According to an EXCLUSIVE report from The Hollywood Reporter, it looks like Keenen Ivory Wayans is bringing a new comedy to ABC> Check out the article below:
Keenen Ivory Wayans is taking his brand of comedy to ABC.
Wayans will write and executive produce the project, which is being produced by 20th Century Fox TV and Chernin Entertainment. (There are no plans for Wayans to star.) Peter Chernin and his TV chiefKatherine Pope will serve as executive producers as well. The news comes on the heels of another Chernin sale, Hieroglpyh, an Ancient Egypt-set drama that landed a series order at Fox.
Among the project’s appeals is that it’s multi-generational, offering the potential for broad viewership a la hit Modern Family. What’s more, it has the ability to lure the growing African-American audience that is currently underserved in the broadcast marketplace. Outside of CBS’ The Millersand Crazy Ones, both lifted by juggernaut The Big Bang Theory, the sizable crop of new comedies have struggled to break through this fall.
Wayans, repped by UTA and Jackoway Tyerman, is best known in TV circles as a creator and host of Fox’s In Living Color and as host of his own, brief syndicated talk show. More recently, the comedian has been wracking up credits as a writer, producer and/or director on movies such as Scary Movie, White Chicks and Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood.
