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Seth Meyers Developing NBC Workplace Comedy The Game Room

Veteran writers Michael Colton and John Aboud are attached under a Universal Studio Group deal that expands Meyers’s TV production slate.

Overview

  • The project was reported on Thursday and is a half-hour workplace comedy in early development at NBC from Sethmaker Shoemeyers Productions.
  • Michael Colton and John Aboud, creators of ABC’s Home Economics, are set to write, co-showrun, and serve as executive producers on the series.
  • Universal Studio Group is the studio on the project and the development sits inside the overall deal that covers Sethmaker Shoemeyers Productions.
  • Named executive producers include Seth Meyers, Michael Shoemaker, Colton, Aboud, and Jason Carden, while the show’s logline and premise remain under wraps.
  • No casting details or timeline for an NBC decision have been announced and next steps are expected to include script work, casting, and a network pickup choice.