NBC has picked up its 12th and 13th comedy projects in contention for the 2014-15 broadcast season.
The network on Thursday handed out a pilot order to Lifesaver, a multicamera comedy from Friends alum Wil Calhoun, and The Pro, starring Rob Lowe, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
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From Universal Television, Calhoun will pen the script and executive produce alongside Peter Traugott and Rachel Kaplan. The comedy asks the question: How you get rid of the most maddening person in the world after he's given you a kidney? It's described as an odd couple comedy in which two polar opposites become inextricably linked.
It marks Traugott's second pilot order this season, joining ABC's untitled Jeff Lowell romantic comedy.
The Pro, meanwhile, is a single-camera comedy from ABC Studios and Universal Television that stars Parks and Recreation's Lowe. It's set in and around a tennis and golf club, and stars Lowe as a former doubles champion who is reunited with his ex-partner after a public feud that left them both floundering in life.
Peter Huyck and Alex Gregory will pen the script and executive produce alongside Lowe, Karey Burke and Marc Gurvitz. Todd Holland will exec produce and direct the pilot.
At NBC, the pickups join a comedy roster that includes A to Z, Bad Judge, Ellen More or Less, Love Is Relative, Marry Me, Mason Twins, Mission Control, Old Soul and series Mr. Robinson and an untitled entry from Tina Fey starring Ellie Kemper.
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