NBC has announced its support for three one-hour pilots — a cop show from “Law & Order” veteran Michael Chernuchin and “Rescue Me” creators Denis Leary and Peter Tolan; a spy dramedy from “The O.C.” creator Josh Schwartz; and a new take on “The Bionic Woman.”
The cop show “Fort Pit,” from Sony Pictures TV and Leary’s Apostle, is a drama with comedic elements set at one of the worst NYPD police precincts in Brooklyn with rampant crime where bad cops are sent to live out their careers and rookie cops with no connections are stationed.
“It’s a dysfunctional and disfranchised group of people, and out of that comes great comedy,” said Jamie Erlicht, Sony TV production and programming co-president.
The project is based on the real-life experiences of former NYPD cop Robert Cea, whose rights SPT acquired several years ago.
“We had a project that we loved and believed in for years, and we found the right partner for it,” said Sony TV production and programming co-president Zack Van Amburg.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
