Overview
- Hulu gave a pilot order for Chicks, which was reported Thursday, June 4, and attaches Ellen Pompeo as the lead actor and an executive producer.
- Writer‑creator Katie Robbins developed the project specifically for Pompeo and will serve as writer and an executive producer alongside producer Laura Holstein and Pompeo’s Calamity Jane banner.
- The show's logline follows two estranged half-sisters in rapidly gentrifying old Boston who inherit a legacy of small‑time crime and begin running increasingly audacious cons.
- The pilot is eyed to start production in New York in September 2026 and Pompeo is the only confirmed cast member so far, with 20th Television serving as the studio.
- The order is part of Hulu’s recent shift back to commissioning pilots and comes as Pompeo balances recurring and executive‑producer duties on Grey’s Anatomy, a dynamic that could affect casting and scheduling if the pilot is picked up.