Kal Penn gets NBC comedy

[terry78]

NBC Orders Kal Penn Comedy Pilot Produced By Michael Schur

Untitled sitcom will focus on a former NY councilman who decides to take six recent immigrants under his wing.

 

[Lily Adler]

This could be good or filled with political jokes we've heard a million times before.

 

[Sawyer]

Mike Schur on NBC has yet to steer me wrong, so

 

[Sawyer]

Drama ‘Bluff City Law’ Starring Jimmy Smits & Kal Penn Comedy ‘Sunnyside’ Picked Up To Series By NBC – Deadline

 

[terry78]

Exclusive: TV season's first casualty is NBC's 'Sunnyside,' but comedy will continue online

 

[NotNickFury]

I enjoy Sunnyside and think it's got potential. It doesn't click with me instantly in the same way The Good Place does, but then again, they're very different shows. At the very least, I'm glad the show will still be in production for the remaining episodes online, rather than being yanked altogether, even though that's essentially what's happening.