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Peacock has given the series a direct order to Mr. Throwbacka mockumentary comedy headlined by NBA star Steph Curry and Happy endings student Adam Pally. The collection of the project, from Happy endings From creator David Caspe and writing duo Matthew Libman and Daniel Libman, it was announced Wednesday at TCA along with three drama series orders from Peacock.
As Deadline exclusively reported last April, Mr. Throwback was originally set up at NBC for development. A couple of years ago, NBCUniversal set up a centralized development team for NBC, the company’s core cable networks and Peacock, with projects sometimes shepherded well into development before a decision was made which platform it would go to.
Additionally, in the last year, NBC has pivoted toward multi-camera comedies, which cost less to produce than single-camera shows. All three half-hour series existing on the network, Night Court, López against López and extended familyare multi-camera, as is the 2024 NBC comedy pilot starring Reba McEntire.
In peacock, Mr. Throwback will join popular mockumentaries like The office and Parks and Recreation whose libraries are on the transmitter.
In Mr. ThrowbackA down-on-his-luck souvenir dealer (Pally) seeks redemption by reuniting with his sixth-grade teammate, NBA great Steph Curry.
Caspe writes and produces with the Libmans, as well as Pally, Curry and Erick Peyton of Unanimous.
Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, produces in association with Curry’s Unanimous Media. The project is the first to emerge after Curry and his Unanimous Media established a global talent partnership with NBCUniversal in 2021, which includes first-look development deals with Universal Studio Group for scripted and unscripted television projects and DreamWorks Animation for children’s and family content.
“As we make the natural transition from behind the camera to center stage alongside Adam Pally, we can’t wait for the world to see what we have in store,” Curry told Deadline’s story about the project last year.
Golden State Warriors point guard Curry launched Unanimous Media, which is behind the ABC game show Holey Moley and Apple documentaries Underratedin 2018.
Pally is a main member of the voice cast of the upcoming Sonic spin-off animated series. Knuckles. He also had an arc in season 1 of the Netflix series Arnold Schwarzenegger. Fubar.
Caspe is best known for creating ABC’s. Happy endings, starring Showtime’s Pally Black Mondayand NBC Kenan and Marry me. He also co-created the YouTube series. sick champagne and was recently an executive producer for Netflix Blockbuster.
Brothers Matthew and Daniel Libman have worked with Caspe on Happy endings, Black Monday, Kenan and sick champagne as well as the mick and Solar opposites.