Lithgow Teams Up with Tambor for NBC Pilot 'Twenty Good Years'

John Lithgow will pair up with fellow theatre star Jeffrey Tambor for a new NBC comedy pilot, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Entitled "Twenty Good Years," pilot will be penned by Michael Leeson and presented by Werner-Gold-Miller and Warner Bros. Television. It will feature Glengarry Glen Ross and "Arrested Development" star Tambor and Tony Award-winner Lithgow, who recently departed Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, as "two men in their 50s who experience personal epiphanies and decide to make the most of their next 20 years."

Leeson will serve as executive producer along with Tom Werner, Eric Gold, Jimmy Miller and Mike Clements.

In addition to Glengarry Glen Ross, Tambor appeared on Broadway in the original production of Sly Fox. He garnered two Emmy nominations for his work as the imprisoned patriarch George Bluth Sr. on "Arrested Development" and earned an additional four Emmy nods for his work on "The Larry Sanders Show." He has appeared in over a hundred other TV shows and movies.

Lithgow, who received a Tony nomination for his performance in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, has appeared on Broadway in over 20 shows. A Tony Award-winner for The Changing Room and Sweet Smell of Success, his credits include The Retreat from Moscow, M. Butterfly, Requiem for a Heavyweight and Beyond Therapy. He is also an accomplished film and TV actor who is often recognized for his stint on "Third Rock from the Sun."