NBC Orders Two Multicamera Comedy Pilots for 2026-27

NBC has ordered two multicamera comedy pilots for its 2026-27 season, signaling a renewed focus on traditional sitcom formats amid a broader revival of the network's pilot development process. The projects, both from veteran comedy writers, feature high-profile executive producers and stars, including Jamie Lee Curtis, Jane Lynch and Katey Sagal. The orders bring NBC's total pilot commitments this season to eight, with three comedies and five dramas, all greenlit within the conventional broadcast timeline ahead of the upfronts.

The first pilot, titled Newlyweds, comes from writer and executive producer Gail Lerner, known for her work on seasons five through eight of Will & Grace and seasons one through six of Black-ish. The story centers on a later-in-life romance between a free-spirited woman and a reserved professor who marry on impulse following a whirlwind courtship. Lerner executive produces alongside Curtis, Eric Tannenbaum, Kim Tannenbaum, Scott Schwartz and Lionsgate Television. Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, serves as the studio. The project carries a cast-contingent order, meaning it advances based on securing actors. Originally developed...