NEW 2019 TV COMEDIES: BEN LAWSON TO LEAD NANA SITCOM WITH KATEY SAGAL AT ABC! NO GOOD NICK NETFLIX SITCOM POSTER WITH MELISSA JOAN HART, SEAN ASTIN

BEN LAWSON TO LEAD 

NANA SITCOM PILOT AT ABC

Australian hunk Lawson is the new Nana lead

Comedy updates for you today, starting with a cast change in one of the upcoming new multi camera sitcom pilots: I've informed you that ABC has ordered NANA hybrid TV comedy pilot and that it will be led by Katey Sagal and Josh Cooke, but now the male lead has been given to Ben Lawson instead Cooke because they decided to change the lead character after the first table reads.

NANA
The pilot for possible new sitcom centres on Alex (Ben Lawson), a fire chief in Indianapolis and an obsessive dad, who after the death of his wife, is forced to invite his brash and bawdy mother-in-law, Nana (Katey Sagal),  into his home to help raise the two grand daughters she barely knows. Sagal recently had a very successful sitcom gig in delightful Superior Donuts next to comedy legend Judd Hirsch.

'NO GOOD NICK' SITCOM

GETS 1ST POSTER WITH MELISSA JOAN HART AND SEAN ASTIN

Netflix has, meanwhile, issued first poster (sadly, no trailer yet) for their new multicam sitcom NO GOOD NICK which got April 15th date for the premiere

No Good Nick starts in a month!

of its 20 episode first season!

Melissa Joan Hart and Sean Astin star as Liz and Ed, a hyper competitive career mom and lovable but dorky “fun dad,” who unwittingly welcome 13 year old Nick — short for Nicole (Siena Agudong) — into their family of four before realizing she is a street smart con artist with a secret agenda: She has infiltrated the family with the intention to get revenge on them for unknowingly ruining her life. But as Nick gets to know the family, she will find compassion for them and will struggle with whether or not she can ultimately go through with the plan. Kalama Epstein and Lauren Lindsey Donzis will play their kids in Netflix' second multicam ever after The Ranch.

2019 SITCOMS: MERRY HAPPY WHATEVER WITH DENNIS QUAID AT NETFLIX, THE UNICORN, OUR HOUSE AT CBS, NANA & UNITED WE FALL AT ABC, UNINSURED AT NBC, GENIUSES, PATTY'S AUTO AT FOX

2019 MULTICAM SITCOM PILOTS

 NETFLIX'S NEW MERRY HAPPY

Dennis Quaid will try his luck in sitcoms

WHATEVER SITCOM

Netflix has ventured into multicam sitcom waters again with MERRY HAPPY WHATEVER a holiday themed comedy with an eight episode order for the first Christmas season (potential new seasons would follow other holidays). Dennis Quaid will play Don Quinn, a strong willed patriarch who must balance the demands of his complicated family with the stress of the Christmas season when his youngest daughter comes home for the holidays with a new boyfriend.

UNICORN IN OUR HOUSE AT CBS
CBS has ordered a pilot for a multicam sitcom from Will & Grace executive producer which would have Latin star Jaime Camil as an outrageously

Jaime Camil will lead an untitled CBS sitcom

wealthy trust fund baby who is cut off by his father, and he and his wife are forced to move into her estranged sister’s Reseda condo! CBS also has a pilot for THE UNICORN which, inspired by a true story, follows a widower who is eager to move on from the most difficult year of his life, only to realize he’s utterly unprepared to raise his two daughters on his own and equally unprepared for the dating world — where, to his shock, he’s suddenly a hot commodity. Their third new multicam sitcom pilot is for OUR HOUSE following a devoted mom and dad who are committed to raising their children with the love and support the mom never got as a kid but discover how difficult that is with her insane parents and siblings back in the picture.

NANA & UNITED WE FALL AT ABC

ABC has ordered a pilot for multicam sitcom NANA which will see Josh Cooke play an obsessive dad, who after the death of his wife, is forced to invite his brash and bawdy mother-in-law Nana (Katey Sagal) into his home

Josh Cooke and Katey Sagal will lead Nana pilot at ABC

to help raise the two granddaughters she barely knows. They also have a pilot for UNITED WE FALL a profoundly realistic, multicultural family sitcom that shows how, when two people with young children and overzealous extended families truly love each other, barely anything is possible.

NBC IS UNINSURED 
NBC has, meanwhile, found stars for their multicam sitcom UNINSURED in which Adam Pally and Abby Elliott will play young parents Dave and

Abby Elliott and Adam Pally will lead Uninsured pilot at NBC

Rebecca, who end up having to take care of Dave’s parents who have mishandled their finances and need help to pay down a sizeable debt.

Maggie Lawson will be the mom of Geniuses

MAGGIE LAWSON AT FOX!

Over at Fox, they've cast Maggie Lawson to lead multicam sitcom pilot GENIUSES as the mom of a blue collar family in South Jersey trying to get by while raising four kids, three of whom just happen to be certified geniuses. Jason Biggs will play the father of the family. Fox has also rounded up cast for another of their new multicamera sitcom pilots hiring Carra Patterson, Sarah Levy, Paola Lázaro and Joanna Adler to all star in PATTY'S AUTO a comedy 

Sarah Levy will be one of Patty's female mechanics!

set in an Pennsylvania-based auto repair shop with only female mechanics. It revolves around Patty (Patterson) and the eclectic women who work for her. Don't forget to check out our previous report on 2019 sitcoms here!