Greg Malins-Greg Berlanti Comedy Lands At CBS With Put Pilot Commitment

EXCLUSIVE: While using network buying season winding lower, heavyweights Greg Malins and Greg Berlanti acquired a put pilot commitment at CBS for just about any half-hour project the two will probably be co-writing and executive creating together. The project arises from Warner Bros. TV where both Malins and Berlanti are based. It concentrates on well-known womanizer Nick who, after which makes it through any adverse health scare, realizes that “The One” he'd never found is actually his nearest friend of 15 years, Wendy. Problem is Wendy is engaged with a guy Nick likes, she and Nick own a business together in addition to their work for balance dating attending college will be a disaster. For Malins and Berlanti this marks their second purchase at CBS this season. Former Pals and the way I Met Your Mother executive producer Malins is co-writing/executive creating with Bill Lawrence a multi-camera workplace comedy, which recently showed up an plane pilot production commitment within the eye network. And Everwood creator Berlanti is executive developing a Nick Wootton-composed cop drama, having a put pilot commitment at CBS. Malins has strong ties to CBS. Furthermore to his stint becoming an executive producer round the CBS/20th TV Generate An Earnings Met Your Mother, more youthful crowd works like a speaking to producer round the systems hot new comedy series Two Broke Women, from WBTV. This marks the initial half-hour comedy effort for Berlanti which has made his mark round the hourlong side as showrunner on Brothers and sisters & Brothers and sisters and Dawson’s Creek and co-creator of those series as Eli Stone without any regular Family. The acquisition takes Berlanti’s 2011 batting average to 4-for-4. That is his fourth put pilot commitment this development season, his first at WBTV, from 4 pitches removed. Another 3 are saved to the drama side, all composed by close Berlanti collaborators: a greater-concept crime drama project at NBC with author Maggie Friedman, the best drama at Fox composed by Marc Guggenheim and Wootton’s cop drama at CBS. Malins and Berlanti are with WME.