CW Dips Toes into Comedy

Zap2It.com | March 9, 2006

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Nick Lachey may star in pilot 'She Said, He Said'

LOS ANGELES -- The comedy rosters at UPN and The WB are not what you would call deep. Yet to this point, The CW -- which will rise from the ashes of the two nets in the fall -- has had only one sitcom project in development.

That show, a "Girlfriends" spinoff titled "The Game," finally has some company. The CW has given the green light to a pilot called "She Said, He Said," with singer-actor Nick Lachey in negotiations to star in it.

Insert Nick-and-Jessica joke here.

Dan Berendsen ("Sabrina, the Teenage Witch," "The Madam's Family") and Heidi Clements are writing "He Said, She Said," which is the first comedy to be ordered by The CW since it came into being ("The Game" was previously in development at UPN). As the title implies, the show will explore how men and women often have different perceptions of the same situation.

Berendsen will also executive produce with Garry Hart, while Clements will be a supervising producer.

Lachey's involvement arises out of a talent deal he signed with The WB last year. He had a recurring part on "Charmed" last season and has also appeared on "Hope & Faith" and The WB's "Twins."

Earlier this development season, he was attached to a WB project about a newly married professional athlete. That project has apparently become a victim of the merger.