NBC sets writers’ room for ‘The Hunting Party’ and ‘Grosse Pointe Garden Society’

Exclusive: NBC launches writers’ room for two-hour project, Grosse Pointe Garden Society, from good girls the creator Jenna Bans And his frequent collaborator, the former good girls executive producer Bill Krebsas well as The Hunting PartyFrom a high concept crime procedural JJ Bailey And The Endgame co-creator Jake Coburn. Universal Television, where Banes, Krebs and Bailey are under overall contract and Coburn has a first-look deal, are both studios.

Grosse Pointe Garden Society, which had a pilot commitment, was one of two sales to NBC this development season for Banes & Krebs through Universal TV. Their other script, kill by book, with good girls‘ Reta attached to the star, raised to the pilot. It was originally a pilot commitment.

NBC has split its slate of dramas into two models, including two pilots, Killing by the book And the wolf and two writers’ rooms for direct-to-series consideration.

The network has been using a dual strategy since the pandemic-hit 2020 cycle when it opted to produce some of its ordered pilots, dramas. Langdon And Ordinary Joe and comedy Night School, Grand Cru And american auto, And follow a straight-to-series path for drama La Brea With orders for five additional scripts. Ultimately, all of the series came out of that development season which also included a semi-filmed drama pilot ruinsComedy only The Grand Crew And American Auto and drama La Brea It reached a second season, an encouraging sign for the writers’ room model toward drama. (La Brea was recently renewed for a third final season.)

Banes and Krebs wrote, Grosse Pointe Garden Society, which resonates good girls Somewhat follows four members of a suburban garden club, all from different walks of life, who get involved in murder and mischief as they struggle to make their conventional lives blossom.

Bans & Krebs Executive Produced with Casey Kieber.

Bailey wrote, The Hunting Party Revolves around a small team of investigators to track down and capture the most dangerous killers our country has ever seen, all of whom have escaped from a top-secret prison that isn’t supposed to exist.

Bailey & Coburn Executive Products The Hunting Party. Established at NBC in August, it marks the first sale under Bailey’s overall deal with Universal Television, a division of Universal Studios Group.