissects a 30-something-couple’s daily battles between the young, immature people they’ve been versus the adult, mature people they’re supposed to become. Gregor and Mand executive produce with Imagine’s Brian Grazer and Francie Calfo. Gregor and Mand, repped by CAA and Kaplan/Perrone, were recently hired to write a feature for Paramount Pictures about a group of high school outcasts who stage an Ocean’s Eleven-style heist. The Upright Citizens Brigade duo also wrote the feature Die Hard In A Building, which is being produced by Mosaic. Imagine is with CAA.

[BillBrasky]

From Deadline:

In a very competitive situation with multiple networks bidding, a comedy starring Rachael Harris (The Hangover) and The Office‘s Angela Kinsey has gone to Fox with a put pilot commitment. Zombieland helmer Ruben Fleischer is set to direct the project, created by Glee co-executive producer Stacy Traub, Harris and Kinsey and to be written by Traub. Titled Dirty Blondes, the comedy, from 20th Century Fox TV, is based on the real life long-time friendship of Kinsey and Harris. It centers on two women who’ve been friends for 16 years. Both get divorced and are brought closer together by the experience. Traub and Fleischer executive produce, with Harris and Kinsey co-executive producing.

Harris and Kinsey have been friends since meeting at the Los Angeles Groundlings improv theater early in their careers. Meanwhile, Traub worked with Harris on the 2007 ABC comedy series Notes From The Underbelly created by Traub and co-starring Harris.

Angela Kinsey, who plays Dunder Mifflin’s feisty, tightly wound head of accounting on The Office, is the second regular cast member of the departing NBC comedy to book a lead on a potential new series, along with Rainn Wilson who is headlining The Office spinoff The Farm. For Fleischer, the project stems from the two-year deal with 20th TV he inked in July. It marks his second sale at Fox; he also has John Phillips comedy Starting Up.

UTA-repped Fleischer started out directing music video and commercials, moved on to directing segments for ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! and Funny Or Die videos. His feature credits include Zombieland, 30 Minute Or Less and Gangster Squad. Harris, repped by UTA, Principato-Young and Rick Genow, recently recurred on Fox’s New Girl and co-starred in the feature Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: Dog Days; Kinsey is with UTA and Adam Griffin; Traub is with UTA.

[BillBrasky]

From Deadline:

EXCLUSIVE: In a big early casting coup this broadcast development season, Saturday Night Live star Andy Samberg is set as the lead of Fox‘s untitled Mike Schur/Dan Goor comedy pilot. The single-camera comedy, written by the Parks And Recreation duo of co-creator/exec producer/showrunner Schur and executive producer Goor, is about a diverse group of detectives in a precinct at the very edge of New York City. Emmy winner Samberg will play the lead detective. He will also serve as a producer of the comedy, from Universal TV, which is executive produced by Schur, Goor and 3 Arts’ David Miner. “Andy’s hilarious, and he was the first guy we thought of when we designed the part,” Schur and Goor said. “From the moment we mentioned his name, everyone at Universal Television and Fox was 100% on-board. Andy loved the pitch, and it all came together really quickly. We couldn’t be happier.” Schur and Goor have worked with Samberg before — he guest starred in a 2010 episode of Parks & Rec.

In a fierce biggest bidding war, Schur and Goor’s pitch landed at Fox in August with a rich pilot production commitment. The casting of Samberg will no doubt turn that into a pilot order once the script is completed.

During his seven-year stint on Saturday Night Live, which he left this summer, Samberg, along with his Lonely Island cohorts Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone, helped usher the venerable sketch comedy show into the digital age with their viral digital shorts, including megahit “D*** In A Box” featuring Timberlake, which won them an Emmy.
Samberg is currently starring on the hit BBC Three sitcom Cuckoo, where he plays an idle young American who marries a British girl and comes into conflict with his wife’s overprotective father (Greg Davies). He can also be seen in the features Celeste & Jesse Forever and is heard opposite Adam Sandler in the animated box office hit Hotel Transylvania after recently starring opposite Sandler in That’s My Boy. Samberg, Schur and Goor are repped by UTA. Samberg is managed by Mosaic, Schur by 3 Arts.

[mueXog]

Just saw this on deadline.com:

Greg Daniels developing new comedy series for NBC starring Craig Robinson.

[BillBrasky]

More on this from The Hollywood Reporter:

The Office creator Greg Daniels is back in business.

With the long-running Thursday night comedy unspooling its final season, Daniels has lined up his next potential project, and he's bringing along a few familiar faces.

NBC has given script orders to an untitled workplace comedy from Daniels and The Office supervising producer Owen Ellickson starring Craig Robinson, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.

Ellickson will pen the project, which revolves around a talented musician (Robinson) as he adjusts to his new life as a music teacher at a middle school. Ellickson will pen the script and executive produce for Universal TV, Daniels' Deedle Dee Productions and 3 Arts Entertainment. Daniels, Deedle Dee's Tracy Katsky and 3 Arts' Howard Klein and Mark Schulman also will executive produce. Robinson will serve as a producer.

Daniels announced in August that the Office would end its run after its current ninth season. The Office's Paul Lieberstein, meanwhile, is also prepping The Farm, a back-door pilot for a potential spinoff centering on Rainn Wilson's Dwight that will function as an episode of the NBC comedy this season.

Universal TV, one of the studios behind The Office, also recently locked up former EP/current Parks and Recreation showrunner Michael Schur in a new two-year overall deal that will see the Emmy winner develop additional projects for the studio. Meanwhile, the rest of The Office's creative team has had a busy development season, selling numerous scripts to NBC.

[BillBrasky]

Two interesting sounding shows bought by FOX:

A sitcom called The B Team created by New Girl star Jake Johnson and writer/director Max Winkler. The show follows a group of five guys who form a real-life Avengers, despite none of them having superpowers. Due to being locked down to New Girl, Johnson won't be able to star in the new series, but he will produce, write, and make his directorial debut on The B Team if it's picked up.

FOX also purchased a show called The Commuters, from Steve Dildarian, creator of "The Life & Times of Tim". The Commuters follows a diverse group of co-workers who bond over their daily commute from New Jersey to New York. It will be the first live-action show created by Dildarian.

[BillBrasky]

EXCLUSIVE: In his first foray into animation, director-producer Jake Kasdan has teamed with writer-producer Lew Morton for comedy Wentworth Hall, which has been put in development by Fox. 20th Century Fox TV, where Kasdan is under an overall deal, will produce. Based on an idea by Morton, who will write the script, Wentworth Hall follows a group of misfit college students making plenty of bad decisions while attending a once-prestigious university. Morton and Kasdan executive produce, and Kasdan’s producing partner Melvin Mar is producing. This marks Morton’s return to animation. The former Futurama writer-producer, repped by CAA, most recently co-created and executive produced the CBS comedy Rob. Wentworth Hall reunites Kasdan and Morton; they previously worked together on Fox series Undeclared and the movie Walk Hard.
This marks Kasdan’s third sale this development season, following deals at ABC for a Kate Robin family soap and at NBC for comedy High Life. WME-repped Kasdan executive produces Fox’s New Girl, whose pilot he directed, along with the pilot of the network’s freshman comedy Ben And Kate.

[mueXog]

Liza Lapira ("Traffic Light", Robin in the first season of "Dont Trust the B--- in Apt 23") is taking over the role previously played by Jenny Slate in revamped "Super Fun Night" pilot.

[BillBrasky]

From Deadline:

Fox is giving a 13-episode series order to Murder Police, an animated comedy from former Family Guy executive producer/co-showrunner David Goodman and Jason Ruiz. The show follows a dedicated but inept detective and his partner in a twisted city precinct as they try to solve serious crimes. Goodman and Ruiz created and wrote the project, originally picked up by the network as a presentation. Goodman serves as executive producer; Ruiz as co-executive producer. Murder Police is produced at Bento Box Animation for 20th Century Fox TV.

Murder Police marks Fox’s first animated series order in more than two years — since the October 2010 pickup of Jonah Hill’s Allen Gregory for 7 episodes (with Goodman as executive producer/showrunner), and Napoleon Dynamite for 6. Neither of the two were renewed for a second season. Fox has been looking to bring new blood to its aging Sunday animated comedy block. Of the network’s existing toon series, The Simpsons, Family Guy, American Dad and Bob’s Burgers have been renewed, while The Cleveland Show‘s future beyond this season is in doubt. Goodman is with UTA, Mosaic and Ziffren; Ruiz with UTA, Levity Entertainment and Ziffren.

[BillBrasky]

Here's a recap of stuff that sounds interesting/AST-ish so far:

ABC- COMPLIKATED 10/26/12 script (currently in development)
[who's behind it?]
· ABC Studios
· Bob and Alice Produtions
· Red Hour Television

[related genres]
· comedy (all)
· comedy (unspecified)
[who's in it?]
· Bonnie Hunt as Kate
[who's making it?]
· Ben Stiller as EP
· Bonnie Hunt as CRTR/EP
· Debbie Liebling as EP
· Don Lake as CRTR/EP
· Stuart Cornfeld as EP
[what's it about?]
comedy about a confidently insecure woman with a complicated life

HIGH MAINTENANCE 10/16/12 script (currently in development)
[who's behind it?]
· 3 Arts Entertainment
· Universal Television

[related genres]
· comedy (all)
· comedy (unspecified)
[who's in it?]
· Kevin Heffernan
· Steve Lemme
[who's making it?]
· Kevin Heffernan as CRTR/EP
· Steve Lemme as CRTR/EP
[what's it about?]
comedy about the staff at an upscale Manhattan apartment building

HOUSEWIVES, THE 8/30/12 put pilot (currently in development)
[who's behind it?]
· Olive Bridge Entertainment
· Sony Pictures Television

[related genres]
· comedy (all)
· comedy (multi-camera)
[who's in it?]
· June Diane Raphael
[who's making it?]
· Casey Wilson as CRTR/EP
· June Diane Raphael as CRTR/EP
· Richard Schwartz as CO-EP
· Will Gluck as EP
[what's it about?]
multi-camera comedy about three female friends in 1954

Strange that there doesn't seem to have been any progress on this since August. Hope this isn't dead.

HOW THE FUCK AM I NORMAL 9/7/12 ordered to pilot currently in development
(2013-2014 season)
[who's behind it?]
· Happy Madison Productions
· Sony Pictures Television

[related genres]
· comedy (all)
· comedy (single-camera)
[who's in it?]
· N/A
[who's making it?]
· Adam F. Goldberg as CRTR/EP
· Doug Robinson as EP
· Seth Gordon as EP/DIR (Pilot)
[what's it about?]
comedy about growing up in the 1980s with a highly screwed up but loving family

KEEP SWINGING 11/2/12 11/2/12 ABC script currently in development
(2013-2014 season)
[who's behind it?]
· Conaco Productions
· Warner Bros. Television

[related genres]
· comedy (all)
· comedy (single-camera)
[who's in it?]
· N/A
[who's making it?]
· Conan O'Brien as EP
· David Kissinger as EP
· Jeff Ross as EP
· Lew Schneider as CRTR/EP
· Rick Marin as CRTR/EP/BOOK
[what's it about?]
single-camera comedy about an artsy dad with zero interest in sports who is thrown into a new family dynamic and social life as he and his wife face a challenge for which they are woefully ill-equipped: a jock kid

KNOCK, KNOCK 9/21/12 9/21/12 ABC script currently in development
(2013-2014 season)
[who's behind it?]
· ABC Studios
· Red Hour Television

[related genres]
· comedy (all)
· comedy (single-camera)
[who's in it?]
· N/A
[who's making it?]
· Ben Stiller as EP
· Debbie Liebling as EP
· Kevin Napier as CRTR/EP
· Stuart Cornfeld as EP
[what's it about?]
single-camera comedy about an A-list actor who realizes he's losing touch with reality and his family, and moves back to the same building he grew up in in New York, where his parents still live

MICHAEL BOLTON'S DAUGHTER IS DESTROYING MY LIFE 10/11/12 10/11/12 ABC script currently in development
(2013-2014 season)
[who's behind it?]
· Tagline Television
· Universal Cable Productions

[related genres]
· comedy (all)
· comedy (unspecified)
[who's in it?]
· Michael Bolton
[who's making it?]
· Allison Miller as CRTR/PROD
· J.B. Roberts as EP
· Kelly Kulchak as EP
· Michael Bolton as CO-EP
· Ron West as EP
· Tami Sagher as CRTR/EP
· Willie Mercer as EP
[what's it about?]
comedy about a naive young writer who moves to the big city and ends up taking a job heading social media for singer-songwriter Michael Bolton only to have her hands full with Bolton and the wild-child daughter he has recently taken in

Haha, the premise for this sounds really ridiculous but Tami Sagher was a former "30 Rock" writer, now working on "How I Met Your Mother", and former AST poster I believe

MISS MOST LIKELY 9/24/12 9/24/12 ABC script (with penalty) currently in development
(2013-2014 season)
[who's behind it?]
· 20th Century Fox Television
· 21 Laps-Adelstein Productions

[related genres]
· comedy (all)
· comedy (unspecified)
[who's in it?]
· Mandy Moore
[who's making it?]
· Becky Clements as EP
· Mandy Moore as EP
· Marty Adelstein as EP
· Rich Appel as CRTR/EP
· Shawn Levy as EP
[what's it about?]
comedy about a 28-year-old who runs away from home to the big city so she can finally start the life she's always wanted only to find her family has decided to run away with her

Ordinarily wouldn't really be of interest but Appel is a former "Simpsons" writer who has also worked on "Family Guy", "American Dad", and "The Cleveland Show"

NOTORIOUS MOLLIE FLOWERS 9/21/12 9/21/12 ABC script currently in development
(2013-2014 season)
[who's behind it?]
· ABC Studios
· Red Hour Television

[related genres]
· comedy (all)
· comedy (single-camera)
[who's in it?]
· N/A
[who's making it?]
· Adam Resnick as CRTR/EP
· Ben Stiller as EP
· Debbie Liebling as EP
· Stuart Cornfeld as EP
[what's it about?]
comedy about Cape May, New Jersey's sweetest, cutest, most selfless do-gooder" who is falsely accused of a crime and - after being exonerated - decides it's time to start focusing on her own needs for once, much to the dismay of everyone around her

SUPER FUN NIGHT 9/21/12 -
11/15/12 11/15/12 ABC ordered to pilot currently in development
(2013-2014 season)
[who's behind it?]
· Conaco Productions
· Warner Bros. Television

[related genres]
· comedy (all)
· comedy (single-camera)
[who's in it?]
· Lauren Ash as Marika
· Liza Lapira as Helen-Alice
· Rebel Wilson as Kimmie
[who's making it?]
· ??? as DIR (Pilot)
· Conan O'Brien as EP
· David Kissinger as EP
· Jeff Ross as EP
· John Riggi as EP
· Rebel Wilson as CRTR/CO-EP
[what's it about?]
single-camera take on Rebel Wilson's multi-camera comedy for CBS this past development cycle about three nerdy female friends on a quest to have super fun every Friday night

TROPHY WIFE 9/7/12 -
10/29/12 10/29/12 ABC ordered to pilot currently in development
(2013-2014 season)
[who's behind it?]
· ABC Studios

[related genres]
· comedy (all)
· comedy (single-camera)
[who's in it?]
· Bradley Whitford as Brad
· Malin Akerman as Kate
· Marcia Gay Harden as Diane
· Michaela Watkins as Jackie
· Natalie Morales as Meg
[who's making it?]
· Emily Halpern as CRTR/EP
· Gene Stupnitsky as EP
· Jason Moore as DIR (Pilot)
· Lee Eisenberg as EP
· Sarah Haskins as CRTR/EP
[what's it about?]
single-camera comedy about a reformed party girl who finds herself with an insta-family when she falls in love with a man with three manipulative kids and two judgmental ex-wives

(Stupnitsky and Eisenberg are "Office" vets - Also wrote the movie "Year One")

UNTITLED BRIAN BAUMGARTNER PROJECT 10/25/12 10/25/12 ABC script currently in development
(2013-2014 season)
[who's behind it?]
· 3 Arts Entertainment
· Deedle Dee Productions
· Universal Television

[related genres]
· comedy (all)
· comedy (single-camera)
[who's in it?]
· Brian Baumgartner as Norman
[who's making it?]
· Dave Becky as EP
· Greg Daniels as EP
· Harris Wittels as CRTR/EP
· Howard Klein as EP
· Tom Lassally as EP
· Tracy Katsky as EP
[what's it about?]
single-camera comedy about a mid-level airline executive who fights to experience winning again... at anything

UNTITLED BURRELL BROTHERS PROJECT 10/10/12 10/10/12 ABC script (with penalty) currently in development
(2013-2014 season)
[who's behind it?]
· 20th Century Fox Television

[related genres]
· comedy (all)
· comedy (single-camera)
[who's in it?]
· N/A
[who's making it?]
· Duncan Burrell as CRTR/CO-EP
· Ty Burrell as CRTR/CO-EP
[what's it about?]
single-camera comedy about two city families who buy the only store in a tiny rural community in Oregon


YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG 9/4/12 9/4/12 ABC script currently in development
(2013-2014 season)
[who's behind it?]
· ABC Studios

[related genres]
· comedy (all)
· comedy (single-camera)
[who's in it?]
· N/A
[who's making it?]
· John Enbom as CRTR/EP
[what's it about?]
single-camera comedy about two young parents struggling to fit in with their new community who realize that their parenting skills pale in comparison to the pros they're now grouped with

(Enbom worked on "Party Down")

[BillBrasky]

NBC-

ASSISTANCE 9/14/12 9/14/12 NBC script currently in development
(2013-2014 season)
[who's behind it?]
· Gary Sanchez Productions
· Universal Television

[related genres]
· comedy (all)
· comedy (single-camera)
[who's in it?]
· N/A
[who's making it?]
· Adam McKay as EP
· Jessica Elbaum as EP
· Leslye Headland as CRTR/EP
· Owen Burke as EP
· Will Ferrell as EP
[what's it about?]
single-camera comedy about an idealistic assistant, and her daily efforts to try to find balance in her life as she strives to please her larger than life boss

(Headland wrote "The Bachelorette")

BAD JUDGE 11/13/12 11/13/12 NBC script currently in development
(2013-2014 season)
[who's behind it?]
· Gary Sanchez Productions
· Universal Television

[related genres]
· comedy (all)
· comedy (single-camera)
[who's in it?]
· N/A
[who's making it?]
· Adam McKay as EP
· Anne Heche as CRTR/EP
· Chad Kultgen as CRTR/EP
· Jill Messick as EP
· Will Ferrell as EP
[what's it about?]
single-camera comedy about a hard-living, sexually unapologetic woman who plays with the law, and whose life on the edge is constantly in balance as she also happens to be a judge in the Criminal Court system

HIGH LIFE, THE 8/22/12 8/22/12 NBC put pilot currently in development
(2013-2014 season)
[who's behind it?]
· 20th Century Fox Television
· Thruline Entertainment

[related genres]
· comedy (all)
· comedy (single-camera)
[who's in it?]
· N/A
[who's making it?]
· J.J. Philbin as EP
· Jake Kasdan as EP
· Melvin Mar as PROD
· Robin Reiser as CRTR/EP
· Will Reiser as CRTR/EP
· Willie Mercer as EP
[what's it about?]
single-camera comedy about the trials and tribulations of a misguided young woman, who's newly sober and trying to navigate motherhood, work and marriage - all of which makes her want to drink

I GUESS I DO 10/4/12 10/4/12 NBC script currently in development
(2013-2014 season)
[who's behind it?]
· Gary Sanchez Productions
· Universal Television

[related genres]
· comedy (all)
· comedy (single-camera)
[who's in it?]
· N/A
[who's making it?]
· Adam McKay as EP
· Lauryn Kahn as CRTR/EP
· Will Ferrell as EP
[what's it about?]
single-camera comedy about a sham green card marriage between a womanizing British celebrity trainer and a psychology grad student who is using her new husband as the subject for her dissertation on the modern male

JOE & JOE & JANE 10/8/12 10/8/12 NBC ordered to pilot currently in development
(2013-2014 season)
[who's behind it?]
· 20th Century Fox Television

[related genres]
· comedy (all)
· comedy (multi-camera)
[who's in it?]
· N/A
[who's making it?]
· Joe Port as CRTR/EP
· Joe Wiseman as CRTR/EP
[what's it about?]
multi-camera comedy about a conflict-avoidant children's book author caught in an ongoing tug of war between two needy, flawed people: his wife and his co-author/best friend

(The current "Community" showrunners)

SLAMMED 9/4/12 9/4/12 NBC script currently in development
(2013-2014 season)
[who's behind it?]
· Holiday Road
· Universal Television

[related genres]
· comedy (all)
· comedy (single-camera)
[who's in it?]
· N/A
[who's making it?]
· Amy Ozols as EP
· Jimmy Fallon as EP
· Jon Rineman as CRTR/EP
[what's it about?]
workplace comedy set in the world of professional wrestling

UNTITLED ALAN YANG PROJECT 10/23/12 10/23/12 NBC script currently in development
(2013-2014 season)
[who's behind it?]
· 3 Arts Entertainment
· Deedle Dee Productions
· Universal Television

[related genres]
· comedy (all)
· comedy (unspecified)
[who's in it?]
· N/A
[who's making it?]
· Alan Yang as CRTR/EP
· Greg Daniels as EP
· Howard Klein as EP
· Tracy Katsky as EP
[what's it about?]
comedy about a strict "Tiger Dad" who, after a near-death experience, tries to reprogram his super-responsible son to be more like his fun-loving immature roommates

(Yang is a "Parks & Rec" writer)

UNTITLED CRAIG ROBINSON PROJECT 10/19/12 10/19/12 NBC script currently in development
(2013-2014 season)
[who's behind it?]
· 3 Arts Entertainment
· Deedle-Dee Productions
· Universal Television

[related genres]
· comedy (all)
· comedy (single-camera)
[who's in it?]
· Craig Robinson
[who's making it?]
· Craig Robinson as PROD
· Greg Daniels as EP
· Howard Klein as EP
· Mark Schulman as EP
· Owen Ellickson as CRTR/EP
· Tracy Katsky as EP
[what's it about?]
comedy about a talented musician with rough edges who adjusts to his new life as a music teacher in a big-city middle school, where he encounters teacher politics and the temptations of single moms

UNTITLED DONALD GLOVER PROJECT 9/12/12 9/12/12 NBC put pilot currently in development
(2013-2014 season)
[who's behind it?]
· TBD Productions
· Universal Television

[related genres]
· comedy (all)
· comedy (single-camera)
[who's in it?]
· N/A
[who's making it?]
· Donald Glover as CRTR/EP
· Matt Hubbard as CRTR/EP
· Peter Traugott as EP
· Rachel Kaplan as EP
[what's it about?]
comedy loosely based on the "Comunity" actor's life

UNTITLED KENAN THOMPSON PROJECT 11/19/12 11/19/12 NBC script currently in development
(2013-2014 season)
[who's behind it?]
· Broadway Video Television
· Universal Television

[related genres]
· comedy (all)
· comedy (unspecified)
[who's in it?]
· Kenan Thompson
[who's making it?]
· Andrew Singer as EP
· Bryan Tucker as CRTR/EP
· Lorne Michaels as EP
[what's it about?]
multi-generational family comedy about a man who moves in with his in-laws

UNTITLED LIEB & THUNE PROJECT 9/4/12 9/4/12 NBC script currently in development
(2013-2014 season)
[who's behind it?]
· Holiday Road
· Universal Television

[related genres]
· comedy (all)
· comedy (multi-camera)
[who's in it?]
· Nick Thune
[who's making it?]
· Amy Ozols as EP
· Jimmy Fallon as EP
· Josh Lieb as CRTR/EP
· Nick Thune as CRTR/CO-EP
[what's it about?]
multi-camera comedy about a decidedly un-hip anthropology student finds himself living with - and studying - the wild, untamed hipsters of Brooklyn, New York

UNTITLED MEYERS BROTHERS PROJECT 8/2/12 8/2/12 NBC script currently in development
(2013-2014 season)
[who's behind it?]
· Broadway Video Television
· Universal Television

[related genres]
· comedy (all)
· comedy (multi-camera)
[who's in it?]
· N/A
[who's making it?]
· Josh Meyers as CRTR/EP
· Lorne Michaels as EP
· Peter Grosz as EP
· Seth Meyers as CRTR/EP
[what's it about?]
no details are available other than it is a multi-camera comedy

[BillBrasky]

CBS-

BAD TEACHER 10/5/12 10/5/12 CBS script currently in development
(2013-2014 season)
[who's behind it?]
· Mosaic Media Group
· Quantity Entertainment
· Sony Pictures Television

[related genres]
· comedy (all)
· comedy (single-camera)
[who's in it?]
· N/A
[who's making it?]
· Gene Stupnitsky as EP
· Hilary Winston as CRTR/EP
· Lee Eisenberg as EP
[what's it about?]
comedy based on the feature about a foul-mouthed, gold-digging junior high school teacher

NERDS IN LOVE 9/28/12 9/28/12 CBS ordered to pilot currently in development
(2013-2014 season)
[who's behind it?]
· 20th Century Fox Television

[related genres]
· comedy (all)
· comedy (single-camera)
[who's in it?]
· N/A
[who's making it?]
· Jason Winer as EP/DIR (Pilot)
· Kourtney Kang as CRTR/EP
· Tami Sagher as CRTR/EP
[what's it about?]
single-camera comedy about the dating lives of the social haves and have-nots at a marketing firm

SECOND COMING OF ROB, THE 8/29/12 8/29/12 CBS script currently in development
(2013-2014 season)
[who's behind it?]
· Principato-Young Entertainment
· Sony Pictures Television

[related genres]
· comedy (all)
· comedy (multi-camera)
[who's in it?]
· N/A
[who's making it?]
· Jill McGrath as PROD
· Joel Zadak as EP
· John Ross Bowie as CRTR/CO-EP
· Kevin Sussman as CRTR/CO-EP
· Paul Young as EP
· Peter Principato as EP
[what's it about?]
multi-camera comedy about a recent divorcee looking for a do-over on his twenties when he reunites with his college buddies after seven years of marital "incarceration

UNTITLED COOGAN & NYE PROJECT 10/18/12 10/18/12 CBS script currently in development
(2013-2014 season)
[who's behind it?]
· CBS Television Studios

[related genres]
· comedy (all)
· comedy (unspecified)
[who's in it?]
· N/A
[who's making it?]
· Michael Rotenberg as EP
· Simon Nye as CRTR/EP
· Steve Coogan as CRTR/EP
[what's it about?]
comedy about three dads with children from the same mother

UNTITLED DAN HARMON PROJECT 7/25/12 -
7/31/12 7/31/12 CBS script currently in development
(2013-2014 season)
[who's behind it?]
· N/A

[related genres]
· comedy (all)
· comedy (multi-camera)
[who's in it?]
· N/A
[who's making it?]
· Dan Harmon as CRTR/EP
[what's it about?]
no details are available other than it is a comedy

UNTITLED JIM GAFFIGAN PROJECT 9/14/12 9/14/12 CBS put pilot currently in development
(2013-2014 season)
[who's behind it?]
· Brillstein Entertainment Partners
· Fedora Entertainment
· Sony Pictures Television

[related genres]
· comedy (all)
· comedy (single-camera)
[who's in it?]
· Jim Gaffigan
[who's making it?]
· Alex Murray as EP
· Jim Gaffigan as CRTR/EP
· Michael Wimer as EP
· Peter Tolan as CRTR/EP
[what's it about?]
single-camera comedy about a guy who lives with his wife and five kids in a New York two-bedroom apartment

WAKE UP CALL 9/20/12 9/20/12 CBS script currently in development
(2013-2014 season)
[who's behind it?]
· Warner Bros. Television

[related genres]
· comedy (all)
· comedy (multi-camera)
[who's in it?]
· N/A
[who's making it?]
· Ben Falcone as CRTR/CO-EP
· Larry Dorf as CRTR/CO-EP
· Melissa McCarthy as EP
[what's it about?]
comedy about a group of friends whose lives are changed when "'til death do us part" comes a whole lot sooner than expected