2 New Sitcoms Ordered at NBC, Jamie Lee Curtis & Jane Lynch Attached
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NBC, alongside the likes of Jamie Lee Curtis and Jane Lynch, is
reviving multi-camera sitcoms. Moreover, the network is positioning
the projects as part of a larger pilot-season strategy aimed at
strengthening its comedy block.

NBC greenlights pilots for two major sitcoms
This pilot season, NBC sitcoms are clearly back in focus. The network
has been ordering projects within the classic broadcast pilot window,
showing confidence in multi-camera comedies that echo earlier eras of
network TV.

Both newly ordered pilots come from creators who previously worked on
Will & Grace. This reinforces NBC's reliance on experienced voices as
it looks to strengthen its comedy lineup. The two projects are also
believed to be potential companions to Reba McEntire's current NBC
multi-camera series Happy's Place, further anchoring the network's
commitment to the format (via Deadline).

One of the pilots is Newlyweds, written by Gail Lerner. The sitcom
explores a later-in-life romance between a free-spirited woman and a
reserved professor who marries impulsively after a scattered
courtship. The project carries a cast-contingent order. It is
executive-produced by Jamie Lee Curtis alongside Lerner, Eric
Tannenbaum, Kim Tannenbaum, Scott Schwartz, and Lionsgate Television.

Newlyweds was previously set up at Netflix with Curtis attached to
star. However, for the NBC pilot, she remains an executive producer.

The second pilot, from The New Adventures of Old Christine creator
Kari Lizer, stars Katey Sagal and Jane Lynch. The untitled sitcom
centers on Ginger and Jill, longtime friends whose opposite
personalities have always worked best together. As they reflect on
their shared past and uncertain future, the two women confront how
deeply intertwined their lives remain. The series is loosely inspired
by real-life best friends and therapists Pepper Schwartz and Janet
Lever.

Together, Newlyweds and the untitled Lizer-Sagal-Lynch comedy bring
NBC's total pilot orders this season to eight: five dramas and three
comedies. All commissioned within the traditional upfronts timeline.



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