NBC has given a pilot green light to an untitled single-camera comedy starring and executive produced by Kal Penn (Designated Survivor), writer-producer Matt Murray, The Good Place creator/executive producer Michael Schur and Universal TV. Co-written by Penn and Murray, the comedy, which had a put-pilot commitment…

Kal Penn (Designated Survivor) is set to co-write, executive produce and star in a comedy series project, which has received a put pilot commitment fro NBC. Penn is co-writing the untitled comedy with Matt Murray, with The Good Place creator/executive producer Michael Schur supervising. The project, produced by…

Gerard Baker is out as editor-in-chief of The Wall Street Journal, after a five-year period that saw conflict with the newsroom over its coverage of the Trump administration. Baker will be replaced by Journal veteran Matt Murray, the publication’s executive editor who is well regarded in the newsroom. Murray assumes…

Ryan McPartlin (Chuck) has been cast in a series regular role opposite Reba McEntire in ABC’s Marc Cherry untitled drama pilot, from ABC Studios. The project stars McEntire as Ruby Adair, the sheriff of colorful small-town Oxblood, KY, who finds her red state outlook challenged when a young FBI agent of Middle Eastern…

The Brooklyn Nine-Nine duo of co-creator executive producer Mike Schur and co-executive producer Matt Murray have sold another single-camera workplace comedy to Fox through Universal TV. In a competitive situation, the untitled project has received a put pilot commitment. Written by Murray, who will serve as…