Household Comedy In Works At CBS From Malik S & Cedric The Entertainer – Deadline

EXCLUSIVE: CBS is growing The Hilsons, a multi-camera household comedy from The Neighborhood workforce of author/actor Malik Sanon and star/government producer Cedric the Entertainer, manufacturing corporations Kapital Leisure and TrillTV, and studio CBS Studios.

In The Hilsons, Written by Sanon, a mom and her two grownup sons thought they knew one another till they’re pressured to stay underneath the identical roof for the primary time in additional than twenty years and uncover they’ve all been maintaining secrets and techniques from each other. Now, this seemingly loving household should be taught to stay collectively once more and settle for one another for who they’re, and never who they have been pretending to be.

Sanon government produces with Aaron Kaplan and Melanie Frankel for Kapital, Wendi Trilling for her TrillTV, Cedric the Entertainer and Eric Rhone for A Hen and A Bear Leisure and Peter Principato and Kevin Parker for Artists First. Kevin Marco oversees for Kapital. CBS Studios is the studio.

There is no such thing as a performing deal in place however I hear that if the mission goes ahead, Sanon might play a supporting function.

This marks the second yr in a row that Sanon has bought a multi-camera comedy to CBS with the identical inventive workforce. Final yr, he had within the works The Monroes & Tony, additionally from Cedric The Entertainer, Kapital Leisure, TrillTV and CBS Studios.

Sanon at the moment is supervising producer on CBS’ hit The Neighborhood, on which he additionally recurs within the function of Trey. His earlier writing credit embrace #BlackAF and Cedric’s The Soul Man, wherein he additionally had a recurring function.

Along with The Neighborhood, which is at the moment airing its fifth season, Cedric is also government producing dramedy collection Discovering Completely satisfied, set to premiere later this yr on Bounce TV. On the movie facet, he just lately portrayed civil rights chief Ralph Abernathy within the function Son of the South, and appeared in The Opening Act.

This marks the newest broadcast sale to CBS for TrillTV and Kapital this season, following They’re With Me, a blended household multi-cam comedy with Dana Klein and Mat Harawitz; E-book Membership, a single-cam comedy with Me, Myself and I duo Dan Kopelman and Susanna Wolf; and a reboot of The Dangerous Information Bears, primarily based on the 1976 movie, with Corey Nickerson.