The Money Pit is inspired by the 1986 feature starring Tom Hanks and Shelley Long. Amblin Television, the TV division of Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment, which produced the movie with Universal Pictures, is producing with Universal Television. Former The Office writer-producer Justin Spitzer, who is under an overall deal at Uni TV, wrote the adaptation and executive produces with Amblin TV’s Justin Falvey and Darryl Frank. The movie, written by David Giler and directed by Richard Benjamin, starred Hanks and Long as a couple who are tricked into buying a distress-sale mansion that becomes the proverbial “money pit,” requiring an endless string of repairs. The NBC adaptation centers on a newlywed couple that navigates the challenges of modern romance while their house crumbles around them.
Fifth Wheel, from ABC Studios and studio-based The Mark Gordon Co., was written on spec by Heidi Niedermeyer & Elena Crevello, best known for their viral video S**t People In L.A. Say. It an ensemble comedy of a tight-knit group of friends that centers around a young woman who confronts her new reality after her last single friend gets engaged. Gordon and Andrea Shay executive produce, with Niedermeyer and Crevello as supervising producers.
Fifth Wheel, from ABC Studios and studio-based The Mark Gordon Co., was written on spec by Heidi Niedermeyer & Elena Crevello, best known for their viral video S**t People In L.A. Say. It an ensemble comedy of a tight-knit group of friends that centers around a young woman who confronts her new reality after her last single friend gets engaged. Gordon and Andrea Shay executive produce, with Niedermeyer and Crevello as supervising producers.
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