'COUNTRY COMFORT' SITCOM
FROM THE NANNY CREATOR
It is that time of the year when networks are ordering pilots for possible new TV comedies and if you already miss
Fuller House which ends this year,
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| Katharine McPhee will take the female lead |
Netflix has ordered another new wholesome, family multicamera sitcom.
COUNTRY COMFORT will star
Katharine McPhee and
Eddie Cibrian in the ten episode comedy series created, as Netflix reveals, by former
The Nanny executive producer
Caryn Lucas.
Country Comfort
When her career and personal life get derailed, an aspiring young
country singer named Bailey (
Katharine McPhee) takes a job as a nanny
for a rugged cowboy named Beau (
Eddie Cibrian) and his five children
(
Ricardo Hurtado, Jamie Martin Mann, Pyper Braun,
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| Eddie Cibrian will star in Country Comfort |
Shiloh Verrico and
Griffin McIntyre). With a never-give up attitude and loads of Southern
charm, this newbie-nanny is able to navigate the family dynamics and be
the mother figure they’ve been missing. To her surprise, Bailey also
gets the band she’s been missing in this musically talented family who
help get her back on the road to stardom.
Pilots At Other Networks!
CBS has meanwhile, ordered a pilot for
WE THE JURY, multicam sitcom about a group of jurors who are sequestered together until they all agree on a verdict and they can’t even agree on lunch. They've also ordered
Chuck Lorre's
B POSITIVE about a dad trying to find a kidney donor, who forms an unlikely bond with a rough around the edges woman from his past who
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| Jim Jeffereis is getting his own sitcom |
volunteers her own.
ABC has ordered
MY VILLAGE pilot about an empty nester mom who wonders how she ended up alone while her children live their best lives thousands of miles away. She decides her place is with her family and as she reinserts herself into their lives, her kids realize they might actually need her more than they thought.
NBC has given a green light to
JEFFERIES multicam sitcom starring
Jim Jefferies as a fictionalized version of himself – a comedian with a unique and often controversial take on modern life, relationships and co-parenting with his best friend. NBC has also picked up a pilot for
NIGHT SCHOOL about a unique mix of adults at a night school GED prep class who unexpectedly bond over their shared experience and find themselves helping each other both inside and outside of the classroom!