Overview
- Hulu passed on the Group Chat pilot Friday, followed by news of a new half-hour comedy in early development from writer Tracy Oliver with La La Anthony and Kim Kardashian as executive producers.
- The new project centers on a Bay Area crisis manager for pro athletes whose life unravels after her husband’s scandal, prompting her to lean on three close friends as she starts over.
- Tracy Oliver, known for Girls Trip and Harlem, is writing and executive producing the series for 20th Television.
- Anthony is expected to take the lead role, while Kardashian remains an executive producer through her first-look deal at 20th Television.
- Group Chat was inspired by Anthony’s book The Love Playbook and had a pilot written by Kenya Barris with a cast that included Yaya DaCosta, Melanie Liburd, Rebecca Rittenhouse, and Stephanie Suganami, illustrating how streamers often repurpose talent when a pilot does not advance.