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I’ve learned that NBC’s comedy pilot Fifth Wheel is not going forward, at least for now, after difficulties with casting. With the number of original scripted series on cable and digital platforms exploding, there were major concerns going into this broadcasting season that the depleted talent pool would put extra strain on casting, leading to a number of pilots folding over problems finding the right actors. So far, those concerns have not materialized, with Fifth Wheel the first pilot this season to be pushed. There will not be a noticeable void left as NBC already had ordered the most comedy pilots, 14, as well as two series, Tooken and Mr. Robinson, for next season. Fifth Wheel, from ABC Studios and the Mark Gordon Co., was written on spec by Heidi Niedermeyer & Elena Crevello. It an ensemble comedy of a tight-knit group of friends that centers around a young woman...

Mark Gordon has rolled into a new deal with NBC. NBC has entered a script deal with Gordon (“Criminal Minds,” “Grey’s Anatomy”) for a new comedy, “Fifth Wheel,” which Gordon will will executive produce. Also read: ‘Chronicles of Narnia’ Fourth Film Planned Thanks to Deal With Mark Gordon The project is a 20-something ensemble show about a girl learning to deal with being the only single person in her group of friends. “Shit People Say in La” duo Heidi Niedermeyer and Elena Crevello are writing the project. Also read: Mark Gordon Sells Spinster Comedy to NBC, Procedural to CBS...

NBC has put in development Fifth Wheel, a comedy from ABC Studios and studio-based The Mark Gordon Co. The project was written on spec by Heidi Niedermeyer & Elena Crevello, best known for their viral video S**t People In L.A. Say (you can see it below). It a twentysomething ensemble show about a girl learning to deal with being the only single person in her group of friends. Gordon and Andrea Shay executive produce. Fifth Wheel joins six other sales for the Mark Gordon Co. this season — dramas with writers Aaron Stockard, Tom Donaghy, Dean Georgaris and Kathryn Price & Nichole Millard at ABC, and comedies at ABC and Fox. How To Be A Gentleman creator/star David Hornsby is behind an untitled NBC comedy project from Universal TV and studio-based Gary Sanchez. Written by Hornsby, it takes a look at the world of Nasa in the 1960s. Hornsby is...

Mark Gordon has set up his latest project this development season. The prolific producer (Grey's Anatomy, Ray Donovan) has set up comedy Fifth Wheel at NBC, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. The comedy hails from viral video "Shit People Say in L.A." duo Heidi Niedermeyer and Elena Crevello and is described as a 20-something ensemble show about a girl learning to deal with being the only single person in her group of friends. Niedermeyer and Crevello will pen the script, with Gordon and Andrea Shay exec producing for ABC Studios-based The Mark Gordon Co. Photos: Faces

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