CBS has given a formal pilot order to multi-camera comedy Carol's Second Act, starring and executive produced by Patricia Heaton in her return to the network after a successful nine-season run on ABC's The Middle. Carol’s Second Act, which had a hefty series commitment, hails from Trophy Wife creators Emily…

EXCLUSIVE: Patricia Heaton has picked her followup series starring vehicle to ABC’s The Middle, signing on to topline and executive produce multi-camera comedy Carol’s Second Act, which has received a series commitment at CBS. The project hails from Trophy Wife creators Emily Halpern and Sarah Haskins, Aaron Kaplan’s K…

ABC has given a pilot order to Losing It, a single-camera family comedy from Growing Up Fisher and Truth Be Told creator DJ Nash and Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment. This marks Kaplan’s sixth broadcast comedy pilot this season. Additionally, the network has greenlighted a multi-camera single-dad comedy written by…

ABC has put in development single-camera comedy Small Town Love, an adaptation of the Swedish series Ack Värmland (international title Small Town Love). Written by Trophy Wife creators Emily Halpern and Sarah Haskins, the show is about a mother and daughter who become pregnant at the same time from their deadbeat…

Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers’ Shondaland has opened its 2015 development season with a comedy sale at ABC. Titled Splitsville, the project is being written by Trophy Wife creators Emily Halpern & Sarah Haskins. In their new comedy, the Trophy Wife duo is continuing with the divorce theme. On Splitsville, in the wake…

Trophy Wife creators Emily Halpern and Sarah Haskins have signed a new two-year overall deal with ABC Studios where they have been based for the past three years. Under the pact, the duo will continue to develop new projects and supervise other writers for the studio. Under their previous pact at ABC Studios, Halpern…

Feature writing duo Emily Halpern and Sarah Haskins have signed a two-year overall deal with ABC Studios to develop series projects. The two wrote the feature script Book Smart, which was optioned by Fox, as well as the Universal script Lunch Lady and New Line's Work Wife. WME-repped Halpern started in TV, writing…