The peacock network has picked up three new pilots from big-name talent — one from Mindy Kaling and Charlie Grandy, another from Tina Fey and Robert Carlock, and a final one from Adam Sztykiel and Bill Lawrence.
Robert Carlock
NBC Comedy in the early 2010’s was like The Titanic. Plenty of people were yelling “Iceberg right ahead!” It takes time to turn a boat around, as it took some time for NBC to finally admit that they should be going mainly after broad comedies. Let’s see where the Peacock stands in our preview of NBC Comedy pilots.
A woman is rescued from a doomsday cult and starts life over again in New York City.
After living in a cult for fifteen years, Kimmy decides to reclaim her life and start over in New York City. Armed with just a backpack, light-up sneakers, and a couple of way-past-due library books, she’s ready to take on a world she didn’t even think existed anymore.
A woman is rescued from a doomsday cult and starts life over again in New York City.
Based on the book The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days In Afghanistan And Pakistan by Kim Barker, Fey stars as a journalist who volunteers to be a war correspondent during Operation Enduring Freedom despite a lack of experience in the field.
Logline kept under wraps, but will be based on Henry Hill’s Boston College basketball point-shaving scandal.
The 2015 Gotham Awards, celebrating the year’s best in independent film, were held in New York on Monday. Tom McCarthy’s Spotlight was the night’s big winner, receiving Best Feature, Best Screenplay and a special jury award for Ensemble Cast Performance. See the full list of winners and nominees here.
A round-up of this week’s pilot and series TV casting and sales!
From “30 Rock” executive producers, Tina Fey and Robert Carlock comes this hilarious new comedy series starring Ellie Kemper (“The Office,” “Bridesmaids”) as a woman who is rescued from a doomsday cult and starts life over as a nanny for an Upper East Side socialite (Jane Krakowski from “30 Rock”) in New York City. Armed with just a backpack, light-up sneakers and a couple way-past-due library books, she takes on a world she didn’t think even existed anymore
A round-up of the week’s TV News!
Logline: Follows a reporter’s humorous account during her days in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Logline: A naive single woman looking for love ends up with a husband from Eastern Europe.
Logline: A father-son duo and family battle their cross-town rival in a yearly game of football on Thanksgiving. However, the rivals retain the upper hand every year, and it suddenly falls on the son to change the family legacy.
