ESPN Sells First Project As Scripted Series Producer: Fan Of Sports Comedy To ABC

EXCLUSIVE: ESPN may have put the scripted plans due to its very own primetime on hold carrying out a demise of short-were living dramas Tilt and Playmakers, nonetheless its production unit is searching being supplier of scripted series along with other systems. ESPN has offered its first scripted project, an untitled Boston fan of sports comedy from former Scrubs executive producer Bill Callahan, to ABC. The project is known to as phone relationship between four longtime guy pals, still dwelling within their hometown outdoors of Boston, who gather once every seven days to watch among their beloved teams play. Callahan is writing and executive creating, with ESPN Content Development’s executive producers Vinnie Malhotra, who's shepherding the business’s current scripted efforts, and Joan Lynch also prone to produce. UTA-repped Callahan, who labored with Bill Lawrence on 2 of his series, Scrubs and Spin City, most recently offered becoming an executive producer on USA’s Psych.