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Netflix’s On My Block might be gearing up to premiere its fourth and final season on October 4, but its universe is expanding with the spinoff series Freeridge. The streamer revealed Monday that the new female-driven YA comedy will follow a new crew of friends from the titular fictional California city where On My Bloc…

Netflix has given a series order to Boo, Bitch, an eight-episode live-action comedy limited series from Erin Ehrlich (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, King of the Hill) and Lauren Iungerich (On My Block, Awkward), with Lana Condor (To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before) set to star and executive produce. Writers Ehrlich and Iungerich…

EXCLUSIVE: Lauren Iungerich, co-creator and executive producer of the Netflix comedy On My Block, has launched her own “purrfectly” named production company Crazy Cat Lady Entertainment. Through the company, she will develop and produce projects for both television and film. Joining Iungerich in this venture is her…

Netflix has entered a multi-year series overall deal with another key creative auspice behind a hit show on the platform. On My Block co-creator/executive producer Lauren Iungerich has signed a multi-year overall deal with the streamer. Under the pact, Iungerich will continue as executive producer and showrunner for On…

Miramax has secured the film rights to I Won’t Be Home For Christmas, a holiday film written by Lauren Iungerich, who is also set to direct the feature as her first directorial outing. Iungerich is best known as the creator behind MTV’s Awkward series, which ran for five seasons, and co-creator of Netflix’s…

Netflix has officially unveiled a ten-episode order to On My Block, a half-hour comedy co-created by Awkward creator Lauren Iungerich and All Eyez On Me writers Eddie Gonzalez & Jeremy Haft. On My Block, which has assembled a young cast of mostly up-and-coming actors, is described as a coming-of-age comedy about four…

NBC has nabbed Big of Me, a half-hour comedy from Awkward creator Lauren Iungerich and producers Will Packer and Eva Longoria. The project hails from Universal TV where Packer’s Will Packer Prods. and Longoria’s UnveliEVAble Entertainment have deals. Created and written by Iungerich, Big of Me centers on two women…

Universal Pictures has staked Eva Longoria and her UnbeliEVAble Entertainment banner to a two-year, first-look deal. Universal president of production Peter Cramer made the pact. First up is Universal’s acquisition of rights to My Daughter's Quinceañera, a pitch from Lauren Iungerich, creator of the MTV series…

ABC Family is making a push into single-camera comedy with two pilot orders, to workplace half-hour Kevin From Work, from Barbie Adler, Aaron Kaplan and McG, which has cast Canadian actor Noah Reid (Backpackers) and Paige Spara as the leads; and to family and friends-themed Tough Cookie, from Awkward creator Lauren Iun…

ICM Partners has signed Lauren Iungerich, creator of MTV’s flagship comedy series Awkward. She was previously at WME. In addition to creating Awkward, Iungerich served as executive producer/showrunner for the series’ first three seasons. She also has had three other comedy projects go to pilot, Dumb Girls and Hot Mess…

A project, which represents a departure for both Awkward creator Lauren Iungerich and producer Jerry Bruckheimer, has landed at ABC with a put pilot commitment. Couch Detective, from Jerry Bruckheimer TV and Warner Bros. TV, is described as an irreverent hourlong comedic mystery. In the tradition of great mysteries…

Awkward creator Lauren Iungerich is back on pilot duty with a pickup at ABC for her comedy Damaged Goods, which had a pilot production commitment. It is one of two pilot orders to single-camera comedies from female creators at ABC this morning, along with the My Fair Lady-esque Selfie, by Suburgatory creator Emily Kapn…