Freeform has put into development National Parker, a half-hour comedy from Splitting Up Together starJenna Fischer, actress-writer Alexandra Henrikson (Maniac) and Warner Horizon Scripted Television. Written by Henrikson, in National Parker, when social media–obsessed Parker Adams' world comes crashing down after a…

ABC has ordered a second season of its new midseason comedy Splitting Up Together starring Jenna Fischer and Oliver Hudson, from Warner Bros. TV. It is the only freshman ABC comedy to make it to Season 2, with The Mayor and Alex Inc. not expected to return. I hear the order is for 13 episodes. Single-camera Splitting U…

Splitting Up Together star and recently published author Jenna Fischer took to social media to today to describe an event Tuesday night in Indiana at which student protesters interrupted her book-signing and Q&A event. The Office alum said she was alerted by reps of DePauw University in Greencastle that there might be…

In ABC’s new sitcom Splitting Up Together, we see that age-old story of the on-again, off-again couple, but this time they’re already married and divorcing. Taken from an original Danish show, Lena (Jenna Fischer) and Martin (Oliver Hudson) have been married for 12 years, but after a period of dysfunction, they decide…

The uniquely privileged problem of status anxiety is the ill that afflicts Ben Stiller’s Brad in Mike White’s Brad’s Status. In the social media era, aren’t we all just chasing the idyllic lives our friends and family present to the world on a daily basis? But relying on the creatively edited posts of social media to…

Judy Greer and The Office alum Jenna Fischer are set for in the upcoming biopic The 15:17 To Paris, the next project from director Clint Eastwood, which Warner Bros will distribute. The pic, which recounts the 2015 incident where three Americans on a Paris-bound train, thwart an attempted terrorist attack, will also…

Former Numb3rs and Rescue Me star Diane Farr has booked a key series regular role opposite Jenna Fischer in ABC's single-camera comedy pilot Splitting Up Together, from Suburgatory and Selfie creator Emily Kapnek, Ellen DeGeneres' A Very Good Prods. and Warner Bros TV. Written by Kapnek, based on the 2016 Danish…

Nashville alum Oliver Hudson is set as the male lead opposite Jenna Fischer in ABC's single-camera comedy pilot Splitting Up Together, from Suburgatory and Selfie creator Emily Kapnek, Ellen DeGeneres' A Very Good Prods. and Warner Bros TV. Written by Kapnek, based on the 2016 Danish series created by Mette Heeno, and…

The Office alumna Jenna Fischer is set as the female lead in ABC’s single-camera comedy pilot Splitting Up Together, from Suburgatory and Selfie creator Emily Kapnek, Ellen DeGeneres' A Very Good Prods. and Warner Bros TV. Kapnek wrote Splitting Up Together based on the 2016 Danish series created by Mette Heeno. Splitt…

Amazon Studios has come aboard to co-finance Brad’s Status, the dramatic comedy written and directed by Mike White and starring Ben Stiller. Amazon also will distribute the pic theatrically in the U.S. and Canada, according to producer/co-financier Sidney Kimmel Entertainment. Michael Sheen, Luke Wilson and Jenna Fisch…

Jenna Fischer and Greg Germann have been tapped to star in Meteor Shower, the new comedic play by Steve Martin that will reunite him with San Diego’s The Old Globe. That’s the venue where Martin and Edie Brickell debuted their musical Bright Star, which ended up on Broadway and scored five Tony nominations after its…

Matt LeBlanc will have a new leading lady in his return to network comedy series. The Office alumna Jenna Fischer, who played the female lead opposite LeBlanc in the multi-camera project, has exited. The role in the series, titled Man With A Plan, will be recast. Written on spec by Jeff & Jackie Filgos, with James…