NBC kicked off the final day of the Television Critics Association presentations with some exciting news. The network announced it picked up two high-profile series, one from Tina Fey and Robert Carlock and another from Mike Schur. Fey and Carlock were the creators of "30 Rock" and "Unbreakable Kimmy Schidt" while Schur co-created "Parks and Recreation" for the NBC and "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" for Fox, reported Deadline.
NBC Entertainment chairman Bob Greenblatt announced the thrilling news on Thursday at NBC's TCA presentation at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles. Fey and Carlock produced the still untitled project from "30 Rock" Emmy-winning writer Tracey Wigfield. "Tracey has created a lightly autobiographical, very relatable comedy about an up-and-coming millennial woman working at a cable news network where her mother happens to get a job after going back into the work place," Greenblatt said of the new comedy series, according to Entertainment Weekly. "The combination of Tina, Robert, and Tracey, we think, is about as good as it gets."
Schur's show titled "A Good Place," was already given a straight-to-series 13-episode order from NBC based off of a strong pitch by Schur, reported Variety. Greenblatt called Schur "one of the most gifted comedy writers in our business," and spilled a few details of the show.
"He [Schur] came in recently and laid out the whole season for us and we loved it so much that it was just ordered it in the room," Greenblatt said. "The guy who brought Amy Poehler to primetime is going to be bringing us another strong and very complicated lead female character. This is a high-concept comedy like nothing seen before about a woman wrestling with what it means to be good."
This marked the return of both Fey and Schur to NBC after their latest series "Unbreakable Kimmy Schidt" and "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" ended up on different networks. Both "30 Rock" and "Parks and Recreation" were broadcasted by NBC.
