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Based on a character Jason Sudeikis originally created for NBC promos, Ted Lasso the guy evolved into Ted Lasso, the Apple TV+ comedy series. It quickly became a hit, securing 20 Emmy nominations and seven wins in its first season including for Outstanding Comedy Series. The second season premiered in July 2021, and a…

Modern Family, just renewed for Seasons 9 and 10, is reshuffling its senior writing staff. Sitcom veterans Jack Burditt and Bill Wrubel are joining as executive producers. Meanwhile, executive producer Chuck Tatham will be leaving, along with co-executive producer Andy Gordon and consulting producer Christy Stratton…

ABC has given the green light to Dream Team, a single-camera half-hour from top comedy writers Kari Lizer and Bill Wrubel. The project, which had a pilot production commitment, hails from Warner Bros TV, where both Lizer and Wrubel are under deals, and reunites the duo a decade after working together on Will…

In a competitive situation, Talk Nerdy To Me, a multi-camera comedy from 2 Broke Girls writer-producer Morgan Murphy and former Modern Family executive producer Bill Wrubel, has landed at CBS with a pilot production commitment. Jerry Bruckheimer TV, which has been looking to expand into half-hour comedy series, is…

In a very competitive situation, ABC has nabbed Dream Team, a half-hour project from top comedy writers Kari Lizer and Bill Wrubel, reuniting a decade after working together on Will & Grace. The single-camera comedy from Warner Bros TV, where both Lizer and Wrubel are under deals, has received a pilot production…

Veteran multi-camera comedy director James Burrows has been tapped to helm the untitled Suzanne Martin comedy pilot for NBC and Universal TV and Bill Wrubel’s Joe Time for CBS and Warner Bros. TV. The untitled multi-camera Suzanne Martin project, from the Hot In Cleveland team of Martin and Hazy Mills, chronicles how…

Following Minority Report‘s order by Fox, the other series remake of a blockbuster movie this season is getting a pilot green light. CBS has picked up Rush Hour, co-written and executive produced by Bill Lawrence. It was one of three pilot orders at the network, along with Greg Garcia’s single-camera comedy Super Clyde…

EXCLUSIVE: In his first sale since moving to Warner Bros TV with an overall deal at the end of last season, former Modern Family executive producer Bill Wrubel has landed a pilot production commitment at CBS for a multi-camera comedy project. Titled The Good Life, it centers on a family man who struggles with the fact…