TV Land Greenlights Melissa McCarthy Project

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TV Land will go ahead with Melissa McCarthy’s comedy series Nobodies, greenlighting a 12-episode freshman season, the network said Thursday.

The series stars Hugh Davidson, Larry Dorf and Rachel Ramras as friends who look to become famous in Hollywood by getting their feature script produced. The three actors along with McCarthy, Ben Falcone and Michael McDonald will serve as executive producers for the series, according to TV Land.

“The initial pitch for Nobodies was really funny, and man, did they ever deliver a pilot that is so honest and bold that it’ll make you laugh and cringe at the same time,” said Keith Cox, Executive Vice President, Development and Original Programming TV Land in a statement.

R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.