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ABC’s ‘Apartment 23′ Panel Turns Into ‘B—’ Session: TCA

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday January 10, 2012 @ 12:32pm PSTTags: ABC, Don't Trust The B---- In Apartment 23, Nahnatchka Khan

Diane Haithman is contributing to Deadline’s TCA coverage.

At today’s TCA panel on Don’t Trust The B— In Apartment 23, creator/executive producer Nahnatchka Khan said the show is different from other new “roommate” comedies like CBS’ 2 Broke Girls because one of the roommates is a total bitch. The bitch (Krysten Ritter’s Chloe) is the B— of the title. It’s a word ABC entertainment president Paul Lee said earlier in the day could not be included in the title of a network show, even though it might work for cable. The new series — from American Dad executive producer Khan with David Hemingson and Jeff Morton — is about a sweet girl from the heartland (Dreama Walker’s June) forced by circumstances to bunk in with a wild roommate who doesn’t mind having sex on top of a birthday cake. READ MORE »

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James Van Der Beek To Co-Star In ABC’s ‘Bitch’ Comedy Pilot As Himself

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday February 16, 2011 @ 12:45pm PSTTags: Don't Trust the Bitch in Apt. 23, Funny Or Die Video, Jason Winer, Nahnatchka Khan, TV, TV Deals, Video
Nellie Andreeva

In what would be his first major comedy series gig, Dawson’s Creek alum James Van Der Beek is set to co-star in the ABC/20th TV comedy pilot Don’t Trust the Bitch in Apt. 23. The Nahnatchka Khan/Dave Hemingson project, to be directed by Modern Family‘s Jason Winer, centers on June (Dreama Walker), an  earnest, honest, optimistic girl from the heartland who is forced to move in with Chloe (Krysten Ritter), a sexy, unstable New York City party girl who has the morals of a pirate. Van Der Beek will play Chloe’s best friend James Van Der Beek, a heightened version of himself in the vein of Neil Patrick Harris’ stint in the Harold & Kumar movies and Matt LaBlanc’s starring role on the Showtime comedy Episodes. The role, originally named after and eyed for former ‘N Sync singer Lance Bass, is being completely rewritten for Van Der Beek.

Van Der Beek has always been sought after during pilot season for drama projects. But, following his viral videos for FunnyOrDie.com, for the first time this season, he fielded all comedy offers. On TV, Van Der Beek, repped by Paradigm and Brillstein Entertainment, most recently co-stared on the NBC medical drama Mercy. He also did a memorable guest spot on the CBS comedy How I Met Your Mother as Robin’s ex. Here is one of the Van Der Beek’s FunnyOrDie videos, in which he pokes fun at his character on Dawson’s. Read More »

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PILOT CASTINGS: Two Land Comedy Projects

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday February 16, 2011 @ 8:33am PSTTags: Don't Trust the Bitch in Apt. 23, I Hate That I Love You, Jhoni Marchinko, Nahnatchka Khan, TV, TV Deals, TV Pilot Casting, TV Pilots
Nellie Andreeva

True Blood alumna Anna Camp has become the first actress cast in the NBC comedy pilot I Hate That I Love You, landing one of the four leads in the single-camera project from writer-exec producer Jhoni Marchinko and 20th TV. … Read More »

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Krysten Ritter Set For Title Role In ABC’ ‘Don’t Trust The Bitch’ Comedy Pilot

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday February 4, 2011 @ 5:06pm PSTTags: Don't Trust the Bitch in Apt. 23, Dreama Walker, Jason Winer, Krysten Ritter, Nahnatchka Khan, TV, TV Deals
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: Krysten Ritter, who has been among the most sought-after actresses this pilot season with multiple offers, will play the lead in ABC’s single-camera comedy pilot Don’t Trust the Bitch in Apt. 23 (working title), which is directed … Read More »

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PILOT CASTINGS: Dreama Walker To Star In ABC’s ‘Bitch,’ Trio Join TV Land’s ‘Divorced’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday January 28, 2011 @ 10:50pm PSTTags: ABC Dreama Walker, Don't Trust the Bitch in Apt. 23, Dreama Walker, Happily Divorced, Nahnatchka Khan, TV, TV Deals, TV Pilot Casting
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: Dreama Walker, who is recurring on the CBS drama The Good Wife, is set to star in ABC’s single-camera comedy pilot Don’t Trust the Bitch in Apt. 23 (working title), which is directed by Jason Winer. The 20th TV-produced … Read More »

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ABC Orders Dave Hemingson/Nahnatchka Khan Comedy Pilot; Jason Winer To Direct

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday January 10, 2011 @ 8:20pm PSTTags: ABC, ABC Pilots, Don't Trust the Bitch in Apt. 23, Jason Winer, Nahnatchka Khan, TV, TV Deals
Nellie Andreeva

UPDATED: On the heels of ABC renewing its flagship comedy series Modern Family for a third season, the network is finalizing a deal to pick up a  single-camera comedy pilot directed by the Modern Family pilot director Jason Winer. The … Read More »

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ABC Wins War For Blog-Based Comedy ‘Dealbreaker’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday November 1, 2010 @ 6:06pm PDTTags: 20th Century TV, Connected, Nahnatchka Khan, TV, TV Deals
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: American Dad executive producer Nahnatchka Khan is emerging as the comedy star of this buying season with a second half-hour project that sparked heated bidding. A month after Fox won the bidding war for her single-camera family comedy Connected, ABC just landed Khan’s relationship comedy Dealbreaker in a similarly competitive situation. Both projects are produced by 20th TV where Khan is under an overall deal. Khan will co-write Dealbreaker, which landed a premium script commitment with penalty from ABC, with American Dad writer Laura McCreary. It is based on the blog by comics Dave Horwitz and Marisa Pinson and their recent book of the same name. The blog and the book are described as a “hilarious reference guide to the qualities that, when discovered, transform the ‘date you hope to go home with’ into the ‘date you pray never calls again’” and as a catalogue of characteristics that serve as early warning signs of possible relationship discontent. Ted Field and Mike Weber of Radar Pictures, which had optioned the rights to the book, will serve as executive producers on the TV project. Read More »

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Fox ‘Connected’ With Family Comedy From ‘American Dad’ Producer Nahnatchka Khan

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday September 30, 2010 @ 2:00pm PDTTags: American Dad!, Connected, Fox, Fox Pilots, Nahnatchka Khan, R.J. Cutler, TV, TV Deals
Nellie Andreeva

After a bidding war, Fox has handed out a put pilot commitment to Connected, a single-camera family comedy from from American Dad! executive producer Nahnatchka Khan and  documentary filmmaker R.J. Cutler. Khan will write and executive produce the project, an … Read More »

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