Jim Belushi Teams With 'Murphy Brown' Creator For Brand New Comedy Series Project

EXCLUSIVE: After going for a stab at light drama with CBS' The Defenders, former Based on Jim star Jim Belushi is coming back to comedy with a brand new half-hour project from Murphy Brown creator Diane British. The pairing sparked putting in a bid among galleries before ultimately landing at ABC Galleries, that also created Based on Jim. The deals continue to be completed, but ABC Galleries is anticipated to re-team with Based on Jim co-producer Brillstein Entertainment Partners on the program, in regards to a single father having a teen offspring. Belushi's and English's companies will even produce. With ABC Galleries because the studio, it's considered likely the comedy will finish up at ABC, the network where Based on Jim went for eight seasons, but that's not really a given because the project is anticipated to become removed with other systems. Belushi may be the latest sitcom star to become eying coming back to primetime. Tim Allen is headlining a brand new series for ABC this fall, Kirstie Alley is placed to star within an ABC comedy pilot, and Roseanne Barr is creating a new starring vehicle for herself at twentieth century Fox TV. Belushi and British are with ICM.