NBC Orders Mike O’Malley Comedy to Series

UNTITLED MIKE O’MALLEY COMEDY
After an amicable divorce, Jim and Julia decide to continue to raise their kids at the family home while taking turns on who gets to stay with them. Navigating the waters of divorce and child-sharing gets more complicated for Jim when the owner of his favorite sports team enters the picture and wins Julia’s heart.

O’Malley hosted the early 1990s children’s game show Nickelodeon Guts before moving to Los Angeles later that decade to star in his own sitcom for NBC called The Mike O’Malley Show. He is best known for his role as Jimmy Hughes on Yes, Dear, a CBS series that aired from 2000 to 2006. He was nominated for an Emmy Award for his role as Burt Hummel on the Fox series Glee.

Commitment: Series order

Platform: NBC

Studio: Lionsgate Television and Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group

W/EP: Mike O’Malley

NW/EP: Tom Werner, Wyc Grousbeck, Emilia Fazzalari, George Geyer

EP/Starring: Jon Cryer

Starring: Donald Faison, Abigail Spencer, Finn Sweeney, Sofia Capanna