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Chelsea Handler To Produce ABC Workplace Comedy Starring Fortune Feimster

6 November 2012 4:45 PM, PST | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »

Chelsea Handler is backing another young female comedy performer trying to get her own series. ABC has put in development Discounted, a half-hour comedy executive produced by Handler that is co-written by and stars Fortune Feimster, a series regular and writer on Handler’s E! talk show Chelsea Lately. The project, produced by Universal TV and Handler and Tom Brunelle’s Borderline Amazing Prods, centers on half-sisters Julie and Missy (Feimster), who are trying desperately to keep their family’s furniture store afloat. They face multiple hurdles, including dealing with their misfit employees and competition from the giant Danish furniture store “Wüd.” But their biggest challenge will be figuring out their own “Odd Couple-esque” relationship. Feimster will co-write the script with Jim Freeman and Brian Jarvis; all three will co-executive produce. Mike Pennie (Raising Hope) will serve as showrunner and executive produce alongside Borderline Amazing’s Handler, Brunelle and Brad Wollack. »

- NELLIE ANDREEVA

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Chelsea Handler To Produce Comedy For NBC Created By And Starring Ingrid Haas

27 August 2012 11:43 AM, PDT | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »

Exclusive: Chelsea Handler is helping another female comedy performer break into television. Handler and Tom Brunelle’s Borderline Amazing Prods. has sold a comedy project to NBC created by and starring Ingrid Haas (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World). Based on Haas’ real life, the relationship comedy centers around a father and daughter. When Ingrid’s parents come to visit her in Los Angeles, she accidentally breaks up their marriage, forcing Ingrid’s dad, Wayne, to move in with her and her roommate in their Melrose Place-style apartment building. Handler, Brunelle, and Chelsea Lately co-executive producer Brad Wollack will Executive Produce and supervise Haas’ script. Universal TV is producing the project, which stems from the rich new overall deal Handler inked with E! late last year, which includes a first-look pact for her company with NBC Universal. Last season, CAA-repped Borderline Amazing, which is behind both Chelsea Lately and After lately on E! »

- NELLIE ANDREEVA

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‘Bully’ Hits A Chord With Twittering Celebs

29 March 2012 12:46 PM, PDT | Deadline New York | See recent Deadline New York news »

Based on the reviews I’ve read of the documentary Bully, the MPAA’s decision to uphold an R rating that excludes the target audience seems one of the ratings board’s more absurd judgements. Releasing unrated is a gamble, and The Weinstein Co co-chairman Harvey Weinstein and his team tried to stack their odds by taking to Twitter, and the response was resounding. They’ve reached over 105 million followers from individual tweets and another 10 million from organizations. Among the celebs who’ve participated in tweeting the film are: Justin Timberlake, Jessica Simpson, Mariah Carey, Jonah Hill, Katy Perry, Piers Morgan, Joel McHale, Jimmy Fallon, Ryan Seacrest, Kristen Bell, Ricky Martin, Arianna Huffington, Elizabeth Banks, Zooey Deschanel, Kate Bosworth, Kerry Washington, Brad Wollack, Rachel Zoe, Hugh Jackman, Rosie O’Donnell, Chelsea Handler, Khloe Kardashian Odom, Kim Kardashian, Paula Abdul, Kathy Griffin, Jeri Ryan, Jay Manuel, Alyssa Milano, Mandy Moore, »

- MIKE FLEMING

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Chelsea Handler’s Borderline Amazing Hires Tasha Brown As VP Development

8 February 2012 10:35 AM, PST | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »

Exclusive: Tasha Brown has been named VP of Development and Production for Chelsea Handler’s Borderline Amazing Prods. Brown was most recently VP of comedy development at Peter Chernin’s Chernin Entertainment where she helped develop the company’s first hit series, freshman Fox comedy New Girl. At Borderline, Brown will work with Handler, her partner Tom Brunelle, and co-executive producer Brad Wollack in overseeing the company’s slate. Borderline is expected to ramp up its development under Handler’s rich new overall deal with E!, which includes a first-look pact for her company with NBC Universal. Borderline currently produces Chelsea Lately and After Lately for E!, and Are You There, Chelsea? for NBC. Previously a writer on Fox’s Grounded for Life and ABC’s Married to the Kellys, Brown segued to the executive ranks as director of development at BBC Worldwide Prods. “Tasha has a writer’s mind »

- NELLIE ANDREEVA

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