Amber Ruffin’s ‘You’ll Never Believe What Happened To Lacey’ In The Works At Peacock As Future Of Late-Night Show Remains Unclear
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Amber Ruffin has another scripted project in the works with NBCUniversal. The comedian, who writes for Late Night with Seth Meyers and hosts The Amber Ruffin Show, has been developing an adaptation of You’ll Never Believe What Happened To Lacey, the book she wrote with her sister Lacey Lamar, for Peacock.
It comes after her last scripted project, her Non-Evil Twin pilot, did not move forward at NBC. However, NBCUniversal remains keen to work with Ruffin, once the writers and actors strikes have ended.
Ruffin and her writing partner Jenny Hagel signed an overall deal with Universal Television last year, through their new production company Straight To Cards.
It also comes as the future of her Peacock variety series The Amber Ruffin Show is unclear. The show has run for three seasons on the streamer after launching in September 2020.
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