NBC Picks Up Thank You For Smoking

NBC will produce the TV version of the comedy satire, Thank You for Smoking for Room 9 Entertainment.

Rick Cleveland is set to write and executive produce the show based on the Christopher Buckley novel; Buckley will serve as a consulting producer. Variety reports it's being developed as a single-camera comedy focusing on Nick Naylor, the superstar spin doctor who did PR for big tobacco, picking up where the feature left off, with Naylor running his own firm.

No production schedule for Thank You For Smoking has been set.