Smiths Bring Laughs to the CW, ABC
Comedies about divorcees and challenging marriages
The celebrity couple has set up comedy projects at the CW and ABC, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
At the fledgling CW, the project conceived by Pinkett Smith will center on a group of divorced mothers living in the same apartment complex, told from the point of a view of a security guard. The stories will revolve around the women's romances coupled with the responsiblities of being mothers.
"It's about making lunch and making love," says writer Randi Mayem Singer, the creator of "Jack & Jill." "Single moms are nothing new, but it was the idea to set it in one of these communities that made it cohesive to me. The [apartment] development will be a character in the show in the way that New York City was a character in 'Sex and the City.'"
Both this project and the one at ABC have received script commitments.
Over on ABC, the comedy project centers on the odd-couple pairing of a conservative, upper-class black man married to a liberal, lower-middle-class Jewish woman. Their lives are further complicated by their rambunctious twins and their respective mothers-in-law who move in with them.
"All of Us" co-creator Betsy Borns will write the untitled project.
Smith next stars with his son Jaden in "The Pursuit of Happyness," which opens nationwide on Friday, Dec. 15. Pinkett Smith's 9/11 drama "Reign O'er Me" will hit theaters in spring 2007.
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