Kristen Bell Stars In Erin Foster Comedy Series Ordered By Netflix With Steve Levitan As EP & 20th TV As Studio
deadline.comNetflix has greenlighted an untitled comedy series created and executive produced by Erin Foster, starring and executive produced by Kristen Bell and executive produced by Steven Levitan.
It comes from 20th Television where sisters Erin and Sara Foster have a pod deal and Levitan is under an overall deal. This is believed to be the first series order for a 20th TV show at Netflix since the studio became part of Disney as media congloms are starting to shift their focus from exclusively supplying their own streamers to profitability.
Under new (old) CEO Bob Iger, Disney has been exploring licensing more film and TV content to rivals. 20th Television was the first major traditional TV studio to get an original series on Netflix with the Arrested Development revival more than a decade ago.
The untitled Kristen Bell series (fka Shiksa), which had been in negotiations at the streamer for the past couple of months, is loosely based on Foster’s real-life experiences.
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