Keenen Ivory Wayans' New Comedy Heads to ABC
Check out why we're having instant coffee: • Keenen Ivory Wayans' new comedy is heading to ABC. The untitled show will follow the "whitest" guy in America as he marries into a very large and close-knit Black family. ABC has ordered a pilot. If it's picked up, it will join the ranks of several new comedies making waves across the small screen. Wayans is set to not only write, but executive produce the show as well. As of now, he will not be starring in it. [Hollywood Reporter] Peter Chernin and his TV chief, Katherine Pope, will serve as executive producers as well. The news comes on the heels of another Chernin sale, Hieroglyph, an ancient Egypt-set drama that landed a series order at Fox. Among the project's appealing elements is that it's multi-generational, offering the potential for broad viewership along the lines of hit Modern Family. What's more, it has the ability to lure the growing African-American aud