TJ
11-25-2002, 09:05 AM
http://tv.zap2it.com/news/tvnewsdaily.html?29025
LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) - ABC is working with
Janeane Garofalo to develop a comedy set at a TV
newsmagazine show.
Garofalo will star in the pilot and share an executive
producer credit with writer Bill Diamond ("Murphy
Brown"), according to The Hollywood Reporter. ABC
has made a script commitment to the project, which is
housed at Universal Network TV.
The single-camera, New York-based show, tentatively
titled "Slice O'Life," will take place behind the scenes
at a high-brow newsmagazine show, a la "60 Minutes."
Garofalo will play a young producer who's in charge of a
short human-interest segment -- a job looked down on
by the serious news people on the staff.
However, she often ends up doing the job of the show's
executive producer, who's rarely around.
"We've always been fans of [Garofalo's] smart, unique
comedic voice, and we are so glad Bill and Universal
were able to woo her to network television," says
Stephanie Leifer, ABC's senior vice president for
comedy programming.
Garofalo was a regular on "The Larry Sanders Show"
and "The Ben Stiller Show" in the early '90s, but
since then has primarily done movie work. Recent
credits include the indie comedy "Wet Hot American
Summer" and "Big Trouble."
LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) - ABC is working with
Janeane Garofalo to develop a comedy set at a TV
newsmagazine show.
Garofalo will star in the pilot and share an executive
producer credit with writer Bill Diamond ("Murphy
Brown"), according to The Hollywood Reporter. ABC
has made a script commitment to the project, which is
housed at Universal Network TV.
The single-camera, New York-based show, tentatively
titled "Slice O'Life," will take place behind the scenes
at a high-brow newsmagazine show, a la "60 Minutes."
Garofalo will play a young producer who's in charge of a
short human-interest segment -- a job looked down on
by the serious news people on the staff.
However, she often ends up doing the job of the show's
executive producer, who's rarely around.
"We've always been fans of [Garofalo's] smart, unique
comedic voice, and we are so glad Bill and Universal
were able to woo her to network television," says
Stephanie Leifer, ABC's senior vice president for
comedy programming.
Garofalo was a regular on "The Larry Sanders Show"
and "The Ben Stiller Show" in the early '90s, but
since then has primarily done movie work. Recent
credits include the indie comedy "Wet Hot American
Summer" and "Big Trouble."