Amy Poehler Teams with MINDY PROJECT Scribe on New NBC Comedy

According to The Hollywood Reporter, NBC has given a pilot production commitment to Amy Poehler's Paper Kite Productions and MINDY PROJECT scribe Charlie Grandy for a half-hour family comedy which will center on a "reluctant Crown Prince's attempt to run the family business his way, thereby throwing his highly publicized and dysfunctional family into chaos."

Poehler and Grandy have previously collaborated on NBC's Saturday Night Live, where Grandy served as a writer and produced Weekend Update with Poehler as anchorwoman. The project also marks a return to NBC for Poehler who previously led the network's long-running comedy 'Parks and Recreation'.

Poehler will next be seen on the big screen in Universal's Sisters, opposite Tina Fey, and is currently filming "The House" opposite Will Ferrell.

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