Tina Fey Returns to NBC With A Present About Ted Danson as Mayor of Los Angeles
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The Good Place could also be ending, however NBC is doing its finest to make up for it.
The community simply gave a collection order to a at the moment untitled collection created by Tina Fey and Robert Carlock, starring The Good Place’s Ted Danson as a rich businessman who’s unexpectedly elected mayor of Los Angeles.
There’s at the moment no timeframe or episode depend for the collection, however NBC is outwardly so assured in it (and actually, who would not be?) that it will get to go straight to collection.
Per NBC, “the collection is a couple of rich businessman who runs for mayor of Los Angeles for all of the fallacious causes. As soon as he wins he has to determine what he stands for, acquire the respect of his employees, and join together with his teenage daughter, all whereas controlling the coyote inhabitants.”
Fey and Carlock created Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt for Netflix and had been government producers on NBC’s Nice Information, after their seven season run with NBC’s 30 Rock, which resulted in 2013.
Danson has been starring because the demon Michael on The Good Place for 3 seasons, and the upcoming season was introduced because the present’s final. Danson is, after all, additionally identified for his starring function on NBC’s Cheers.
“We’re so excited that that is the primary NBC present we get to greenlight straight to collection,” stated George Cheeks and Paul Telegdy, co-chairmen of NBC Leisure in an announcement. “It is with expertise that we all know and love who’ve labored on a number of the most beloved reveals in our community’s historical past. We will not wait.”
Fey and Carlock additionally weighed in.
“We’re thrilled to be again residence at NBC and writing for one of many community’s biggest stars of all time, Mary Steenburgen’s husband, Ted,” they stated.
In line with THR, the present has been within the works for over a 12 months, and was written particularly for Danson. Danson is at the moment in manufacturing on the ultimate season of The Good Place, so we’ll doubtless have to attend a bit to see this mysterious new present, however you higher consider it is already on our should checklist for every time it lastly debuts.
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