ABC Family Moves Forward on Two New Comedy Pilots

ABC Family Greenlights Two Comedy Pilots

ABC Family’s just given the go-ahead to pilots for the half-hour comedies Kevin from Work and Tough Cookie. The new comedy pilots are both set to start shooting this month and both are single-camera productions. Making the announcement Executive Vice President, Programming and Development Karey Burke said, “Single-camera comedies represent an evolution of our comedy brand, and we look forward to building a successful single-camera comedy franchise to match the success we’re having with multi-cam comedies.”

In addition to announcing the pilot orders, ABC Family released details on both of the new comedies:

Kevin from Work is a half-hour workplace comedy about a young man unluckily in love who professes his love to a co-worker, thinking he’ll never see her again after he accepts a job offer overseas. But then that job offer is rescinded, and now they have to continue to work with each other. Kevin from Work is written, created and executive-produced by Barbie Adler (How I Met Your Mother, My Name Is Earl, Arrested Development). Aaron Kaplan at Kapital Entertainment (Chasing Life, The Mysteries of Laura, The Neighbors, Terra Nova) and McG at Wonderland Sound & Vision (Charlie’s Angels, The O.C., Supernatural, Chuck, Nikita) will serve as Executive Producers. McG will also direct the pilot.

The half-hour comedy Tough Cookie is a fresh take on the friends-and-family convention. It’s centered on a young mother who isn’t ready to parent and her daughter who doesn’t want to be parented. As everyone knows, it takes a village to raise a child, or rather a child to raise a village. Tough Cookie is written and created by Lauren Iungerich (Awkward), who will also serve as executive producer and direct the pilot. David Janollari (Six Feet Under) is also executive producer.


-By Rebecca Murray

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