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       2 New Sitcoms Ordered at NBC, Jamie Lee Curtis & Jane Lynch Attached   
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       NBC, alongside the likes of Jamie Lee Curtis and Jane Lynch, is   
       reviving multi-camera sitcoms. Moreover, the network is positioning   
       the projects as part of a larger pilot-season strategy aimed at   
       strengthening its comedy block.   
      
       NBC greenlights pilots for two major sitcoms   
       This pilot season, NBC sitcoms are clearly back in focus. The network   
       has been ordering projects within the classic broadcast pilot window,   
       showing confidence in multi-camera comedies that echo earlier eras of   
       network TV.   
      
       Both newly ordered pilots come from creators who previously worked on   
       Will & Grace. This reinforces NBC's reliance on experienced voices as   
       it looks to strengthen its comedy lineup. The two projects are also   
       believed to be potential companions to Reba McEntire's current NBC   
       multi-camera series Happy's Place, further anchoring the network's   
       commitment to the format (via Deadline).   
      
       One of the pilots is Newlyweds, written by Gail Lerner. The sitcom   
       explores a later-in-life romance between a free-spirited woman and a   
       reserved professor who marries impulsively after a scattered   
       courtship. The project carries a cast-contingent order. It is   
       executive-produced by Jamie Lee Curtis alongside Lerner, Eric   
       Tannenbaum, Kim Tannenbaum, Scott Schwartz, and Lionsgate Television.   
      
       Newlyweds was previously set up at Netflix with Curtis attached to   
       star. However, for the NBC pilot, she remains an executive producer.   
      
       The second pilot, from The New Adventures of Old Christine creator   
       Kari Lizer, stars Katey Sagal and Jane Lynch. The untitled sitcom   
       centers on Ginger and Jill, longtime friends whose opposite   
       personalities have always worked best together. As they reflect on   
       their shared past and uncertain future, the two women confront how   
       deeply intertwined their lives remain. The series is loosely inspired   
       by real-life best friends and therapists Pepper Schwartz and Janet   
       Lever.   
      
       Together, Newlyweds and the untitled Lizer-Sagal-Lynch comedy bring   
       NBC's total pilot orders this season to eight: five dramas and three   
       comedies. All commissioned within the traditional upfronts timeline.   
      
      
      
      
      
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