NBC has given a put pilot commitment to a single-camera comedy from Fresh Off the Boat creator/executive producer Nahnatchka Khan and co-executive producer Kourtney Kang and actor-director Fred Savage. The project hails from 20th Century Fox TV where all three are under overall deals. It also marks the first project sold through Khan’s Fierce Baby production banner which was launched as a full-fledged pod this summer with the hire of Mandy Summers as head of development.
Written by Kang based on her life, the untitled comedy will explore what it’s like to grow up as the only girl in the only mixed race family in the suburbs of Philadelphia, dealing with real-world issues like race and gender while never losing focus of her life goal… to become a Laker Girl like her idol, Paula Abdul.
Kang, Khan and Savage executive produce, with Savage set to direct the potential pilot.
Khan is showrunner of 20th TV’s ABC comedy Fresh Off the Boat and directed the upcoming Season 3 premiere, which which was shot in Taiwan. She is repped by WME.
Written by Kang based on her life, the untitled comedy will explore what it’s like to grow up as the only girl in the only mixed race family in the suburbs of Philadelphia, dealing with real-world issues like race and gender while never losing focus of her life goal… to become a Laker Girl like her idol, Paula Abdul.
Kang, Khan and Savage executive produce, with Savage set to direct the potential pilot.
Khan is showrunner of 20th TV’s ABC comedy Fresh Off the Boat and directed the upcoming Season 3 premiere, which which was shot in Taiwan. She is repped by WME.
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