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Two New Comedy Series Land Showrunners

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday May 14, 2012 @ 6:22pm PDTTags: 1600 Penn, Ben and Kate
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20th Century Fox TV is finalizing deals with Everybody Loves Raymond veteran Mike Royce to serve as showrunner on another family comedy, NBC’s midseason single-camera half-hour 1600 Penn, and with Community executive producers Garrett Donovan and Neil Goldman for the same duty on Fox’s fall single-camera comedy Ben and Kate. The gigs stem from Royce and Donovan & Goldman’s overall deals with the studio. Both pilots were written by scribes with no TV series writing experience. 1600 Penn was co-written by actor Josh Gad and former White House speechwriter Jon Lovett, with input from director Jason Winer; Ben & Kate was written by feature writer Dana Fox. Royce recently worked on a single-camera comedy project for 20th TV, the Fox pilot Little Brother.

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NBC First Look Teasers: 2012-13 New Shows

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Sunday May 13, 2012 @ 2:00pm PDTTags: 1600 Penn, Animal Practice, Chicago Fire, Do No Harm, Go On, Guys With Kids, Infamous, NBC, Next Caller, Revolution, Save Me, The New Normal
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NEW COMEDIES & DRAMAS FOR 2012-13 NBC PRIMETIME SCHEDULE
Sitcoms expand to four nights this fall including Tuesday and Friday nights. New dramas from Dick Wolf and JJ Abrams. Here’s your first look:

NBC’s Save Me - Comedy
Produced by Sony Pictures Television and Original Film. Novelist John Scott Shepherd is executive producer/creator along with executive producer/director Scott Winant and executive producers Neal H. Moritz, Vivian Cannon, and Alexa Junge:

NBC’s 1600 Penn - Comedy
Produced by 20th Century Fox. From executive producer/director Jason Winer. The executive producers are Winer (who also directed the pilot), Gad and former White House speechwriter Jon Lovett:


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NBC Pilot ’1600 Penn’ Recasts A Role

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday April 4, 2012 @ 12:30pm PDTTags: 1600 Penn, Martha MacIsaac
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http://www.deadline.com/tag/martha-macisaac/EXCLUSIVE: There is a casting change on the NBC White House family comedy pilot 1600 Penn following the project’s table read yesterday. The role of the President’s eldest daughter Becca is being recast with Martha MacIsaac (Greek). Brittany Snow … Read More »

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Laura Benanti And Jenna Elfman To Star In NBC Comedy Pilots

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday March 14, 2012 @ 8:30am PDTTags: 1600 Penn, Go On, Jenna Elfman, Laura Benanti
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Laura Benanti Go On NBCLaura Benanti (The Playboy Club) has landed the female lead opposite Matthew Perry in NBC’s comedy pilot Go On. The single-camera project, written by Scott Silveri and directed by Todd Holland, centers on Ryan … Read More »

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Aidan Quinn To Co-Star In ‘Elementary’, ‘Descendants’ Amara Miller In ’1600 Penn’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday March 7, 2012 @ 6:00pm PSTTags: 1600 Penn, Aidan Quinn, Amara Miller, Elementary
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Aidan Quinn is set to co-star opposite Jonny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu in CBS’ drama pilot Elementary. The project, written by Robert Doherty, is set in present day and stars Miller as eccentric Brit Sherlock Holmes, a former … Read More »

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Bill Pullman To Play U.S. President In NBC Comedy Pilot ’1600 Penn’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday February 24, 2012 @ 1:00pm PSTTags: 1600 Penn, Bill Pullman
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Brittany Snow Cast In ’1600 Penn’

Bill Pullman will be playing a U.S. President again, this time on the small screen. The Independence Day star has been tapped to play President Dale Gilchrist in the NBC comedy pilot 1600 Penn, … Read More »

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Brittany Snow Cast In ’1600 Penn’; ‘Frontier’ & ‘Next Caller’ Add To Casts

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday February 24, 2012 @ 11:30am PSTTags: 1600 Penn, Brittany Snow
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Brittany Snow has been cast in NBC’s single-camera comedy pilot 1600 Penn, about a dysfunctional first family. Conceived by Jason Winer, Jon Lovett and Josh Gad, the pilot is directed by Winer. Snow, repped by ICM and Brillstein Entertainment, will play Becca, the overachieving and perfectionist eldest daughter of the President who helped raise her siblings. She joins Gad, who is plays Skip, her gregarious and clumsy older brother. 20th TV is producing. Read More »

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NBC To Order Josh Gad-Jason Winer Comedy Pilot With Gad Starring; Actor Also Poised To Topline MGM Feature ‘The Game’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday February 3, 2012 @ 1:53pm PSTTags: 1600 Penn, Jason Winer, Josh Gad, NBC
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EXCLUSIVE: I’ve learned that NBC is about to hand out a late pilot order to 1600 Penn, a White House family comedy from Book Of Mormon star Josh Gad, Modern Family director Jason Winer and former speechwriter to President Barack Obama Jon Lovett. The order comes after Gad, originally only attached as co-writer and executive producer, also has agreed to also star in the project, produced by 20th Century Fox TV where Winer is under an overall deal. Additionally, Gad is in negotiations to play the lead opposite James Franco in Brian Koppelman and David Levien’s feature The Game at MGM produced by the Weitz Brothers. The movie is based by the book by Neil Strauss chronicling his efforts to become a pick-up artist. Gad will play Strauss, a Rolling Stone journalist who is a great writer but is not great at picking up women. He goes undercover and his life changes. Franco plays Strauss’ teacher.

1600 Penn, co-created by Gad, Winer and Lovett, is a dysfunctional family comedy where the out-of-control oldest son (Gad) returns home and becomes not only it’s biggest liability but also the glue holding everyone together. The twist is that this family resides in the White House. NBC nabbed the pitch in October with a put pilot commitment. The project was tracking well and many were surprised when it didn’t end up among the 13 half-hour pilots picked up at NBC. But conversations between the network and 20th TV continued, zeroing on the possibility for Gad to star. After several days of intense negotiations, Gad agreed to do it, clearing the way for a pilot green light. Read More »

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