TBS orders pilot from Blue Collar comic

[Brian Damage]

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - TBS has given a pilot script order to a half-hour family comedy starring Bill Engvall, one of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour comedians.

Engvall, who will also co-write the script with veteran TV writer Michael Leeson, portrays the father at the center of the untitled project, which will be the first TBS show to be shot in front of an audience.

Engvall co-starred in "Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Movie" and its sequels as well as the sketch-comedy series "Blue Collar TV." He also appeared on fellow Blue Collar comedian Jeff Foxworthy's comedy series "The Jeff Foxworthy Show." Engvall next appears on the big screen in "Delta Farce."



Leeson, who co-created "The Cosby Show," has a list of credits that includes TV's "Taxi," "Happy Days," "All in the Family" and "Mary Tyler Moore."

Reuters/Hollywood Reporter