NBC Orders ‘Strange Calls’ Comedy Pilot From ‘Cougar Town’ Producer
NBC has given the greenlight to its ninth comedy pilot for the 2015-16 cycle.
“Strange Calls,” from “Cougar Town” exec producer Blake McCormick, follows an affable but unlucky police officer who’s transferred to a rural town and soon realizes, with the help of a strange and elderly night watchman, that the bizarre town may be supernatural.
McCormick will pen the single-cam, 30-minute pilot and also serve as exec producer with “Secrets & Lies'” Aaron Kaplan and Tracey Robertson. Twentieth Century Fox TV, Kapital Entertainment and Hoodlum Entertainment will produce.
“Strange Calls,” which was previously in development at ABC for the 2014-15 season, marks McCormick’s second pilot pickup this cycle. He is also exec producing CBS’ “Rush Hour” with “Cougar Town” co-creator Bill Lawrence. The project also marks Kaplan’s sixth pilot order this season.
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