Fox Orders Comedy Pilot Produced and Starring Lake Bell

By Jon Lafayette
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Fox Broadcasting said it ordered a comedy pilot that will be executive produced, co-written and star Lake Bell.

Bless This Mess is about a newlywed couple that give up their lives in New York City and moves to a simpler life. Because this is a comedy, things don’t work out as planned.

The single-camera comedy is not aimed at the fall season. The network calls it an off-season pilot that will be shot in June.

20th Century Fox is the studio for the project.

Liz Meriwether and Katherine Pope also serve as executive producers and writers.

Related: FOX Orders Pilots For Drama, Comedy Series

Jon Lafayette
Jon Lafayette

Jon has been business editor of Broadcasting+Cable since 2010. He focuses on revenue-generating activities, including advertising and distribution, as well as executive intrigue and merger and acquisition activity. Just about any story is fair game, if a dollar sign can make its way into the article. Before B+C, Jon covered the industry for TVWeek, Cable World, Electronic Media, Advertising Age and The New York Post. A native New Yorker, Jon is hiding in plain sight in the suburbs of Chicago.