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EXCLUSIVE: Colin Jost is branching retired to scripted series. The Saturday Night Live veteran has teamed up pinch writer-producer Alex Barnow (The Goldbergs, Power: Origins) for a drama, which has landed astatine Peacock for development.
Jost is executive producing and attached to prima successful nan untitled series, from Universal Television, a section of Universal Studio Group, wherever Jost and his No Notes Productions person an wide deal.
The task will not impact Jost’s tenure connected SNL wherever he has been for much than 2 decades successful various roles, including co-head writer and astir precocious Weekend Update co-anchor alongside Michael Che since March 2014.
Should nan Peacock bid get picked up and Jost take to proceed connected SNL, he could do both, thing other SNL formed members person done successful nan past, including Kenan Thompson, who juggled nan sketch programme and his eponymous NBC sitcom, Aidy Bryant, who did SNL and Hulu’s Shrill, and Cecily Strong (SNL and Schmigadoon!).
The untitled Larry Levin/Colin Jost task will beryllium written by Barnow based connected Season 1 of nan Audacy podcast Wolves Among Us. By day, Larry Lavin (Jost) was a respected Ivy League dentist and family man – by night, nan East Coast’s astir elusive cocaine kingpin. This bid is inspired by nan shocking and absurd existent communicative of nan suburban dentist who built a supplier empire down nan façade of nan American dream.
Barnow, who serves arsenic showrunner, executive produces pinch Jost and Jeff Grosvenor of No Notes Productions and Rachel Kaplan (La Brea) of Absecon Entertainment. Lavin, Matt Davis and Steve Seidel service arsenic co-executive producers.
While nan bid is designated arsenic drama, it is expected to person comedic elements arsenic some Jost and Barnow travel from drama background.
This would people Jost’s TV acting debut; he has appeared successful specified drama features as Staten Island Summer, which he besides wrote, How To Be Single, Tom & Jerry, Coming 2 America and nan upcoming The Breadwinner, arsenic good arsenic nan comedy-drama Fly Me To nan Moon alongside his character woman Scarlett Johansson.
Jost, who besides hosts Pop Culture Jeopardy!, group to move to Netflix from Prime Video, is repped by CAA and Yorn Levine Barnes.
Barnow, who astir precocious served arsenic a consulting shaper connected nan upcoming Starz play bid Origins, nan latest offshoot successful nan Power universe, was antecedently executive shaper and showrunner connected ABC’s longrunning drama series The Goldbergs. He created and executive produced different ABC comedy, Mr. Sunshine, starring Matthew Perry, and besides worked connected a slew of broadcast sitcoms. Barnow, who co-wrote nan 2019 characteristic Shaft and sewage his commencement successful tv connected Family Guy, is repped by UTA, Amplified Entertainment, and HJTH.
