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EXCLUSIVE: When typing “toxic moms” into Google search, nan apical suggested query is “toxic moms Ashley Tisdale.” The High School Musical alumna is capitalizing connected that viral relation with Toxic Moms, a drama bid which, successful a competitory situation, has landed astatine Netflix for development.
Tisdale, who is expected to star, has teamed connected nan task pinch Sabrina Jalees (Mating Season, Search Party) and Ali Wong (Always Be My Maybe, Beef).
Written by Jalees, Toxic Moms is a acheronian half-hour drama pursuing a sleep-deprived caller mom who’s drawn into a clique of cool, able mothers. But erstwhile nan group reveals its darker side, nan bid asks: successful nan isolation of motherhood, really acold would you spell to sensation community?
Tisdale, Jalees and Wong executive produce; I perceive Wong whitethorn nonstop if nan drama goes to series.
Based connected an original idea, Toxic Moms is informed by Tisdale’s acquisition arsenic a mom of 2 young children.
She reflected connected aspects of that successful her now-viral effort Breaking Up pinch My Toxic Mom Group, published by The Cut successful January, which launched a frenzied Internet sleuth run to ID nan celebrities successful nan mom group she was referring to.
Toxic Moms is looking to subordinate a drawstring of existent Netflix drama bid centered connected a female lead, including Running Point, Nobody Wants This, The Survival of nan Thickest and North of North.
Tisdale, who collapsed retired connected Disney Channel’s The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and nan High School Musical franchise, went connected to prima connected nan CW’s Hellcats and drama bid Merry Happy Whatever for Netflix and Carol’s Second Act for CBS. She besides executive produced and recurred connected nan Freeform (then-ABC Family) drama bid Young & Hungry and is simply a main sound formed personnel of Disney Channel’s Phineas and Ferb. Tisdale, who besides has multi-camera drama You’re Only Young Twice in improvement astatine CBS, is repped by Gersh and Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole.
Jalees is pinch WME and OPE Partners. Wong is repped by UTA and Hansen Jacobson Teller.
