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The network has given a script-plus-penalty commitment to the project, about the first white family to move into a predominantly black neighborhood in Cleveland.
NBC has given a script commitment to a single-camera comedy from NBA star LeBron James and prolific series creator Bill Lawrence.
The commitment, which has a penalty attached, is for There Goes the Neighborhood, a half-hour single-camera series about the first white family to move into a predominantly black, newly gentrifying neighborhood in Cleveland. (James plays for the Cleveland Cavaliers, which in June won its first-ever NBA championship.)
The project is from James' SpringHill Entertainment and Lawrence's Doozer Productions in association with Warner Bros. TV. Both companies have deals at Warners.
Lawrence and Jeff Ingold will executive produce for Doozer along with James and Maverick Carter for SpringHill. Neil Goldman and Garrett Donovan (Community) and Ron Funches are the writers and also will executive produce.
Earlier this month, SpringHill sold another scripted project to NBC, a scripted drama about a brilliant doctor who specializes in treating the world's greatest sports stars. SpringHill also is producing The Wall, a game show also for NBC that's hosted by Chris Hardwick and will debut later this year. Other credits include Starz's Survivor's Remorse, which was recently renewed for a fourth season.
Doozer, meanwhile, landed a pilot production commitment at NBC for the comedy Spaced Out earlier this month. Other credits include Undateable, Scrubs and Cougar Town.
SpringHill signed a deal with Warner Bros. Entertainment in July 2015 that spans all areas of content creation. Doozer renewed its deal with WBTV in May 2015.
