{"id":9318,"date":"2010-12-01T23:58:01","date_gmt":"2010-12-02T04:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?p=9318"},"modified":"2010-12-01T23:58:01","modified_gmt":"2010-12-02T04:58:01","slug":"steve-carell-scores-deal-for-new-comedy-at-nbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2010\/12\/01\/steve-carell-scores-deal-for-new-comedy-at-nbc\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Carell Scores Deal for New Comedy at NBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Deadline Hollywood reports that departing &#8220;The Office&#8221; star Steve Carell has sold a single camera comedy project to NBC.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float:right;margin-left:5px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/view.picapp.com\/pictures.photo\/entertainment\/12th-annual-mark-twain\/image\/10170638?term=steve+carell\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/view3.picapp.com\/pictures.photo\/image\/10170638\/12th-annual-mark-twain\/12th-annual-mark-twain.jpg?size=234&#038;imageId=10170638\" border=\"0\" width=\"234\" title=\"12th Annual Mark Twain Prize\" height=\"156\" oncontextmenu=\"return false;\" ondrag=\"return false;\" onmousedown=\"return false;\" alt=\"WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 09: Comedian Steve Carrell arrives for the 12th annual Mark Twain Prize for American Comedy at the Kennedy Center on November 9, 2010 in Washington, DC. Tina Fey, creator of the television show 30 Rock, is the recipient of this year's prize. (Photo by Brendan Hoffman\/Getty Images)\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/view.picapp.com\/\/JavaScripts\/OTIjs.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to the story, Carell will script the half hour based on his early career experience as a postal carrier.  Tentatively titled &#8220;The Post-Graduate Project,&#8221; the comedy focuses on a small town post office and a quirky group of young adults who frequent the facility.<\/p>\n<p>Carell, who has referenced his days as a mailman in interviews, will executive produce with Thom Hinkle.<\/p>\n<p>The actor, who has scored multiple Emmy nominations for his work as Michael Scott, will depart NBC&#8217;s flagship comedy &#8220;The Office&#8221; at the end of its current seventh season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Steve Carell Scores Deal for New Comedy at NBC<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Deadline Hollywood reports that departing &quot;The Office&quot; star Steve Carell has sold a single camera comedy project to NBC. 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