ABC has given out a pilot order to the drama project “Promised Land.”
The show is described as an epic, generation-spanning drama about two Latinx families vying for wealth and power in California’s Sonoma Valley.
Matt Lopez is set to write and executive produce the pilot, with Adam Kolbrenner also executive producing. ABC Signature will serve as the studio.
Lopez has developed a number of projects with ABC and other broadcasters in the past. He most recently created the CTV drama “Gone.” As a feature writer, his credits include “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice,” “Race to Witch Mountain,” and “Bedtime Stories.”
He is repped by Lit Entertainment Group and Lichter Grossman.
The pandemic continues to make its presence felt during pilot season, with most networks having picked up very few new pilots this year as they still sort through the projects in the pipeline from last year.
ABC, however, has picked...
The show is described as an epic, generation-spanning drama about two Latinx families vying for wealth and power in California’s Sonoma Valley.
Matt Lopez is set to write and executive produce the pilot, with Adam Kolbrenner also executive producing. ABC Signature will serve as the studio.
Lopez has developed a number of projects with ABC and other broadcasters in the past. He most recently created the CTV drama “Gone.” As a feature writer, his credits include “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice,” “Race to Witch Mountain,” and “Bedtime Stories.”
He is repped by Lit Entertainment Group and Lichter Grossman.
The pandemic continues to make its presence felt during pilot season, with most networks having picked up very few new pilots this year as they still sort through the projects in the pipeline from last year.
ABC, however, has picked...
- 2/22/2021
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
ABC is starting to whittle down its comedy projects.
The Disney-owned network is not moving forward with two high-profile comedy pilots – Lucy Liu’s workplace comedy, which was formerly known as Kids Matter Now, and Work Wife.
The workplace comedy, which has also had the title Bossy, starred Lucy Liu and came from Better with You creator Shana Goldberg-Meehan, CBS Television Studios and 20th Century Fox TV.
The multi-camera comedy was ordered to pilot in March 2020 but the Covid pandemic meant that it wasn’t able to shoot until much later down the line.
Written and executive produced by Goldberg-Meehan and directed by Christine Gernon (Speechless), the show centered on a diva boss with no patience for working parents who adopts a baby and has a change of heart, casting her mother-of-three assistant as an unlikely mentor and upending the office dynamics.
Former Angie Tribeca star Hayes MacArthur was set as a lead opposite Liu.
The Disney-owned network is not moving forward with two high-profile comedy pilots – Lucy Liu’s workplace comedy, which was formerly known as Kids Matter Now, and Work Wife.
The workplace comedy, which has also had the title Bossy, starred Lucy Liu and came from Better with You creator Shana Goldberg-Meehan, CBS Television Studios and 20th Century Fox TV.
The multi-camera comedy was ordered to pilot in March 2020 but the Covid pandemic meant that it wasn’t able to shoot until much later down the line.
Written and executive produced by Goldberg-Meehan and directed by Christine Gernon (Speechless), the show centered on a diva boss with no patience for working parents who adopts a baby and has a change of heart, casting her mother-of-three assistant as an unlikely mentor and upending the office dynamics.
Former Angie Tribeca star Hayes MacArthur was set as a lead opposite Liu.
- 2/12/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
ABC has confirmed that it is picking up a new multi-camera comedy pilot, “Bucktown,” hailing from ABC Signature studios and written and executive produced by Emily Wilson, co-executive producer of “The Conners.”
“Bucktown” centers on a protagonist named Amy, who, after being dumped by her boyfriend and kicked out of her apartment on the eve of a big promotion, finds refuge at her mom’s house in the blue-collar neighborhood she grew up in. Amy reconnects with her teenage niece living there due to her sister’s latest rehab stint and resolves to stay when she realizes that her mom and niece aren’t entirely equipped to go it alone.
Wilson is also known for her work on “The Kids Are All Right,” “Superior Donuts,” The Muppets” and “Cougar Town.” Also attached to executive produce “Bucktown” are longtime collaborators Tom Werner and Sara Gilbert, who will be joined by executive...
“Bucktown” centers on a protagonist named Amy, who, after being dumped by her boyfriend and kicked out of her apartment on the eve of a big promotion, finds refuge at her mom’s house in the blue-collar neighborhood she grew up in. Amy reconnects with her teenage niece living there due to her sister’s latest rehab stint and resolves to stay when she realizes that her mom and niece aren’t entirely equipped to go it alone.
Wilson is also known for her work on “The Kids Are All Right,” “Superior Donuts,” The Muppets” and “Cougar Town.” Also attached to executive produce “Bucktown” are longtime collaborators Tom Werner and Sara Gilbert, who will be joined by executive...
- 2/12/2021
- by Mónica Marie Zorrilla
- Variety Film + TV
ABC has ordered the single-camera comedy “Home Economics” to series.
The series will air on the broadcast network in Spring 2021. The show was originally developed as part of the 2020 pilot season. Following the production shutdown caused by the pandemic, ABC announced in June that it planned to film a number of its pilots — including “Home Economics” — later in the year.
The series is inspired by the life of co-creator Michael Colton. It examines the relationship between three adult siblings: one in the 1 percent, one middle-class, and one barely holding on.
Along with Grace, the series stars Caitlin McGee, Jimmy Tatro, Karla Souza, and Sasheer Zamata. Shiloh Bearman, Jordyn Curet, Chloe Jo Rountree and JeCobi Swain also star.
“Home Economics” was written and executive produced by Colton and John Aboud. Grace executive produces in addition to starring, along with Eric and Kim Tannenbaum of The Tannenbaum Company. Jason Wang of The Tannenbaum Company will co-executive produce.
The series will air on the broadcast network in Spring 2021. The show was originally developed as part of the 2020 pilot season. Following the production shutdown caused by the pandemic, ABC announced in June that it planned to film a number of its pilots — including “Home Economics” — later in the year.
The series is inspired by the life of co-creator Michael Colton. It examines the relationship between three adult siblings: one in the 1 percent, one middle-class, and one barely holding on.
Along with Grace, the series stars Caitlin McGee, Jimmy Tatro, Karla Souza, and Sasheer Zamata. Shiloh Bearman, Jordyn Curet, Chloe Jo Rountree and JeCobi Swain also star.
“Home Economics” was written and executive produced by Colton and John Aboud. Grace executive produces in addition to starring, along with Eric and Kim Tannenbaum of The Tannenbaum Company. Jason Wang of The Tannenbaum Company will co-executive produce.
- 12/9/2020
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Home Economics, from Michael Colton, John Aboud and Topher Grace, has been handed a series order at ABC.
This marks the network’s first comedy pilot handed a series order in an unusual year for broadcast network development. ABC’s previous comedy orders – Call Your Mother and Rebel – went straight-to-series.
The single-camera comedy, which is inspired by the life of writer and executive producer Colton (Penguins of Madagascar), will air in spring 2021. It is produced by Lionsgate and ABC Signature.
Home Economics stars and is exec produced by That ‘70s Show alum Topher Grace.
The show takes a look at the heartwarming yet super-uncomfortable and sometimes frustrating relationship among three adult siblings: one in the 1 percent, one middle-class and one barely holding on.
2020 ABC Pilots & Series Orders
Caitlin McGee, Jimmy Tatro, Karla Souza, and Sasheer Zamata. Shiloh Bearman, Jordyn Curet, Chloe Jo Rountree and JeCobi Swain also star.
Developed by Colton and Aboud,...
This marks the network’s first comedy pilot handed a series order in an unusual year for broadcast network development. ABC’s previous comedy orders – Call Your Mother and Rebel – went straight-to-series.
The single-camera comedy, which is inspired by the life of writer and executive producer Colton (Penguins of Madagascar), will air in spring 2021. It is produced by Lionsgate and ABC Signature.
Home Economics stars and is exec produced by That ‘70s Show alum Topher Grace.
The show takes a look at the heartwarming yet super-uncomfortable and sometimes frustrating relationship among three adult siblings: one in the 1 percent, one middle-class and one barely holding on.
2020 ABC Pilots & Series Orders
Caitlin McGee, Jimmy Tatro, Karla Souza, and Sasheer Zamata. Shiloh Bearman, Jordyn Curet, Chloe Jo Rountree and JeCobi Swain also star.
Developed by Colton and Aboud,...
- 12/9/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Toni Rivera, an activist and human-trafficking survivor who has single-handedly rescued more than 1,500 trafficked individuals, is the inspiration for a new unscripted series.
My Wife and Kids star Tisha Campbell, who is the co-lead opposite Lucy Liu in ABC’s Untitled Workplace Comedy pilot from Better with You creator Shana Goldberg-Meehan, and Andrew Jameson, who produced the first season of Starz’ Power, have teamed with ITV America production company Good Caper Content to develop the series.
A victim of trafficking at a young age, Rivera has dedicated her life to helping women and children who have been sexually exploited in the United States. Employing her first-hand knowledge, Rivera works with concerned families across the country to rescue and reacclimatise loved ones who have been victimized. She’s helped more than 2,000 families and survivors within the last three years
The untitled series, which does not yet have a network, will...
My Wife and Kids star Tisha Campbell, who is the co-lead opposite Lucy Liu in ABC’s Untitled Workplace Comedy pilot from Better with You creator Shana Goldberg-Meehan, and Andrew Jameson, who produced the first season of Starz’ Power, have teamed with ITV America production company Good Caper Content to develop the series.
A victim of trafficking at a young age, Rivera has dedicated her life to helping women and children who have been sexually exploited in the United States. Employing her first-hand knowledge, Rivera works with concerned families across the country to rescue and reacclimatise loved ones who have been victimized. She’s helped more than 2,000 families and survivors within the last three years
The untitled series, which does not yet have a network, will...
- 11/18/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: My Wife and Kids alumna Tisha Campbell has been tapped as the co-lead opposite Lucy Liu in ABC’s Untitled Workplace Comedy pilot (fka Kids Matter Now) from Better with You creator Shana Goldberg-Meehan. Also cast in the project, produced by CBS Studios and 20th TV, is Australian actress Hayley Magnus (Mapleworth Murders).
Written and executive produced by Goldberg-Meehan and to be directed by Christine Gernon (Speechless) the Untitled Workplace Comedy (fka Kids Matter Now) centers on Devin (Liu), a diva boss with no patience for working parents who adopts a baby and has a change of heart, casting her mother-of-two assistant, Annie (Campbell), as an unlikely mentor and upending the office dynamics.
Radiating warmth and competence, Annie is Devin’s long-suffering assistant. Happily married and the mother of two children, she’s tough at home but hasn’t figured out how to bring that fierceness into the office.
Written and executive produced by Goldberg-Meehan and to be directed by Christine Gernon (Speechless) the Untitled Workplace Comedy (fka Kids Matter Now) centers on Devin (Liu), a diva boss with no patience for working parents who adopts a baby and has a change of heart, casting her mother-of-two assistant, Annie (Campbell), as an unlikely mentor and upending the office dynamics.
Radiating warmth and competence, Annie is Devin’s long-suffering assistant. Happily married and the mother of two children, she’s tough at home but hasn’t figured out how to bring that fierceness into the office.
- 11/2/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva and Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Former Angie Tribeca star Hayes MacArthur is set as a lead opposite Lucy Liu in ABC’s Untitled Workplace Comedy (fka Kids Matter Now) pilot from Better with You creator Shana Goldberg-Meehan, CBS Studios and 20th TV.
Written and executive produced by Goldberg-Meehan and to be directed by Christine Gernon (Speechless) the Untitled Workplace Comedy (fka Kids Matter Now) centers on a diva boss (Liu) with no patience for working parents who adopts a baby and has a change of heart, casting her mother-of-three assistant as an unlikely mentor and upending the office dynamics.
MacArthur will play Dean. Handsome and self-assured but not as charming as he thinks, Dean runs the manufacturing division at Devin’s (Liu) multi-million dollar furniture company. Though he comes across as confident and cocky, he’s actually quite insecure because he has made work his whole focus. He is clearly threatened when Annie becomes Devin’s protege.
Written and executive produced by Goldberg-Meehan and to be directed by Christine Gernon (Speechless) the Untitled Workplace Comedy (fka Kids Matter Now) centers on a diva boss (Liu) with no patience for working parents who adopts a baby and has a change of heart, casting her mother-of-three assistant as an unlikely mentor and upending the office dynamics.
MacArthur will play Dean. Handsome and self-assured but not as charming as he thinks, Dean runs the manufacturing division at Devin’s (Liu) multi-million dollar furniture company. Though he comes across as confident and cocky, he’s actually quite insecure because he has made work his whole focus. He is clearly threatened when Annie becomes Devin’s protege.
- 10/16/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva and Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
ABC has given out a straight-to-series order to the drama series “Rebel.”
Katey Sagal stars in the show, which is inspired by the life of Erin Brockovich. It is slated to debut in 2021. Sagal stars as Annie “Rebel” Bello, a blue-collar legal advocate without a law degree. She’s described as a funny, messy, brilliant and fearless woman who cares desperately about the causes she fights for and the people she loves. When Rebel applies herself to a fight she believes in, she will win at almost any cost.
In addition to Sagal, the series stars John Corbett as Grady Bello, James Lesure as Benji, Lex Scott Davis as Cassidy, Tamala Jones as Lona, Ariela Barer as Ziggie, Kevin Zegers as Nate, Sam Palladio as Luke, and Andy Garcia as Cruz.
“Grey’s Anatomy” and “Station 19” showrunner Krista Vernoff wrote the pilot and executive produces along with Alexandre Schmitt of Trip the Light.
Katey Sagal stars in the show, which is inspired by the life of Erin Brockovich. It is slated to debut in 2021. Sagal stars as Annie “Rebel” Bello, a blue-collar legal advocate without a law degree. She’s described as a funny, messy, brilliant and fearless woman who cares desperately about the causes she fights for and the people she loves. When Rebel applies herself to a fight she believes in, she will win at almost any cost.
In addition to Sagal, the series stars John Corbett as Grady Bello, James Lesure as Benji, Lex Scott Davis as Cassidy, Tamala Jones as Lona, Ariela Barer as Ziggie, Kevin Zegers as Nate, Sam Palladio as Luke, and Andy Garcia as Cruz.
“Grey’s Anatomy” and “Station 19” showrunner Krista Vernoff wrote the pilot and executive produces along with Alexandre Schmitt of Trip the Light.
- 9/16/2020
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
ABC’s workplace comedy pilot formerly known as Bossy has found its lead. Lucy Liu will star in the show from Better with You creator Shana Goldberg-Meehan, CBS Television Studios and 20th Century Fox TV.
Liu, who most recently starred in CBS All Access’ Why Women Kill, will lead the cast of the Untitled Workplace Comedy, which also was known as Kids Matter Now during development.
This comes after ABC revealed that the pilot was one of five that it intends to film from its current batch of pilot orders as soon as it is safe to do so. Last month, the network said it was picking up the cast options for these projects through to the end of September.
In the comedy, Liu plays Devin, the fierce and powerful head of Shelter, a large and successful modern furniture company. She is a force and is unfamiliar with failure. But when Devin adopts a baby,...
Liu, who most recently starred in CBS All Access’ Why Women Kill, will lead the cast of the Untitled Workplace Comedy, which also was known as Kids Matter Now during development.
This comes after ABC revealed that the pilot was one of five that it intends to film from its current batch of pilot orders as soon as it is safe to do so. Last month, the network said it was picking up the cast options for these projects through to the end of September.
In the comedy, Liu plays Devin, the fierce and powerful head of Shelter, a large and successful modern furniture company. She is a force and is unfamiliar with failure. But when Devin adopts a baby,...
- 7/9/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Lucy Liu has been cast in the lead role of Shana Goldberg-Meehan’s multi-camera workplace comedy pilot at ABC formerly known as “Bossy” and “Kids Matter Now.”
Liu will play Devin, described as the fierce and powerful head of Shelter, a large and successful modern furniture company. She is a force and is unfamiliar with failure. But when she adopts a baby she is ill-prepared for the task of parenting and feels at a complete loss as to how to be a mom.
In addition to starring, Liu will also serve as a producer.
The pilot was one of several that ABC pegged to shoot later in the year once production can safely resume. Most broadcast pilots this season were thrown off course due to the coronavirus pandemic, which shutdown physical production across the industry. Other pilots set to film later this year at ABC include “Rebel” starring Katey Sagal...
Liu will play Devin, described as the fierce and powerful head of Shelter, a large and successful modern furniture company. She is a force and is unfamiliar with failure. But when she adopts a baby she is ill-prepared for the task of parenting and feels at a complete loss as to how to be a mom.
In addition to starring, Liu will also serve as a producer.
The pilot was one of several that ABC pegged to shoot later in the year once production can safely resume. Most broadcast pilots this season were thrown off course due to the coronavirus pandemic, which shutdown physical production across the industry. Other pilots set to film later this year at ABC include “Rebel” starring Katey Sagal...
- 7/9/2020
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Lucy Liu has been tapped to star in the ABC multi-camera comedy pilot from “Friends” alum Shana Goldberg-Meehan, TheWrap has learned.
Formerly titled “Kids Matter Now” and “Bossy,” the currently untitled project centers on Liu’s character Devin, a “diva boss” who turns to her mother-of-three assistant as an unlikely mentor after she adopts a baby.
Described as “fierce and powerful,” Devin is the head of Shelter, a large and successful modern furniture company, according to the character description. “She is a force and is unfamiliar with failure. But when she adopts a baby she is ill-prepared for the task of parenting and feels at a complete loss as to how to be a mom.”
Also Read: 'The Wonder Years' Reboot From Lee Daniels in the Works at ABC
The comedy, written by Goldberg-Meehan, was one of five delayed pilots selected by ABC to move forward with production later this year.
Formerly titled “Kids Matter Now” and “Bossy,” the currently untitled project centers on Liu’s character Devin, a “diva boss” who turns to her mother-of-three assistant as an unlikely mentor after she adopts a baby.
Described as “fierce and powerful,” Devin is the head of Shelter, a large and successful modern furniture company, according to the character description. “She is a force and is unfamiliar with failure. But when she adopts a baby she is ill-prepared for the task of parenting and feels at a complete loss as to how to be a mom.”
Also Read: 'The Wonder Years' Reboot From Lee Daniels in the Works at ABC
The comedy, written by Goldberg-Meehan, was one of five delayed pilots selected by ABC to move forward with production later this year.
- 7/9/2020
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
Lucy Liu is turning to comedy for her next TV role.
Following years on CBS' Elementary and a season of the All Access anthology Why Women Kill, the actress has been tapped to topline ABC's untitled workplace comedy from Friends grad Shana Goldberg-Meehan.
The comedy, formerly known as Bossy and Kids Matter Now, centers on a diva boss who has no patience for working parents who then adopts a baby and has a change of heart and whose mother-of-three assistant becomes an unlikely mentor, upending the office dynamics.
Liu will play Devin, the head of Shelter, a successful modern furniture ...
Following years on CBS' Elementary and a season of the All Access anthology Why Women Kill, the actress has been tapped to topline ABC's untitled workplace comedy from Friends grad Shana Goldberg-Meehan.
The comedy, formerly known as Bossy and Kids Matter Now, centers on a diva boss who has no patience for working parents who then adopts a baby and has a change of heart and whose mother-of-three assistant becomes an unlikely mentor, upending the office dynamics.
Liu will play Devin, the head of Shelter, a successful modern furniture ...
ABC Scraps ‘Thirtysomething’ Sequel Pilot, Vampire Drama ‘The Brides’ as Remaining Slate Takes Shape
ABC has made a range of decisions on its remaining pilots this season, which were all shutdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Firstly, the network is scrapping its pilots for the dramas “The Brides” and “Thirtysomething(else)” and the comedy “Valley Trash.” The news is surprising for “The Brides” — a female-led vampire soap opera with “Riverdale’s” Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa writing — and “Thirtysometing(else) — a sequel series to the classic dramedy “Thirtysomething” with the original creators and multiple original cast members returnin. Both shows were pegged as early frontrunners for series pickups prior to the pandemic. According to sources, both shows were on the pricier side to produce, which may have contributed to ABC cutting them loose.
Elsewhere on the slate, ABC will be picking up actor options with intent to shoot the following pilots once production can safely begin: drama “Rebel” starring Katey Sagal and based on the life of Erin Brockovich; “Harlem’s Kitchen,...
Firstly, the network is scrapping its pilots for the dramas “The Brides” and “Thirtysomething(else)” and the comedy “Valley Trash.” The news is surprising for “The Brides” — a female-led vampire soap opera with “Riverdale’s” Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa writing — and “Thirtysometing(else) — a sequel series to the classic dramedy “Thirtysomething” with the original creators and multiple original cast members returnin. Both shows were pegged as early frontrunners for series pickups prior to the pandemic. According to sources, both shows were on the pricier side to produce, which may have contributed to ABC cutting them loose.
Elsewhere on the slate, ABC will be picking up actor options with intent to shoot the following pilots once production can safely begin: drama “Rebel” starring Katey Sagal and based on the life of Erin Brockovich; “Harlem’s Kitchen,...
- 6/29/2020
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
ABC intends to shoot five pilots once production can safely resume and is rolling three projects to its next pilot cycle.
The network is picking up the cast options for the five projects that it has committed to producing this year through to September 30.
This includes dramas Rebel, starring Katey Sagal and Andy Garcia and Delroy Lindo’s Harlem’s Kitchen, as well as comedies Bossy, which was formerly known as Kids Matter Now, Topher Grace’s Home Economics and Work Wife.
Rolled over into its ‘second cycle’ development are Adopted, National Parks Service, which was formerly known as Isb and Triage.
That leaves Prospect, Wreckage and the Untitled Kapnek/Holland Project, which was formerly known as Wild Child.
This comes as it has also decided not to move forward with the reboot of Thirtysomething, Valley Trash and Brides.
Last month, it picked up two new projects, straight-to-series, David E. Kelley...
The network is picking up the cast options for the five projects that it has committed to producing this year through to September 30.
This includes dramas Rebel, starring Katey Sagal and Andy Garcia and Delroy Lindo’s Harlem’s Kitchen, as well as comedies Bossy, which was formerly known as Kids Matter Now, Topher Grace’s Home Economics and Work Wife.
Rolled over into its ‘second cycle’ development are Adopted, National Parks Service, which was formerly known as Isb and Triage.
That leaves Prospect, Wreckage and the Untitled Kapnek/Holland Project, which was formerly known as Wild Child.
This comes as it has also decided not to move forward with the reboot of Thirtysomething, Valley Trash and Brides.
Last month, it picked up two new projects, straight-to-series, David E. Kelley...
- 6/29/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
HBO Max launched on Wednesday with the entire library of “Friends” as its cornerstone selling point. But for completists, HBO Max is still missing a component of the “Friends” Creative Universe: The spinoff series “Joey,” which is nowhere to be found on the new streaming service.
An HBO Max spokesperson confirmed that the streamer hasn’t licensed “Joey” yet, “but we’re always assessing available shows to see what will be a good fit and well received by subscribers.”
The Matt LeBlanc comedy aired on NBC from 2004 to 2006 as a direct sequel to “Friends,” and followed LeBlanc’s character, Joey Tribbiani, as he moved to Los Angeles to advance his career as an actor. Drea de Matteo starred as Joey’s older sister, Gina, while Paulo Costanzo was his nephew, Michael. Jennifer Coolidge, Andrea Anders, Ben Falcone and Miguel A. Nunez Jr. also starred.
“Joey” opened to strong viewership, and even decent reviews: Variety,...
An HBO Max spokesperson confirmed that the streamer hasn’t licensed “Joey” yet, “but we’re always assessing available shows to see what will be a good fit and well received by subscribers.”
The Matt LeBlanc comedy aired on NBC from 2004 to 2006 as a direct sequel to “Friends,” and followed LeBlanc’s character, Joey Tribbiani, as he moved to Los Angeles to advance his career as an actor. Drea de Matteo starred as Joey’s older sister, Gina, while Paulo Costanzo was his nephew, Michael. Jennifer Coolidge, Andrea Anders, Ben Falcone and Miguel A. Nunez Jr. also starred.
“Joey” opened to strong viewership, and even decent reviews: Variety,...
- 5/29/2020
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
ABC has given out a pilot order for the multi-cam comedy “Kids Matter Now.”
Written and executive produced by Shana Goldberg-Meehan, the series follows a diva boss with no patience for working parents who adopts a baby and has a change of heart, casting her mother-of-three assistant as an unlikely mentor and upending the office dynamics.
Christine Gernon is attached to direct the pilot. CBS Television Studios and 20th Century Fox Television will produce.
Goldberg-Meehan previously created the NBC sitcom “Joey,” the Matt LeBlanc-led spinoff of “Friends.” Goldberg-Meehan also worked on “Friends” as a writer and eventually executive producer. She also created the ABC comedy “Better With You.” Her other credits include “Mad About You,” “Speechless,” and “Hot in Cleveland.”...
Written and executive produced by Shana Goldberg-Meehan, the series follows a diva boss with no patience for working parents who adopts a baby and has a change of heart, casting her mother-of-three assistant as an unlikely mentor and upending the office dynamics.
Christine Gernon is attached to direct the pilot. CBS Television Studios and 20th Century Fox Television will produce.
Goldberg-Meehan previously created the NBC sitcom “Joey,” the Matt LeBlanc-led spinoff of “Friends.” Goldberg-Meehan also worked on “Friends” as a writer and eventually executive producer. She also created the ABC comedy “Better With You.” Her other credits include “Mad About You,” “Speechless,” and “Hot in Cleveland.”...
- 3/9/2020
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
ABC has handed a late pilot order to Kids Matter Now, a multi-camera comedy from Better with You creator Shana Goldberg-Meehan, CBS Television Studios and 20th Century Fox TV.
Written and executive produced by Goldberg-Meehan and to be directed by Christine Gernon (Speechless), Kids Matter Now centers on a diva boss with no patience for working parents who adopts a baby and has a change of heart, casting her mother-of-three assistant as an unlikely mentor and upending the office dynamics.
The pilot order for Kids Matter Now is for the regular pilot season despite coming after ABC recently gave a second-cycle pilot order to drama Triage.
ABC delayed pilot order confirmations for several comedies this season as it employed a different strategy. Four comedy scripts quietly received informal cast-contingent orders by the network early on. The other three — Home Economics, Untitled Emily Kapnek/Dean Holland (aka Wild Child) and Valley Trash...
Written and executive produced by Goldberg-Meehan and to be directed by Christine Gernon (Speechless), Kids Matter Now centers on a diva boss with no patience for working parents who adopts a baby and has a change of heart, casting her mother-of-three assistant as an unlikely mentor and upending the office dynamics.
The pilot order for Kids Matter Now is for the regular pilot season despite coming after ABC recently gave a second-cycle pilot order to drama Triage.
ABC delayed pilot order confirmations for several comedies this season as it employed a different strategy. Four comedy scripts quietly received informal cast-contingent orders by the network early on. The other three — Home Economics, Untitled Emily Kapnek/Dean Holland (aka Wild Child) and Valley Trash...
- 3/9/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
It’s pilot season — when broadcast networks decide which of dozens of prospective shows should become full-fledged series.
TheWrap’s complete network pilot guide will keep you up to speed on the status of every project under consideration by ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC. In cases where they’ve already ordered a show to series, we’ll say so.
Check back often for regular updates.
ABC: Comedy / Drama
CBS: Comedy / Drama
The CW: Drama
Fox: Comedy / Drama
NBC: Comedy / Drama
ABC Comedy
Adopted
Writer(s): Jimmy Kimmel, Shawn Vance, Daril Fannin
Producer(s): Jimmy Kimmel, Shawn Vance, Daril Fannin
Studio: ABC Studios in association with Kimmelot
Logline: When a Green Beret returns home to Texas from military service, he and his family struggle with the challenges of adopting his new brother, a 12-year-old Russian boy. Inspired by a true story. (Single Camera)
Home Economics
Writer(s): Michael Colton,...
TheWrap’s complete network pilot guide will keep you up to speed on the status of every project under consideration by ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC. In cases where they’ve already ordered a show to series, we’ll say so.
Check back often for regular updates.
ABC: Comedy / Drama
CBS: Comedy / Drama
The CW: Drama
Fox: Comedy / Drama
NBC: Comedy / Drama
ABC Comedy
Adopted
Writer(s): Jimmy Kimmel, Shawn Vance, Daril Fannin
Producer(s): Jimmy Kimmel, Shawn Vance, Daril Fannin
Studio: ABC Studios in association with Kimmelot
Logline: When a Green Beret returns home to Texas from military service, he and his family struggle with the challenges of adopting his new brother, a 12-year-old Russian boy. Inspired by a true story. (Single Camera)
Home Economics
Writer(s): Michael Colton,...
- 3/9/2020
- by Wrap TV Team
- The Wrap
ABC has made a late addition to its roster of comedy pilots, ordering a multicamera project from Friends veteran Shana Goldberg-Meehan.
Goldberg-Meehan is writing and executive producing Kids Matter Now, a workplace comedy centered on a boss and her working-mom assistant. Christine Gernon (Speechless) is set to direct. The pilot comes from CBS Television Studios and Disney's 20th Century Fox TV.
The potential series follows a diva boss with no patience for working parents who adopts a baby and has a change of heart. She casts her mother-of-three assistant as an unlikely mentor, upending the office dynamics.
The pilot is the ...
Goldberg-Meehan is writing and executive producing Kids Matter Now, a workplace comedy centered on a boss and her working-mom assistant. Christine Gernon (Speechless) is set to direct. The pilot comes from CBS Television Studios and Disney's 20th Century Fox TV.
The potential series follows a diva boss with no patience for working parents who adopts a baby and has a change of heart. She casts her mother-of-three assistant as an unlikely mentor, upending the office dynamics.
The pilot is the ...
Overall and first-look deals still drive the television business.
Although some mega-producers have moved to the streaming world, including Ryan Murphy and Shonda Rhimes at Netflix, the overwhelming majority of pacts are still at the studio and linear network level. These deals help lock in show services, as well as keep the development pipeline flowing.
Here is a snapshot at most of the deals currently in place across Hollywood, as of mid-May.
A+E Studios
Appletree Pictures
Ross Fineman
Sarah Gertrude Shapiro
Thruline (Ron West/Chris Henze/Jb Roberts)
ABC Studios
Eli Attie
Alec Baldwin/Mallory Schwartz El Dorado Pictures
Kenya Barris Khalabo Ink Society
Julie Bean
Kevin Biegel
Sherry Bilsing-Graham/Ellen Kreamer
Bluegrass Fanfare
Chris Brancato Churchill Road Prods.
Jeremy Bronson
Danny Chun
Adam Ciralsky
Eliza Coupe
Liz Craft/Sarah Fain
Carlton Cuse
Paul Davies
Viola Davis/Kaylon Hunt JuVee Prods.
Tim Doyle
Dan Dworkin/Jay Beattie
Randall Einhorn...
Although some mega-producers have moved to the streaming world, including Ryan Murphy and Shonda Rhimes at Netflix, the overwhelming majority of pacts are still at the studio and linear network level. These deals help lock in show services, as well as keep the development pipeline flowing.
Here is a snapshot at most of the deals currently in place across Hollywood, as of mid-May.
A+E Studios
Appletree Pictures
Ross Fineman
Sarah Gertrude Shapiro
Thruline (Ron West/Chris Henze/Jb Roberts)
ABC Studios
Eli Attie
Alec Baldwin/Mallory Schwartz El Dorado Pictures
Kenya Barris Khalabo Ink Society
Julie Bean
Kevin Biegel
Sherry Bilsing-Graham/Ellen Kreamer
Bluegrass Fanfare
Chris Brancato Churchill Road Prods.
Jeremy Bronson
Danny Chun
Adam Ciralsky
Eliza Coupe
Liz Craft/Sarah Fain
Carlton Cuse
Paul Davies
Viola Davis/Kaylon Hunt JuVee Prods.
Tim Doyle
Dan Dworkin/Jay Beattie
Randall Einhorn...
- 5/16/2018
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
Julianna Guill (Crazy, Stupid, Love) has been cast as a regular in CBS pilot The Mistake, a multi-camera comedy written by Friends alumni Shana Goldberg-Meehan and Scott Silveri and former Seinfeld writer-producer David Mandel. Produced by Wbtv, the story centers around a couple who had just “finished” raising their kids when they discover they’re pregnant. Guill, repped by Apa, Luber Roklin Management and Neil Meyer, will play oldest child Gretchen who has just landed a high-paying job as a consultant and is particularly embarrassed by her parents’ pregnancy. Related: 2014 CBS Pilots Ally Maki has booked a regular role on Fox‘s comedy pilot Sober Companion from CBS TV Studios and writers/exec producers David S. Rosenthal and Jennie Snyder Urman. It centers on Robert, a charming, but self-destructive attorney who finds his world turned upside down when a court-appointed, and highly unconventional, sober companion takes control of his life.
- 2/21/2014
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
CBS is pulling the trigger on The Mistake, handing out a pilot order to the multi-camera comedy written by Friends alumni Shana Goldberg-Meehan and Scott Silveri and former Seinfeld writer-producer David Mandel, which has veteran multi-camera helmer Andy Ackerman attached to direct. All four executive produce. The project, which had a pilot production commitment, revolves around a couple who had just “finished” raising their kids when they discover they are pregnant. Warner Bros TV is producing with Goldberg-Meehan and Silveri’s Silver and Gold Productions and Mandel’s Woltz International Pictures. This marks the first collaboration of husband-and-wife duo Goldberg-Meehan and Silveri since they created the Friends spinoff Joey. Related: Primetime Pilot Panic! During the past decade, the two had worked on separate projects, including creating series Perfect Couples and Go On (Silveri) and Better With You (Goldberg-Meehan). Mandel is a frequent collaborator with Seinfeld co-creator Larry David, working as...
- 1/31/2014
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
CBS has picked up its eighth comedy pilot of the season, greenlighting a family comedy from the producers of Friends and Seinfeld. Multicamera Warner Bros. Television comedy The Mistake revolves around a couple who just "finished" raising their kids but discovers that they're going to have a baby. The Mistake hails from Shana Goldberg-Meehan (Friends, Joey), David Mandel (Seinfeld) and Scott Silveri (Friends, Matthew Perry starrer Go On), who will pen the script and executive produce alongside Andy Ackerman (Seinfeld, Go On), who will also direct. Story: TV Pilots 2014: The Complete Guide CBS originally picked up the comedy --
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- 1/31/2014
- by Lesley Goldberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Alums of NBC’s biggest 1990s comedy series, Shana Goldberg-Meehan and Scott Silveri of Friends and David Mandel of Seinfeld, have teamed for a new multi-camera comedy at CBS. The network has handed a pilot production commitment to the untitled project, directed by veteran multi-camera helmer Andy Ackerman. Written/exec produced by Goldberg-Meehan, Silveri and Mandel, the family comedy centers on a couple with adult children. Warner Bros. TV, which produced Friends, is producing with Goldberg-Meehan and Silveri’s Silver and Gold Prods and Mandel’s Woltz International Pictures. This marks the first collaboration of husband-and-wife duo Goldberg-Meehan and Silveri since they created the Friends spinoff Joey. Over the past decade, the two had worked on separate projects, including creating series Perfect Couples and Go On (Silveri) and Better With You (Goldberg-Meehan). Mandel is a frequent collaborator with Seinfeld co-creator Larry David, working as an exec producer on his HBO...
- 10/5/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Gary David Goldberg, the Emmy-winning creator of Family Ties and Spin City, died yesterday in Montecito, Calif. He was 68. Goldberg was an experienced TV writer of 1970s programs like Lou Grant, The Tony Randall Show, and The Bob Newhart Show when he built Family Ties in 1982 for NBC, basing the idealistic hippie parents played by Michael Gross and Meredith Baxter on himself and his wife, Dr. Diana Meehan. The show became an essential part of the network’s Thursday-night lineup — pairing with The Cosby Show for a time as TV’s two biggest shows — and made Michael J. Fox a huge star.
- 6/24/2013
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW - Inside TV
Gary David Goldberg, the Emmy-winning creator of Family Ties, died Sunday after a long battle with brain cancer. He was 68.
Goldberg, who passed away two days shy of his 69th birthday at his home in Montecito, CA, launched Family Ties on NBC in 1982. The comedy made a star of Michael J. Fox and served as a staple of the Peacock’s Thursday lineup for nearly a decade.
He later reunited with Fox on ABC’s Spin City (which he co-created with Bill Lawrence). He also created the acclaimed semi-autobiographical half-hour dramedy Brooklyn Bridge, which ran for two seasons on CBS.
Goldberg, who passed away two days shy of his 69th birthday at his home in Montecito, CA, launched Family Ties on NBC in 1982. The comedy made a star of Michael J. Fox and served as a staple of the Peacock’s Thursday lineup for nearly a decade.
He later reunited with Fox on ABC’s Spin City (which he co-created with Bill Lawrence). He also created the acclaimed semi-autobiographical half-hour dramedy Brooklyn Bridge, which ran for two seasons on CBS.
- 6/24/2013
- by Michael Ausiello
- TVLine.com
Gary David Goldberg, the Emmy-winning creator of "Family Ties," died on June 23 of brain cancer, Variety reported. He was 68.
Born in Brooklyn, Goldberg was raised in a home with a close, extended family that was headed by a strong matriarch, his grandmother. He was a huge sports fan and a wanderer who had a bit of trouble figuring out what he wanted to be when he grew up.
Goldberg's collegiate career, which he described as "prolonged and checkered," involved attending numerous schools, including Brandeis University and San Diego State University. He only decided to become a scriptwriter at the urging of one of his professors.
Goldberg was working as a waiter at the Village Gate club in Greenwich Village in 1969 when he met his wife and the love his life, Dr. Diana Meehan. They were a couple of hippies -- a product of their time -- and spent the early...
Born in Brooklyn, Goldberg was raised in a home with a close, extended family that was headed by a strong matriarch, his grandmother. He was a huge sports fan and a wanderer who had a bit of trouble figuring out what he wanted to be when he grew up.
Goldberg's collegiate career, which he described as "prolonged and checkered," involved attending numerous schools, including Brandeis University and San Diego State University. He only decided to become a scriptwriter at the urging of one of his professors.
Goldberg was working as a waiter at the Village Gate club in Greenwich Village in 1969 when he met his wife and the love his life, Dr. Diana Meehan. They were a couple of hippies -- a product of their time -- and spent the early...
- 6/24/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Gary David Goldberg, an Emmy-winning TV writer and producer who created "Family Ties" and other series, has died.
Goldberg died Sunday (June 23) at his home in Montecito, Calif., near Santa Barbara, after fighting brain cancer. He would have turned 69 years old on Tuesday.
Goldberg began his TV writing career in the mid-1970s with scripts for "The Bob Newhart Show," "Alice" and "Phyllis." He won his first Emmy in 1979 as a producer of "Lou Grant," which took home the award for best drama series that year.
Three years later, "Family Ties" -- based in part on his own life and in part on those of friends -- premiered on NBC and made a star of Michael J. Fox. After moving behind "The Cosby Show" in 1984-85, it ranked in the Top 5 of the ratings for three straight seasons, peaking at better than 28 million viewers in Season 5. Goldberg won a writing...
Goldberg died Sunday (June 23) at his home in Montecito, Calif., near Santa Barbara, after fighting brain cancer. He would have turned 69 years old on Tuesday.
Goldberg began his TV writing career in the mid-1970s with scripts for "The Bob Newhart Show," "Alice" and "Phyllis." He won his first Emmy in 1979 as a producer of "Lou Grant," which took home the award for best drama series that year.
Three years later, "Family Ties" -- based in part on his own life and in part on those of friends -- premiered on NBC and made a star of Michael J. Fox. After moving behind "The Cosby Show" in 1984-85, it ranked in the Top 5 of the ratings for three straight seasons, peaking at better than 28 million viewers in Season 5. Goldberg won a writing...
- 6/24/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Better With You star JoAnna Garcia has been tapped as the female lead opposite Justin Kirk in NBC’s new fall comedy series Animal Practice. The office comedy stars Kirk as George, a House-like veterinarian, who loves animals but usually hates their owners (especially the new woman who runs the clinic). Garcia will play that woman, George’s intelligent and beautiful old girlfriend, now engaged to another, who is assigned to run the animal hospital. Garcia replaces Amy Huberman who played the role in the pilot. Co-starring on the series, created by Brian Gatewood and Alessandro Tanaka, are Tyler Labine and Bobby Lee. Related: ‘Animal Practice’ To Recast Female Lead Garcia took a winding road to the fall schedule this season. She was originally attached to a multi-camera family comedy project written by Better With You creator Shana Goldberg-Meehan, which sparked a bidding war before landing at ABC with a...
- 5/25/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Veteran Judd Hirsch is set to co-star opposite Ben Falcone in CBS’ untitled multi-camera comedy written by Falcone and fellow actor Larry Dorf and co-executive produced by Falcone’s wife, Mike & Molly star Melissa McCarthy. The project centers around David (Falcone), a single 37-year-old who loses everything he has in the real estate collapse and finds himself back home in the house he grew up in … with his parents. Hirsch will play David’s dad. Additionally, former Friends co-showrunner Shana Goldberg-Meehan has been tapped to lend a hand on the pilot as an executive producer. Pan Am co-star Karine Vanasse is set to co-star in a new ABC drama project. The Quebec-born actress has been cast in the drama pilot Scruples. Executive produced by Tony Krantz and Natalie Portman, the project is based on the novel by Judith Krantz and centers on rich and powerful clothing designer Billy Winthrop in a world of sex,...
- 3/2/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Exclusive: Better With You star JoAnna Garcia Swisher is set as the female lead in CBS’ untitled Greg Malins/Greg Berlanti comedy pilot, reuniting with Better With You executive producer/co-showrunner Malins. The multi-camera project, from Warner Bros. TV and studio-based Berlanti Prods., centers on Nick who has a health scare and realizes that Wendy (Garcia Swisher), his best friend and business partner of 15 years, is ‘the one’. Now he has to figure out how to break it to her. Malins and Berlanti wrote the script and executive produce. This marks the third consecutive Wbtv pilot for Garcia Swisher following Privileged and Better With You, both of which went to series. She also did an arc on the studio’s CW drama Gossip Girl. It also marks the latest multi-camera comedy for Garcia who started off on the WB’s Reba. Earlier this season, Garcia was attached to a Warner Bros.
- 2/4/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
ABC is developing a new comedy for JoAnna Garcia. The potential show would star Garcia as a woman who moves in with her husband's family, Deadline reports. The project, which was picked up by ABC after a bidding war involving NBC and CBS, is being written by Shana Goldberg-Meehan. Goldberg-Meehan and Garcia previously collaborated on the ABC comedy Better With You, which was cancelled in May after one season. Goldberg-Meehan (more)...
- 10/6/2011
- by By Catriona Wightman
- Digital Spy
Molly Sims is Hamptons-bound.
TVLine has learned exclusively that Royal Pains has tapped the Las Vegas beauty to guest star in the Season 3 finale this winter. The Project Accessory host will play Grace Hay Adams, a supermodel-turned-magazine editor who successfully turned her life around after a tragic accident.
Also appearing in the episode is Tsai Chin, who Grey’s Anatomy fans may remember as the mother of Cristina (Sandra Oh). Chin will play Mrs. Sesumi, the grandmother to three rambunctious teens.
Royal Pains‘ third season resumes in January.
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• JoAnna Garcia is...
TVLine has learned exclusively that Royal Pains has tapped the Las Vegas beauty to guest star in the Season 3 finale this winter. The Project Accessory host will play Grace Hay Adams, a supermodel-turned-magazine editor who successfully turned her life around after a tragic accident.
Also appearing in the episode is Tsai Chin, who Grey’s Anatomy fans may remember as the mother of Cristina (Sandra Oh). Chin will play Mrs. Sesumi, the grandmother to three rambunctious teens.
Royal Pains‘ third season resumes in January.
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- 10/5/2011
- by Megan Masters
- TVLine.com
Shana Goldberg-Meehan and JoAnna Garcia are returning to ABC. In a very competitive situation, the network has landed a comedy from Better With You creator/executive producer Goldberg-Meehan that is toplined by Garcia, that series’ star. The multi-camera project, about a woman (Garcia) who moves in with her husband’s family, has received a pilot production commitment. The pitch hit the marketplace yesterday and sparked a bidding war after landing offers from ABC, NBC and CBS. Warner Bros TV, where Goldberg-Meehan has been based since her days on Friends, is producing. Goldberg-Meehan most recently created and executive produced the multi-camera ABC comedy series Better With You, starring Garcia and Jennifer Finnigan, which ran for one season. This marks the fourth consecutive series project at Warner Bros TV for Garcia following Privileged, Better With You and Gossip Girl, on which she did an arc. Goldberg-Meehan and Garcia are with Wme.
- 10/4/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Exclusive: In what could be one of the last big bidding wars this pitch season, I hear that 3 networks — ABC, NBC and CBS — are after a multi-camera comedy from Better With You creator/executive producer Shana Goldberg-Meehan, which is toplined by the series’ star JoAnna Garcia. The project, about a woman (Garcia) who moves in with her husband’s family, was formally pitched to the networks today, landing offers right away, but there had been buzz about it for the past couple of weeks. Warner Bros. TV, where Goldberg-Meehan has been based since her days on Friends, is producing. Goldberg-Meehan has history at both ABC and NBC. Her family comedy Better With You starring Garcia and Jennifer Finnigan had a seasonlong run on ABC, where Goldberg-Meehan also has done a couple of pilots. And at NBC, she spent 7 seasons on Friends, rising to executive producer/co-showrunner, and co-created spinoff Joey.
- 10/4/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
ABC's "Dancing With the Stars" boosted a special Monday-night airing of romantic sitcom "Better With You" in a major way, according to overnight ratings data. Moved to Monday at 9:30 p.m. from its usual Wednesday 8:30 time period, where it follows "The Middle," the new comedy series from former "Friends" producer Shana Goldberg-Meehan scored a 2.6 rating/6 share in the 18-49 demo, a 63 percent bump from its performance last week. "Dancing With the Stars" at 8 p.m. was marked by Karina Smirnoff's unfortunate tumble, but there were no such trip-ups where...
- 4/26/2011
- The Wrap
Former Friends executive producer Adam Chase has joined CBS' comedy pilot How To Be A Gentleman, written by and starring It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia's David Hornsby. Chase will serve as executive producer/co-showrunner on the pilot alongside Hornsby. If the pilot goes to series, for Chase it would be in second position to ABC's freshman comedy Better with You, on which Chase serves as a co-executive producer. Loosely based on John Bridges' book How To Be a Gentleman: A Contemporary Guide to Common Courtesy, the CBS TV Studios-produced show revolves around a magazine that has changed ownership and centers on Alan (Hornsby) who writes a column on how to be a gentleman - in all aspects of life. Also executive producing the pilot with Hornsby and Chase are Ted Schachter and Mrc. On Better with You, Chase, repped by Wme and Mosaic, reunited with fellow Friends exec...
- 3/2/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
ABC’s Better With You (Wednesdays at 8:30/7:30c) segues into “Better With a Yankee” when series lead JoAnna Garcia‘s real-life husband, Bronx Bomber outfielder Nick Swisher, guest-stars in two episodes.
The freshman sitcom’s executive producers, Shana Goldberg-Meehan and Greg Malins, “have a special and unique relationship with Nick,” Garcia says in the video below, “and they were really excited about having him come do this.” A regular visitor to the Bwu set, Swisher in turn was thrilled to oblige.
“[JoAnna] supports me when I work, and I want to make sure I’m here for her,” he says.
The freshman sitcom’s executive producers, Shana Goldberg-Meehan and Greg Malins, “have a special and unique relationship with Nick,” Garcia says in the video below, “and they were really excited about having him come do this.” A regular visitor to the Bwu set, Swisher in turn was thrilled to oblige.
“[JoAnna] supports me when I work, and I want to make sure I’m here for her,” he says.
- 2/13/2011
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
Television fans, it's time that we face the facts. It's a sad, sad truth, but one of television's most beloved traditions is on the endangered list.
Yes, we're talking about the TV theme song. What is the world coming to when we can't come home from a long day, settle in in front of the TV, and sing along to the opening credits of our favorite show? Heck, even "Glee" doesn't have a theme song. It's a travesty.
Don't lose hope, comrades. We've still got gems like ABC Wednesday's "Better With You" to bring some musical joy to an otherwise dreary landscape full of block-lettered title cards and that creepy dun-dun! gong from "Law & Order."
Having a theme song was important to creator and executive producer Shana Goldberg-Meehan. "I know that theme songs and main titles aren't in vogue anymore, probably because shows have gotten shorter and shorter and the...
Yes, we're talking about the TV theme song. What is the world coming to when we can't come home from a long day, settle in in front of the TV, and sing along to the opening credits of our favorite show? Heck, even "Glee" doesn't have a theme song. It's a travesty.
Don't lose hope, comrades. We've still got gems like ABC Wednesday's "Better With You" to bring some musical joy to an otherwise dreary landscape full of block-lettered title cards and that creepy dun-dun! gong from "Law & Order."
Having a theme song was important to creator and executive producer Shana Goldberg-Meehan. "I know that theme songs and main titles aren't in vogue anymore, probably because shows have gotten shorter and shorter and the...
- 11/17/2010
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Better With You (just so as not to confuse, you may have heard it referred to as Better Together at one point) is a sitcom that follows three couples, all of the same family. We are, in some sense, mostly focused on sisters Maddie and Mia, and their respective better halfs, but the parental units are on board as well, and the comedic spin comes by way of our differing world views. So far, we are not quite re-inventing the wheel.
Maddie (Jennifer Finnigan) is a lawyer, who is not married to nine-year partner Ben (Josh Cooke). The career-oriented, fairly uptight couple, are decidedly serious about everything, and Maddie is rather proud of the fact that she has taken her worldview from her parents. There is no question about this couple’s commitment to each other, but their stuffy demeanor opens the door for much mockery, and their over-analysis of...
Maddie (Jennifer Finnigan) is a lawyer, who is not married to nine-year partner Ben (Josh Cooke). The career-oriented, fairly uptight couple, are decidedly serious about everything, and Maddie is rather proud of the fact that she has taken her worldview from her parents. There is no question about this couple’s commitment to each other, but their stuffy demeanor opens the door for much mockery, and their over-analysis of...
- 9/22/2010
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
Chicago – The programming executive that thought “Better With You” would fit well between the reasonably-good “The Middle” and the spectacular “Modern Family” clearly has no idea how television comedy has changed in the last few years. To call “Better With You” — with its laugh track, cheesy music, and horrible punchlines — old-fashioned is an insult to nostalgic comedies. It’s just bad.
Television Rating: 1.0/5.0
The paper-thin concept of “Better With You” is that the show tracks three different couples at different stages of their relationship — a tired premise before a frame was even shot. There’s the newly-dating, the not-so-newly-dating and the older couple. The idea is that each pair will provide their own punchlines just by virtue of their situations. Cue the lazy writing.
From a “Friends” producer (Shana Goldberg-Meehan) desperately trying to recreate the spark of that show, “Better With You” stars JoAnna Garcia and Jake Lacy as the new couple,...
Television Rating: 1.0/5.0
The paper-thin concept of “Better With You” is that the show tracks three different couples at different stages of their relationship — a tired premise before a frame was even shot. There’s the newly-dating, the not-so-newly-dating and the older couple. The idea is that each pair will provide their own punchlines just by virtue of their situations. Cue the lazy writing.
From a “Friends” producer (Shana Goldberg-Meehan) desperately trying to recreate the spark of that show, “Better With You” stars JoAnna Garcia and Jake Lacy as the new couple,...
- 9/22/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Joanna Garcia has revealed that she is excited about working on ABC's new comedy Better With You. The series focuses on a family involving three couples with very different relationships. Garcia, who plays Mia, has now told TV Squad that the show has an "amazing cast". "I think [the show] has the chance of really sticking around for a while," she said. "We have the support of our network, the support of our studio [Warner Bros.] - which is so important - and we have great people. The writers... Shana Goldberg-Meehan (more)...
- 7/15/2010
- by By Catriona Wightman
- Digital Spy
We've watched the pilot episodes of all the new fall shows and made our picks for the best new comedies and dramas.
Better Together (ABC)
Premise: Sisters Maddie (Jennifer Finnigan), a high-strung attorney, and Mia (Privileged's JoAnna Garcia), a free-spirited "inventor," are fundamentally different. Maddie lives with, but has not married, Ben (Josh Cooke), her boyfriend of nine years. "It's a valid life choice," she repeats throughout the pilot. Mia, on the other hand, has just agreed to marry Casey (Jake Lacy), her boyfriend of seven-and-a-half weeks. Kurt Fuller and Debra Jo Rupp play the girls' quirky parents.
Why We Like It: The chemistry among the six leads is fantastic, and the snappy dialogue is very funny. The show was created by Shana Goldberg-Meehan, one of the big brains behind Friends.
But ... Both sisters are...
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Better Together (ABC)
Premise: Sisters Maddie (Jennifer Finnigan), a high-strung attorney, and Mia (Privileged's JoAnna Garcia), a free-spirited "inventor," are fundamentally different. Maddie lives with, but has not married, Ben (Josh Cooke), her boyfriend of nine years. "It's a valid life choice," she repeats throughout the pilot. Mia, on the other hand, has just agreed to marry Casey (Jake Lacy), her boyfriend of seven-and-a-half weeks. Kurt Fuller and Debra Jo Rupp play the girls' quirky parents.
Why We Like It: The chemistry among the six leads is fantastic, and the snappy dialogue is very funny. The show was created by Shana Goldberg-Meehan, one of the big brains behind Friends.
But ... Both sisters are...
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- 7/2/2010
- by Mickey O'Connor
- TVGuide - Breaking News
Greg Malins has signed an overall deal with Warner Bros. TV. The rich two-year pact follows Malins’ recent signing as an executive producer/co-showrunner on the studio’s new comedy series for ABC Better Together. Malins was probably the most sought-after showrunner during the upfronts with six pilots reaching out to him. (Malins himself had a pilot this season, Freshmen at ABC, which didn’t go to series.) He ultimately chose to re-team with fellow former Friends executive producer Shana Goldberg-Meehan, creator/executive producer of Better Together, and the two will be sharing showrunner duties on the show. Malins and Goldberg-Meenah are long-time friends [...]...
- 5/24/2010
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
JoAnna Garcia returns to television as the star of the new ABC series "Better Together", which will be airing this fall on Wednesdays at 8:30 p.m. (see ABC's fall schedule). Below we have two sneak peeks for the show, courtesy of ABC.
Maddie and Ben have been dating for nine years. They know each other inside and out, a relationship marked by contentment and affection, seeing their commitment to one another as a "valid life choice," something they proclaim often — and, often, loudly. Maddie's younger sister, Mia, has been dating Casey for seven weeks. With a shared c'est la vie attitude, Mia and Casey are smitten with each other, and thrilled to explore the oh so many things they don't know about each other yet. But when they announce they are getting married and having a baby, it's news that completely throws Maddie for a loop. Surprisingly, the girls' parents,...
Maddie and Ben have been dating for nine years. They know each other inside and out, a relationship marked by contentment and affection, seeing their commitment to one another as a "valid life choice," something they proclaim often — and, often, loudly. Maddie's younger sister, Mia, has been dating Casey for seven weeks. With a shared c'est la vie attitude, Mia and Casey are smitten with each other, and thrilled to explore the oh so many things they don't know about each other yet. But when they announce they are getting married and having a baby, it's news that completely throws Maddie for a loop. Surprisingly, the girls' parents,...
- 5/19/2010
- by Clarissa
- TVovermind.com
Chicago – ABC continues to look for another “Lost” or “Modern Family” this fall with seven new shows announced today at their 2010 upfronts presentation. The network will see changes on four nights of the week but will bring back the sometimes on-the-bubble “Castle” in its Monday night timeslot while saying goodbye to “FlashForward,’ “Scrubs,” and “Better Off Ted”.
Stephen McPherson, president, ABC Entertainment Group, said this morning via press release, “Our passion for great storytelling is at the core of everything we do. Finding and supporting writers, directors, producers and actors who share that passion is critical to our success. Our shows are the product of these collaborations, and we are thrilled to add 10 new series to our schedule next year.” (Seven will premiere in the fall with three more reserved for midseason.)
ABC returns sixteen programs from the 2009-2010 season including “America’s Funniest Home Videos,” “The Bachelor,” “Brothers & Sisters,...
Stephen McPherson, president, ABC Entertainment Group, said this morning via press release, “Our passion for great storytelling is at the core of everything we do. Finding and supporting writers, directors, producers and actors who share that passion is critical to our success. Our shows are the product of these collaborations, and we are thrilled to add 10 new series to our schedule next year.” (Seven will premiere in the fall with three more reserved for midseason.)
ABC returns sixteen programs from the 2009-2010 season including “America’s Funniest Home Videos,” “The Bachelor,” “Brothers & Sisters,...
- 5/18/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Update 6:10 Pm: All six pilots, comedies Happy Endings, Better Together and Mr. Sunshine and dramas The Whole Truth, Detroit 187 and Generation Y are now confirmed. Update 5:15: Comedies Happy Endings, Better Together (formerly Unt. Shana Goldberg-Meehan) and Mr. Sunshine officially picked up so far. The trio, which had already been meeting with writers, join drama No Ordinary Family, which was picked by ABC yesterday. According to multiple sources, dramas Detroit 187, The Whole Truth and Generation Y also have been picked up but those orders have not been confirmed by the network yet. I also hear the Debra Messing-starring comedy [...]...
- 5/14/2010
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
This pilot development season there are two relationship comedy pilots often confused because of their similar titles -- NBC’s Perfect Couples and ABC’s untitled couples pilot. Both have emerged as top contenders for a series order (Perfect Couples got a pickup today, while the untitled couples pilot is a frontrunner at ABC and is already meeting with writers). Both, as the titles suggest, revolve around couples (3 in Perfect Couples, 2 in the untitled couples project). And there is a real-life couple behind both projects: former Friends executive producers Shana Goldberg-Meehan and Scott Silveri. Goldberg-Meehan wrote the multi-camera untitled couples project, [...]...
- 5/13/2010
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Jaime Pressly is returning to TV comedies.
The "My Name Is Earl" actress has joined CBS' pilot that was previously under the working title "Livin' on a Prayer," according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The comedy by "How I Met Your Mother" team Carter Bays and Craig Thomas, joined by Kourtney Kang and Joe Kelly, stars Kyle Bornheimer as Tommy, who's been dating Gina for a while and is thinking of taking the next step.
Pressly will play a veterinarian who works with Tommy at the zoo.
She won a best supporting actress Emmy for her role as Joy Turner on NBC's now defunct "Earl."
The "Earl" cast has been moving on. Jason Lee is in the TNT cop-Elvis series "Delta Blues," while his screen brother Ethan Suplee will co-star in "Nevermind Nirvana," a Fox comedy pilot.
In other pilot casting news:
Michael Rapaport is toeing "The Line" for ABC. He...
The "My Name Is Earl" actress has joined CBS' pilot that was previously under the working title "Livin' on a Prayer," according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The comedy by "How I Met Your Mother" team Carter Bays and Craig Thomas, joined by Kourtney Kang and Joe Kelly, stars Kyle Bornheimer as Tommy, who's been dating Gina for a while and is thinking of taking the next step.
Pressly will play a veterinarian who works with Tommy at the zoo.
She won a best supporting actress Emmy for her role as Joy Turner on NBC's now defunct "Earl."
The "Earl" cast has been moving on. Jason Lee is in the TNT cop-Elvis series "Delta Blues," while his screen brother Ethan Suplee will co-star in "Nevermind Nirvana," a Fox comedy pilot.
In other pilot casting news:
Michael Rapaport is toeing "The Line" for ABC. He...
- 3/23/2010
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
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