NBC Teaming Up with Adam Carolla and Don Cheadle

NBC is lining up three projects for development: a half-hour comedy starring Adam Carolla; a comedy from The Simpsons alum Bill Oakley; and a project from Don Cheadle and The Boondocks creator Aaron McGruder.

According to Variety, the Carolla project will feature the comic as a contractor and father whose life is turned upside down when his wife leaves him. Carolla is set to exec produce the multicamera sitcom along with Kevin Hench, as well as Jimmy Kimmel, Daniel Kellison, Gail Berman and Lloyd Braun.

As for the Cheadle/McGruder comedy, the project revolves around mismatched brothers who reunite to open a private security company.

For the Oakley project, the scribe will exec produce along with Dave Bartis and Doug Liman. The comedy centers on the youngest judge in a circuit courthouse.


Sources: Variety

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  1. Rufio

    Carolla's sounds like Gary Unmarried. Cheadle's sounds a bit like that Brothers comedy with Michael Strahan. However, Cheadle is a BRILLIANT actor - i'm sure his project is gonna be awesome.
    Thus far, anything Liman touches is gold, so I'm stoked about that as well.

    2 years agoby @rufioFlag

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