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Exclusive: Fox is developing Building Security, a single-camera workplace comedy from Saturday Night Live vet Steve Koren, 3 Arts Entertainment and 20th Century Fox TV.

Written by Koren, Building Security is a workplace comedy about a group of hardworking but extremely ill-equipped men and women who, occasionally, protect and serve the residents of a commercial office building.

Koren executive produces with 3 Arts’ Greg Walter and Will Rowbotham, Alex Reznik for East2West and Bill Diamond. The project is a co-production between 20th Century Fox TV and Fox Entertainment.

Koren shared in an outstanding comedy series Emmy in 2016 for his work on Veep. He was a writer on Saturday Night Live from 1990-1998 as well as SNL specials Live in the 90s: Pop Culture Nation, The Best of Chris Farley and The Best Of Phil Hartman. He recently returned as a writer for the May 4 episode with Adam Sandler in his...

Exclusive: Matthew Lillard and Gillian Vigman will play the two leads in the Cmt comedy pilot The Hard Life. The project, written and executive produced by Bill Diamond (Murphy Brown), is a single-camera half-hour that explores the contrast of modern parenting vs. old school parenting. It centers on parents Bobby (Lillard) and Gina (Vigman). Bobby is charming and witty and tries to be a good father and a good husband but finds it hard to be both things at the same time. Gina is a caring, well-intentioned but tightly-wound former career woman-turned-full-time mom who is overprotective of her girls. Lillard, who [...]...

In the classic-horror world that Forry Ackerman left behind for us, some consider the Triple Crown of fan events to be: Monster Bash, Comic-Con and WonderFest.

The Bash is an easy, intimate gathering – like a down-home family picnic. Comic-Con is a juggernaut of bone crushing intensity – like the NY Stock Exchange of Cons. Ah, Wonderfest! - an oasis of camaraderie and something-for-everyone programming – the 2-day cruise ship of horror cons. For those of us happily cursed to be a part of the horror community, Wonderfest is The Mecca of classic monster-fan's cream of the crop.

Genre literati, artists, craftspeople and their admirers all gather to share secrets, ogle the latest creatures (in model form) and to catch up on general comings and goings. If you prefer dude-ish sports analogies, let’s just say WonderFest could be considered the Nascar(E) of Horror events! The Kentucky Dirge(by)! The Spooker Bowl!

Bill Diamond has been tapped as executive producer/showrunner on ABC's upcoming comedy series Emily's Reasons Why Not, while James Patrick Stuart has joined the cast of the show as a regular. Produced by Pariah in association with Sony Pictures Television, Emily is in production for a Jan. 9 premiere. Emily stars Heather Graham as Emily Sanders, a young, single woman with a great job in publishing who is navigating the New York dating scene. Stuart will play a high-paid business consultant brought in by Emily's publishing house to boost the bottom line whose professional run-ins with her immediately create friction.

Bill Diamond has been tapped as executive producer/showrunner on ABC's upcoming comedy series Emily's Reasons Why Not, while James Patrick Stuart has joined the cast of the show as a regular. Produced by Pariah in association with Sony Pictures Television, Emily is in production for a Jan. 9 premiere. Emily stars Heather Graham as Emily Sanders, a young, single woman with a great job in publishing who is navigating the New York dating scene. Stuart will play a high-paid business consultant brought in by Emily's publishing house to boost the bottom line whose professional run-ins with her immediately create friction.

Rainn Wilson and Michael Blieden have joined Janeane Garofalo in ABC's midseason comedy pilot Slice o' Life, from Universal Network TV. Meanwhile, Wilson (Six Feet Under) also has booked a lead role opposite Mario Van Peebles in Peebles' independent film Gettin' the Man's Foot Outta Your Ass and Other Life Lessons, about the making of Melvin Peebles' (Mario's father) 1971 indie Sweet Sweetback's Baad Asssss Song. Also tapped to co-star are Joy Bryant and Nia Long. Slice o' Life, created by Bill Diamond, stars Garofalo as a producer of light segments at a prestigious TV newsmagazine.

ABC has picked up three more comedy projects -- Slice O' Life, a pilot for midseason consideration toplined by Janeane Garofalo; and two presentations for fall -- a Touchstone TV sitcom starring comedian Rodney Carrington; and a 20th Century Fox TV/Imagine TV project starring comedian Kevin Hart. Slice O' Life, written and executive produced by Bill Diamond, stars Garofalo as a producer of light human-interest segments on a newsmagazine. The untitled Rodney Carrington project is written and executive produced by Don Reo and Damon Wayans, the duo behind ABC's comedy My Wife and Kids. It is based on Carrington's real life as a stand-up comedian raising a family. The untitled Kevin Hart project, from writers Stephen Engel (NBC's Inside Schwartz) and David Zuckerman (Fox's King of the Hill), centers on a wealthy, pampered black guy from Malibu (Kevin Hart) who moves to Philadelphia to live with his blue-collar relatives after his father loses all his money. Engel, Zuckerman and Imagine TV's Brian Grazer and David Nevins are executive producing. The Kevin Hart project is the third comedy pilot with a riches-to-rags theme this season, along with Fox's Arrested Development and ABC's untitled Jenny McCarthy sitcom. Meanwhile, 20th Century Fox TV has pulled out of Barbara Hall's drama pilot for CBS Joan of Arcadia. The project, which is casting, is now set up at CBS Prods. with the network hoping to bring in a partner.

ABC has picked up three more comedy pilots -- "Slice O' Life", toplined by Janeane Garofalo, for midseason consideration; a Touchstone TV sitcom starring comedian Rodney Carrington; and a 20th Century Fox TV/Imagine TV project starring comedian Kevin Hart for the fall. "Slice O' Life", written and executive produced by Bill Diamond, stars Garofalo as a producer of light human-interest segments on a newsmagazine. The untitled Rodney Carrington project is written and executive produced by Don Reo and Damon Wayans, the duo behind ABC's comedy "My Wife and Kids". It is based on Carrington's real life as a stand-up comedian raising a family. The untitled Kevin Hart project, from writer Stephen Engel (NBC's "Inside Schwartz"), centers on a wealthy, pampered black guy from Malibu (Kevin Hart) who moves to Philadelphia to live with his blue-collar relatives after his father loses all his money. Imagine TV's Brian Grazer and David Nevins are executive producing. The Kevin Hart project is the third comedy pilot with a riches-to-rags theme this season, along with Fox's "Arrested Development" and ABC's untitled Jenny McCarthy sitcom.