FX has ordered a pilot for an American reboot of the British comedy series “Peep Show.”
The half-hour project hails from writer Stefani Robinson. Per the official series logline, the new version “takes inspiration from the original U.K. series and its unique narrative format. It follows the relationship between a long-suffering assistant and her boss, an emotionally unstable tech entrepreneur.”
Robinson will executive produce the pilot in addition to writing. Dianne McGunigle will also executive produce along with Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain, two of the co-creators of the original series. Hannah Mackay and Ben Farrell of Objective Fiction, which produced the original series, will also executive produce.
“Peep Show” aired from 2003-2015 on Channel 4 in the U.K. for nine seasons. The series was unique in that nearly every shot was from the main characters’ point of view, while the audience is also able to hear their...
The half-hour project hails from writer Stefani Robinson. Per the official series logline, the new version “takes inspiration from the original U.K. series and its unique narrative format. It follows the relationship between a long-suffering assistant and her boss, an emotionally unstable tech entrepreneur.”
Robinson will executive produce the pilot in addition to writing. Dianne McGunigle will also executive produce along with Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain, two of the co-creators of the original series. Hannah Mackay and Ben Farrell of Objective Fiction, which produced the original series, will also executive produce.
“Peep Show” aired from 2003-2015 on Channel 4 in the U.K. for nine seasons. The series was unique in that nearly every shot was from the main characters’ point of view, while the audience is also able to hear their...
- 12/13/2022
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
FX has ordered the comedy pilot “Peep Show” from writer and executive producer Stefani Robinson.
Inspired by the UK sitcom of the same name, additional executive producers include Dianne McGunigle (“Atlanta”), Hannah Mackay and Ben Farrell for Objective Fiction (behind the original series). Jesse Armstrong (“Succession”) and Sam Bain, both of whom co-created the UK format, also serve as EPs.
Produced by FX Productions, the half-hour pilot follows the relationship between a long-suffering assistant and her boss, an emotionally unstable tech entrepreneur.
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The original series, starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb, ran for nine seasons from 2003 through 2015 on Channel 4, becoming the network’s longest on-air sitcom. Regarded as one of the top-rated British programs, the cult classic comedy was also twice nominated for a BAFTA TV Award, including for Best Scripted Comedy.
Shot in point-of-view style,...
Inspired by the UK sitcom of the same name, additional executive producers include Dianne McGunigle (“Atlanta”), Hannah Mackay and Ben Farrell for Objective Fiction (behind the original series). Jesse Armstrong (“Succession”) and Sam Bain, both of whom co-created the UK format, also serve as EPs.
Produced by FX Productions, the half-hour pilot follows the relationship between a long-suffering assistant and her boss, an emotionally unstable tech entrepreneur.
Also Read:
‘Kindred’ Review: FX’s Historical Sci-Fi Adaptation Doesn’t Dig Deep Enough
The original series, starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb, ran for nine seasons from 2003 through 2015 on Channel 4, becoming the network’s longest on-air sitcom. Regarded as one of the top-rated British programs, the cult classic comedy was also twice nominated for a BAFTA TV Award, including for Best Scripted Comedy.
Shot in point-of-view style,...
- 12/13/2022
- by Natalie Oganesyan
- The Wrap
Peep Show, the long-running British comedy starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb, is getting another shot in the U.S.
FX has ordered a pilot for this latest remake attempt written by Atlanta and What We Do In The Shadows exec producer Stefani Robinson.
It marks the latest attempt for the Channel 4 cult classic.
The Disney-owned network had a script in development in 2019 from Portlandia and Superstore writer and co-exec producer Karey Dornetto. Starz attempted a remake in 2016, while Fox took a run at a pilot, starring The Big Bang Theory’s Johnny Galecki, in 2005 and Spike gave it a shot in 2008.
This version, however, doesn’t necessarily attempt to remake the show beat-by-beat and will feature two female leads unlike the original.
The network said the pilot will “take inspiration” from the original with its “unique narrative format” – essentially the show is shot largely from the points of...
FX has ordered a pilot for this latest remake attempt written by Atlanta and What We Do In The Shadows exec producer Stefani Robinson.
It marks the latest attempt for the Channel 4 cult classic.
The Disney-owned network had a script in development in 2019 from Portlandia and Superstore writer and co-exec producer Karey Dornetto. Starz attempted a remake in 2016, while Fox took a run at a pilot, starring The Big Bang Theory’s Johnny Galecki, in 2005 and Spike gave it a shot in 2008.
This version, however, doesn’t necessarily attempt to remake the show beat-by-beat and will feature two female leads unlike the original.
The network said the pilot will “take inspiration” from the original with its “unique narrative format” – essentially the show is shot largely from the points of...
- 12/13/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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FX is trying its hand at a Peep Show update again.
The Disney-backed basic-cable network has handed out a pilot order to an update of the cult favorite U.K. series from Succession creator Jesse Armstrong. Atlanta grad Stefani Robinson will pen the script and exec produce the half-hour comedy that will be produced in-house via her overall deal with FX Productions.
Armstrong, who has an exclusive overall deal with Warner Bros. Discovery-backed HBO, is attached to exec produce but will not be involved with the series given his commitments to Disney’s corporate rival and the premium cable network’s Emmy-winning drama Succession.
The new Peep Show will take inspiration from the U.K. original and its unique narrative format. It will follow the relationship between a long-suffering assistant and her boss, an emotionally unstable tech entrepreneur.
Robinson, whose credits also...
FX is trying its hand at a Peep Show update again.
The Disney-backed basic-cable network has handed out a pilot order to an update of the cult favorite U.K. series from Succession creator Jesse Armstrong. Atlanta grad Stefani Robinson will pen the script and exec produce the half-hour comedy that will be produced in-house via her overall deal with FX Productions.
Armstrong, who has an exclusive overall deal with Warner Bros. Discovery-backed HBO, is attached to exec produce but will not be involved with the series given his commitments to Disney’s corporate rival and the premium cable network’s Emmy-winning drama Succession.
The new Peep Show will take inspiration from the U.K. original and its unique narrative format. It will follow the relationship between a long-suffering assistant and her boss, an emotionally unstable tech entrepreneur.
Robinson, whose credits also...
- 12/13/2022
- by Lesley Goldberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Mindy Kaling is reuniting with “Mindy Project” co-star Ed Weeks for a new comedy, which has sold to ABC, TheWrap has learned. The untitled single-camera comedy follows a lesbian couple, Laurel and Marisa, who move back to conservative Kansas with their teenage son in tow. There, they discover that everything they knew about Midwesterners may be wrong. Weeks and Hannah Mackay co-wrote the Universal TV project and will executive produce alongside Kaling and 3 Arts’ Howard Klein. Also Read: Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling in Talks to Join Oprah Winfrey in 'A Wrinkle in Time' Weeks and Kaling have been co-stars on Kaling’s “The.
- 11/1/2016
- by Linda Ge
- The Wrap
The Mindy Project co-star Ed Weeks has partnered with the comedy series’ creator, executive producer and lead Mindy Kaling for a comedy project, which has landed at ABC with a script commitment plus penalty. Co-written by Weeks and Hannah Mackay (Peep Show), the untitled single-camera comedy centers on liberal lesbian couple Laurel and Marisa who move with their teenage son to Laurel’s conservative hometown in Kansas to find that their assumptions about Middle America…...
- 11/1/2016
- Deadline TV
Flashpoint alumna Tattiawna Jones has landed the female lead opposite Andy Ridings in ABC's untitled Weeks/Mackay comedy pilot. Written by The Mindy Project co-star Ed Weeks & Hannah Mackay and directed by Leslye Headland, the single-camera project centers on lesbian Hilda (Jones) and her best friend Randall (Ridings), a neurotic straight guy, as they navigate their dysfunctional, co-dependent friendship and the world of dating. Jones’s Hilda is an intelligent and…...
- 3/28/2016
- Deadline TV
Leslye Headland, the writer-director whose latest feature film was this summer’s Jason Sudeikis-Alison Brie romantic comedy Sleeping With Other People, is set to make her pilot directing debut. She has closed to helm ABC’s untitled Weeks/Mackay pilot, a lesbian-straight duo comedy from writers Ed Weeks and Hannah Mackay and executive producer Andrew Reich. The ABC Studios-produced pilot centers on an unapologetic lesbian and her best friend, a neurotic straight male, as…...
- 2/13/2016
- Deadline TV
ABC is wrapping the bulk of its pilot pickups today with several more orders, to drama Notorious, based on Mark Geragos, from Josh Berman and The Firm; and four comedies: Shondaland’s Toast, written by Felicity alums and long-time friends Scott Foley and Greg Grunberg; Hail Mary, an adaptation of the Austrian series Braunschlag, from Brian Gallivan and Seth Gordon; a lesbian-straight duo comedy, from writers Ed Weeks & Hannah Mackay and exec producer Andrew Reich; and The…...
- 1/29/2016
- Deadline TV
Realizing that the gay-male-straight-female relationship has been thoroughly plumbed by pop culture, network TV is switching things up. ABC has bought Wing Person, co-written by The Mindy Project's Ed Weeks and Hannah Mackay, a British sitcom producer. The story is like the short-lived sitcom One Big Happy starring Elisha Cuthbert as a lesbian woman carrying her male best friend's baby, only with more same-sex sexy time and less morning sickness. According to Deadline, Wing Person is about a “co-dependent relationship between a lesbian lothario and her cautious, straight male best friend.” So basically the straight man is playing "the straight man." You're welcome, Ed! That one's on us.
- 11/9/2015
- by E. Alex Jung
- Vulture
The Mindy Project co-star Ed Weeks has sold a project as a writer, half-hour comedy Wing Person, which has been set up at ABC. Co-written by Weeks and fellow Brit Hannah Mackay (Peep Show), Wing Person is the story of the co-dependent relationship between a lesbian lothario and her cautious, straight male best friend. Anne Brogan, Val Ames, Melanie Stokes and Siobhan Bachman are executive producing for London-based Kindle Entertainment. Weeks stars as Dr. Jeremy Reed on Th…...
- 11/9/2015
- Deadline TV
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