Tuesday, April 13, 2021

Development News - NBC Orders Pilot for Comedy 'Hungry' Starring Demi Lovato'; Katie Lowes to Star in Untitled CBS Comedy Pilot

Development News - April 13, 2021

CBS' Untitled Mark Gross; and NBC's Hungry & Someone Out There.






CBS' UNTITLED MARK GROSS PROJECT
  • Katie Lowes will play the female lead on the comedy pilot starring Pete Holmes and Chi McBride. She previously starred for seven seasons in ABC's Scandal. She next stars in Netflix's upcoming limited series Inventing Anna opposite Julia Garner and Anna Chlumsky.
  • She will play Jen, Tom's (Holmes) warm and caring wife as well as Graham's loving mother. When she's not working at the hair salon, her supportive "family first" approach will ensure things stay the course as Tom pursues his dream.
NBC NEW PILOT ORDERS
  • HUNGRY (Comedy, Single Camera) - Starring Demi Lovato. Written by Hot in Cleveland creator Suzanne Martin. Executive produced by Martin, Lovato, Sean Hayes, Todd Milliner, Scooter Braun, Scott Manson and James Shin. Produced by Universal Television, Hazy Mills Productions and SB Projects. Logline: A group of friends who belong to a food issues group help each other as they look for love, success and the perfect thing in the fridge that's going to make it all better.
  • SOMEONE OUT THERE (Comedy, Single Camera) - Written by Matt Hubbard, Josh Siegal and Dylan Morgan. Executive produced by Hubbard, Siegal, Morgan, Javier Veiga and Emiliano Calemzuk. Produced by Universal Television. Logline: Based on the Spanish format Pequeñas Coincidencias, two set-in-their-ways adults are challenged by very unexpected strangers to become the best versions of themselves in order to find love and possibly each other.