TBS has added another original comedy series to its slate, picking up "Ground Floor" starring Skylar Astin of "Pitch Perfect."
The upstairs-downstairs romantic comedy also stars Briga Heelan ("Cougar Town") and John C. McGinley ("Scrubs"). Greg Malins ("How I Met Your Mother," "Friends") and Bill Lawrence ("Cougar Town," "Scrubs") created the series and will executive produce it with Jeff Ingold. The 10-episode first season is scheduled to premiere in 2014.
Astin plays a young banker who discovers the woman he just had a one-night stand with (Heelan) is part of the maintenance crew in the building where he works. The two try to continue their budding relationship while working around their skeptical colleagues.
McGinley plays Astin's boss. The "Ground Floor" cast also includes Astin's "Pitch Perfect" co-star Alexis Knapp, Rory Scovel, James Earl ("Glee") and Rene Gube.
"Ground Floor" is the third new comedy from Lawrence's company, Doozer, to get the green light for next season.
The upstairs-downstairs romantic comedy also stars Briga Heelan ("Cougar Town") and John C. McGinley ("Scrubs"). Greg Malins ("How I Met Your Mother," "Friends") and Bill Lawrence ("Cougar Town," "Scrubs") created the series and will executive produce it with Jeff Ingold. The 10-episode first season is scheduled to premiere in 2014.
Astin plays a young banker who discovers the woman he just had a one-night stand with (Heelan) is part of the maintenance crew in the building where he works. The two try to continue their budding relationship while working around their skeptical colleagues.
McGinley plays Astin's boss. The "Ground Floor" cast also includes Astin's "Pitch Perfect" co-star Alexis Knapp, Rory Scovel, James Earl ("Glee") and Rene Gube.
"Ground Floor" is the third new comedy from Lawrence's company, Doozer, to get the green light for next season.
- 5/10/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Bill Lawrence‘s best week ever continues: TBS has given a series order to the Cougar Town co-creator’s new workplace comedy Ground Floor.
From Lawrence and Friends Ep Greg Malins, Ground Floor is a multi-camera sitcom that centers on Brody, a 25-year-old alpha male (played by Pitch Perfect‘s Skylar Astin) who, upon meeting his company’s support staff, realizes he’s not nearly as happy as he thought he was.
Cougar alumna Briga Heelan and Scrubs vet John C. McGinley co-star as the building’s maintenance manager romancing Brody and his cranky boss, respectively.
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From Lawrence and Friends Ep Greg Malins, Ground Floor is a multi-camera sitcom that centers on Brody, a 25-year-old alpha male (played by Pitch Perfect‘s Skylar Astin) who, upon meeting his company’s support staff, realizes he’s not nearly as happy as he thought he was.
Cougar alumna Briga Heelan and Scrubs vet John C. McGinley co-star as the building’s maintenance manager romancing Brody and his cranky boss, respectively.
Related | Fall TV Preview:...
- 5/10/2013
- by Megan Masters
- TVLine.com
Exclusive: The week keeps getting better for Bill Lawrence. After getting a series pickup at Fox for Surviving Jack on Wednesday and at NBC for Undateable earlier this morning, he also just received a series order for comedy pilot Ground Floor at TBS, which recently renewed his Cougar Town. Ground Floor, which the Scrubs and Cougar Town creator wrote with former Friends and How I Met Your Mother executive producer Greg Malins, is a workplace comedy with a romantic twist that stars Skylar Astin (Pitch Perfect), Briga Heelan (Cougar Town) and John C. McGinley (Scrubs). Ground Floor, which has received a 10-episode order for a 2014 launch, is being produced by Lawrence’s Doozer in association with Warner Horizon TV, with Lawrence and Jeff Ingold serving as executive producers. This marks a second series pickup for Heelan today, who also has a supporting role on Undateable. She is in first position on Ground Floor but,...
- 5/10/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Fred Savage is adding the CBS comedy Jacked Up to his director credits. Photos: Fred Savage's Career in Pictures The former Wonder Years star-turned-prolific director has been tapped to helm the half-hour pilot, which stars Patrick Warburton as a beloved, recently retired baseball player who finds that adjusting to retirement isn't as easy as he thought it would be. Friends’ Greg Malins is set to write and executive produce the Sony Pictures Television and CBS TV Studios entry alongside Ep Doug Robinson and producer Warburton. The multicamera project marks Savage’s second this development season. He also has been hired
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- 2/28/2013
- by Lacey Rose
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
CBS just made what are expected to be the final comedy pilot pickups this season, greenlighting three projects. Two of them are multi-camera – one from Friends alum Greg Malins toplined by Rules Of Engagement star Patrick Warburton, which will likely get Rules fans alarmed; and one from former Scrubs executive producer Tad Quill originally developed three seasons ago. The third order went to a single-camera adaptation of an Israeli format by Smash co-executive producers Julie Rottenberg and Elisa Zuritsky. Overall, CBS has ordered 12 comedy pilots this season – six multi-camera and six single-camera. Malins’ script, titled Jacked Up, clinched the pickup after Warburton recently signed on to play the lead and the project, originally developed by Sony TV, became a co-production with CBS TV Studios. Rules co-producer Happy Madison also has come on board. Warburton’s casting is certain to raise questions about the future of Rules Of Engagement, which has...
- 2/8/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
CBS ordered a trio of comedy pilots late Thursday, including a sitcom starring Rules of Engagement‘s Patrick Warburton.
The Warburton project, titled Jacked Up and written by former Friends exec producer Greg Malins, finds the comedy vet playing a beloved, recently retired baseball player adjusting to retirement.
Related | 2013 Pilot Guide | Get the Scoop on Next Season’s (Possible) Newcomers
CBS has also extended a pilot order to an untitled single-camera comedy from Smash scribes Julie Rottenberg and Elisa Zuritsky about a married mom struggling to balance family, life, and work.
Lastly, the network has Ok’d an untitled multi-cam...
The Warburton project, titled Jacked Up and written by former Friends exec producer Greg Malins, finds the comedy vet playing a beloved, recently retired baseball player adjusting to retirement.
Related | 2013 Pilot Guide | Get the Scoop on Next Season’s (Possible) Newcomers
CBS has also extended a pilot order to an untitled single-camera comedy from Smash scribes Julie Rottenberg and Elisa Zuritsky about a married mom struggling to balance family, life, and work.
Lastly, the network has Ok’d an untitled multi-cam...
- 2/8/2013
- by Michael Ausiello
- TVLine.com
In a competitive situation, ABC has landed Tribes, a single-camera comedy from veteran comedy showrunner Greg Malins, Sony Pictures TV and Jamie Tarses’ studio-based Fanfare. Tribes, which has received a script commitment plus penalty, is based on hit Israeli comedy series Your Family Or Mine? from Keshet, the leading Israeli media company whose Prisoners Of War format was adapted into Showtime’s Emmy-winning drama Homeland. Written by Friends and How I Met Your Mother alum Malins, Tribes centers on Oliver and Kelli who are living proof of the adage “When you marry someone, you don’t just marry them, you marry their whole family.” It is a family comedy with an unusual structure — each episode focuses on a different side of the family: one week featuring the couple dealing with Kelli’s family, the next spent with Oliver’s. Your Family Or Mine?, created by Rubi Duanias, Yaniv Polishuk and produced by Teddy Prods.
- 10/31/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Exclusive: In a competitive situation, veteran comedy showrunner Greg Malins has signed a rich overall deal with Sony Pictures TV. I hear the two-year pact does not call for Malins to join an existing series, focusing instead on development. Former Friends executive producer Malins spent the last two years under an overall deal at Warner Bros TV, the studio that produced Friends. He most recently co-created and executive produced with Greg Berlanti an untitled comedy pilot for CBS which was in serious contention but missed the cut. He also served as a consulting producer on Wbtv’s breakout CBS comedy series 2 Broke Girls. Before that, he was executive producer/co-showrunner on Wbtv’s comedy series Better With You. Before his recent stint at Wbtv, Wme-repped Malins was at 20th Century Fox TV, where he was an executive producer on the studio’s CBS series How I Met Your Mother and,...
- 6/1/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
JoAnna Garcia has landed a role in a CBS comedy pilot. The project, which is currently untitled, focuses on a man who realises that his best friend is the love of his life after having a health scare. Garcia has now signed up for the female lead in the show, Deadline reports. The pilot comes from Friends, How I Met Your Mother and Will & Grace producer Greg Malins and Dawson's Creek, Everwood, Eli Stone and Brothers & Sisters alum Greg Berlanti. Garcia previously worked with Malins on her recent comedy Better With You. Her other (more)...
- 2/6/2012
- by By Catriona Wightman
- Digital Spy
Capping off a busy week, CBS has ordered three more comedies. The top-rated network has ordered a half-hour comedy from Greg Berlanti and Friends’ Greg Malins, Partners, from Will & Grace creators David Kohan and Max Mutchnick and Friend Me, from Alan Kirschenbaum and Ajay Sahgal. With Partners, Kohan and Mutchnick will turn the lens on their lives with a semi-autobiographical comedy about two male best friends -- one gay, one straight, who are both in serious relationships.The pair will write and executive produce the project. The duo previously attempted a similar version of the concept with ABC
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- 1/28/2012
- by Lacey Rose
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: With the network buying season winding down, heavyweights Greg Malins and Greg Berlanti scored a put pilot commitment at CBS for a half-hour project the two will co-write and executive produce. The multi-camera comedy hails from Warner Bros TV, where Malins and Berlanti are based. It centers on notorious womanizer Nick who, after surviving a health scare, realizes that “The One” he has never found is actually his best friend of 15 years, Wendy. Problem is Wendy is engaged to a guy Nick likes, she and Nick own a business together and their attempt at dating back in college was a disaster. It marks the second sale to CBS this season for both Malins and Berlanti. Former Friends and How I Met Your Mother executive producer Malins is co-writing/executive producing with Bill Lawrence a multi-camera workplace comedy that recently landed a pilot production commitment from the Eye network. And...
- 9/23/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
The 2011-12 TV season doesn't start for another couple of weeks, but pilot deals for the following season are already being cut.
The latest one involves two veteran producers -- Bill Lawrence ("Cougar Town," "Scrubs," "Spin City") and Greg Malins ("Better With You," "How I Met Your Mother," "Friends") -- teaming up for a comedy at CBS. The network has committed to producing a pilot, Deadline reports.
As for what CBS will get, we don't know. Malins and Lawrence are saying only that it's a multi-camera workplace comedy. They'll co-write the script and executive produce with Jeff Ingold, the head of Lawrence's production company, Doozer.
It's the first pilot deal for Lawrence since he set up shop at Warner Bros. TV after a long stint at ABC Studios. Malins is also based at WB.
Both have other things to keep them occupied while they're putting the CBS project together: Lawrence...
The latest one involves two veteran producers -- Bill Lawrence ("Cougar Town," "Scrubs," "Spin City") and Greg Malins ("Better With You," "How I Met Your Mother," "Friends") -- teaming up for a comedy at CBS. The network has committed to producing a pilot, Deadline reports.
As for what CBS will get, we don't know. Malins and Lawrence are saying only that it's a multi-camera workplace comedy. They'll co-write the script and executive produce with Jeff Ingold, the head of Lawrence's production company, Doozer.
It's the first pilot deal for Lawrence since he set up shop at Warner Bros. TV after a long stint at ABC Studios. Malins is also based at WB.
Both have other things to keep them occupied while they're putting the CBS project together: Lawrence...
- 9/2/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Exclusive: In its first major comedy buy this season, CBS has handed out a pilot production commitment to a multi-camera comedy from Bill Lawrence and Greg Malins. With its great pedigree, coming from Scrubs and Cougar Town creator Lawrence and former Friends and How I Met Your Mother executive producer Malins, the project became an instant hot commodity when it hit the market but I hear it went straight to CBS, which bought it on the spot. Lawrence and Malins will write together the untitled workplace comedy. (The two are keeping plot details under wraps.) Warner Bros. TV, where Lawrence and Malins are under overall deals, is producing with Lawrence’s Doozer production banner. Malins, Lawrence and Doozer president, former NBC head of comedy Jeff Ingold, are executive producing. Malins is slated to serve as showrunner. (Lawrence is running Cougar Town for one more season.) This marks the first sale...
- 9/1/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
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
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
Ethel Merman insisted "there's no business like show business." Well, I'm about to find out firsthand -- and I'd love you to join me at the start of the journey. I am one of the executive producers of a new sitcom being developed for ABC. It's called Freshmen, and is about three newly-elected members of Congress who end up rooming together. The show was created and written by Greg Malins, who has been an executive producer on Friends, Will and Grace, and How I Met Your Mother. It will star Sarah Chalke from Scrubs. Here's where you come in: we are shooting the pilot episode next Friday, March 12, and I'd love for you Los Angeles HuffPosters to come to the taping. The show is being taped on the 20th Century Fox lot in Century City. To be part of the...
- 3/4/2010
- by Arianna Huffington
- Huffington Post
It’s no secret we love TV. We watch it, talk about it, review it and generally spend a lot of time with it. So, it should come as no surprise we’re very interested in what new shows may potentially be coming to the networks in the near future.
Fortunately, we don’t have to do a lot of work to find out, and you have to do even less, because the guys and gals at EW have gathered together lists of all of the 2010-2011 season pilot orders for ABC, CBS and NBC. Wasn’t that nice of them? Yes, yes it was.
Just between these three networks (we’ll bring you Fox and the others, including cable, later), 31 dramas and 29 comedies are being considered. What shows will make it to the Fall schedule is still anyone’s guess, and we’ll have to wait until May to find out,...
Fortunately, we don’t have to do a lot of work to find out, and you have to do even less, because the guys and gals at EW have gathered together lists of all of the 2010-2011 season pilot orders for ABC, CBS and NBC. Wasn’t that nice of them? Yes, yes it was.
Just between these three networks (we’ll bring you Fox and the others, including cable, later), 31 dramas and 29 comedies are being considered. What shows will make it to the Fall schedule is still anyone’s guess, and we’ll have to wait until May to find out,...
- 2/19/2010
- by Chris Ullrich
- The Flickcast
The good folks over at EW.com have gathered together lists of all of the 2010-2011 season pilot orders for ABC, CBS and NBC. Just between these three networks, 31 dramas and 29 comedies will be given a shot to make the schedule this fall. There is a great mix of shows among the orders: from traditional multi-camera comedies to big-name-producer dramas. Remember, not all of these will be picked up, so you'll have to tune in to the networks' announcements in May to see which of these make the final cut. Take a look below at what each of the networks will be possibly serving up for your viewing pleasure, and let us know in the comments section what tickles your fancy.
Update: The pilots ordered by Fox and The CW have been added to the end of this article.
First up, the American Broadcasting Corporation:
Dramas
187 Detroit (writer Jason Richman...
Update: The pilots ordered by Fox and The CW have been added to the end of this article.
First up, the American Broadcasting Corporation:
Dramas
187 Detroit (writer Jason Richman...
- 2/19/2010
- by Michael Salerno
- TVovermind.com
The jury's still out on the future of some ABC series (we're looking at you, FlashForward and V), but the network is already hard at work on a contingency plan: It's developing 11 new dramas for fall, including fresh projects from uber-producer Jerry Bruckheimer and Grey's Anatomy honcho Shonda Rhimes. And there's good news coming out of the network's laugh department: the success of Wednesday night series Cougar Town, The Middle, and Modern Family has prompted ABC to continue spending big bucks on more comedies -- thus its decision to order 12 half-hour pilots this year. Here are the network's fall pilots,...
- 2/19/2010
- by Lynette Rice
- EW - Inside Movies
Sarah Chalke -- or Becky #2 (and in my opinion, the superior Becky -- will be returning to television next fall with a new sitcom on ABC. Chalke -- who has been in a few episodes of "Scrubs two-point-suck" this season, will star in "Freshmen," which comes from "How I Met Your Mother" exec producers Greg Malins and Arianna Huffington (I had no idea she produced "Himym").
That's the good news. The bad news: The premise, while somewhat original in setting, is more of the same in set-up: Chalke will be playing a freshman Congress woman, who inexplicably will be rooming with two other freshman Congressman. Her character's name is "Jane, a beautiful, smart and funny freshman Congresswoman who was the VP at a multi-billion dollar company when she was just 28, and who won her district with the largest margin of any candidate since 1977. However, when it comes to men, Jane...
That's the good news. The bad news: The premise, while somewhat original in setting, is more of the same in set-up: Chalke will be playing a freshman Congress woman, who inexplicably will be rooming with two other freshman Congressman. Her character's name is "Jane, a beautiful, smart and funny freshman Congresswoman who was the VP at a multi-billion dollar company when she was just 28, and who won her district with the largest margin of any candidate since 1977. However, when it comes to men, Jane...
- 2/4/2010
- by Dustin Rowles
Irony of the week: NBC, which just very publicly parted ways with "Tonight Show" host Conan O'Brien, is back in business with him via his production company.
The network has given the go-ahead to a pilot called "Justice" from former "Alias" and "K-Ville" writer-producer John Eisendrath. It's being produced by O'Brien's company Conaco, which as part of his exit deal from NBC will stay based at NBC Universal through this pilot season, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
"Justice" will center on a former Supreme Court justice who returns to private practice after leaving the bench. Eisendrath will executive produce with O'Brien, Jeff Ross and David Kissinger.
So, uh, no hard feelings?
Other pilot news:
- CBS has given the green light to three comedy pilots, including one from the "How I Met Your Mother" brain trust and one from "Chuck" co-creator Josh Schwartz.
"Livin' on a Prayer" comes from "Himym...
The network has given the go-ahead to a pilot called "Justice" from former "Alias" and "K-Ville" writer-producer John Eisendrath. It's being produced by O'Brien's company Conaco, which as part of his exit deal from NBC will stay based at NBC Universal through this pilot season, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
"Justice" will center on a former Supreme Court justice who returns to private practice after leaving the bench. Eisendrath will executive produce with O'Brien, Jeff Ross and David Kissinger.
So, uh, no hard feelings?
Other pilot news:
- CBS has given the green light to three comedy pilots, including one from the "How I Met Your Mother" brain trust and one from "Chuck" co-creator Josh Schwartz.
"Livin' on a Prayer" comes from "Himym...
- 1/27/2010
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
When I read about Freshmen, I thought, This is so perfectly ridiculous and so perfectly perfect for the inanity that is the American sitcom, it’s shocking that no one has thought of it before. From Variety: Sitcom scribe Greg Malins ("Friends") has partnered with Huffington Post maven Arianna Huffington to develop a sitcom for ABC set in the world of politics. "Freshmen" revolves around a group of three newly elected members of Congress -- two men and one woman -- who wind up sharing an apartment in Washington.
- 9/17/2009
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
ABC has a D.C.-set sitcom in the works from Friends and How I Met Your Mother alum Greg Malins and, er, Arianna Huffington. Freshmen will follow three newbie representatives -- two men and a woman -- who share a house. (And more! I'm guessing.) Malins told Variety that he "always knew wanted to do a show" in DC, and that "once discovered that members of Congress often live together," he knew he was set. He might have "discovered" this one of the nine billion times it's been written about in the New York Times alone, all of which mention its sitcommy potential. But okay. Freshmen is the latest in a string of politically-oriented shows in development: Earlier this summer, Body Politic, The CW's would-be D.C. series, didn't get past the pilot stage, but CBS's House Rules (starring Anna Chlumsky) is still in the works. I feel compelled...
- 9/16/2009
- by Margaret Lyons
- EW.com - PopWatch
You read it right folks, one of most influential women in media and co-founder of the liberal news website The Huffington Post, Arianna Huffington, has an idea for a sitcom, and ABC's buying it! ABC has purchased the rights to a multicamera sitcom idea of Huffington's and they're serious enough about it to bring in Friends and How I Met Your Mother Executive Producer Greg Malins to develop the project.
While most of us wouldn't consider the world of politics to be such a laughing matter, Malins disagrees. The show will be about three new members to the House of Representatives who share an apartment in the D.C. area. Apparently this is a common thing for new members of congress to do, though I wouldn't expect the living arrangements to be co-ed in real life. You see, in the new sitcom the three new members consist of two men and one woman.
While most of us wouldn't consider the world of politics to be such a laughing matter, Malins disagrees. The show will be about three new members to the House of Representatives who share an apartment in the D.C. area. Apparently this is a common thing for new members of congress to do, though I wouldn't expect the living arrangements to be co-ed in real life. You see, in the new sitcom the three new members consist of two men and one woman.
- 9/16/2009
- by Bryan Jones
- TVovermind.com
When I first read the headline about Arianna Huffington getting into the TV comedy business, I had visions of her as Maude or something equally as bizarre.
Fortunately, it was just my skewed sense of humor at work, because Arianna Huffington, the political talking head and co-creator of The Huffington Post, is not starring in a sitcom. ABC has bought Huffington's idea for a multicamera sitcom. And just to make sure it's funny, they've hired executive producer Greg Malins (Friends, How I Met Your Mother) to develop the project.
20th Century Fox TV is producing the show for ABC and, yes, it is about politics. See, there are these three freshman members of the House of Representatives, two men and a woman (but no pizza place). They share an apartment in the D.C. area. "One is swept up in the movement of change... one has been in politics for a long time,...
Fortunately, it was just my skewed sense of humor at work, because Arianna Huffington, the political talking head and co-creator of The Huffington Post, is not starring in a sitcom. ABC has bought Huffington's idea for a multicamera sitcom. And just to make sure it's funny, they've hired executive producer Greg Malins (Friends, How I Met Your Mother) to develop the project.
20th Century Fox TV is producing the show for ABC and, yes, it is about politics. See, there are these three freshman members of the House of Representatives, two men and a woman (but no pizza place). They share an apartment in the D.C. area. "One is swept up in the movement of change... one has been in politics for a long time,...
- 9/16/2009
- by Allison Waldman
- Aol TV.
"How I Met Your Mother" executive producer Greg Malins has teamed with best-selling mystery novelist Harlan Coben for an hourlong series project.
The project, about a larger-than-life former private eye who teaches a college criminology class, was sold at the first place it was pitched, Fox, where it landed a script commitment with a penalty attached.
The untitled series, described as a drama with humor, hails from 20th Century Fox TV, where veteran comedy writer-producer Malins has an overall deal.
Coben, author of 18 novels in the mystery and thriller genres who lives in his native New Jersey, had been thinking about venturing into television. He had an idea to center a crime drama on a character with a frontal-lobe injury that suppresses his inhibitions.
Meanwhile, across the country in Hollywood, Malins was moving from one successful comedy series to another, doing exec producer stints on "Friends," "Will & Grace" and "Mother.
The project, about a larger-than-life former private eye who teaches a college criminology class, was sold at the first place it was pitched, Fox, where it landed a script commitment with a penalty attached.
The untitled series, described as a drama with humor, hails from 20th Century Fox TV, where veteran comedy writer-producer Malins has an overall deal.
Coben, author of 18 novels in the mystery and thriller genres who lives in his native New Jersey, had been thinking about venturing into television. He had an idea to center a crime drama on a character with a frontal-lobe injury that suppresses his inhibitions.
Meanwhile, across the country in Hollywood, Malins was moving from one successful comedy series to another, doing exec producer stints on "Friends," "Will & Grace" and "Mother.
- 7/8/2009
- by By Nellie Andreeva
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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