Howard Stern Regular Jim Breuer Sells Comedy to ABC

"According to Jim" EPs Judd Pillot and John Peaslee tapped to write and showrun the family comedy.

1:27 PM PDT 9/30/2011 by Lesley Goldberg

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Half Baked star and Howard Stern regular Jim Breuer has sold a multigenerational comedy project to ABC.

According to Jim executive producers Judd Pillot and John Peaslee have been tapped to pen the project and serve as showrunners with Levity Entertainment Group attached to executive produce the comedy from ABC Studios.

Breuer will star in the multicamera project, described as a multigenerational comedy revolving around Breuer and his wife, who live under the same roof as his father and three daughters.

Breuer, repped by UTA, Levity Entertainment Group and King, Holmes, Paterno & Berliner, was a regular on Dave Chappelle’s The Chappelle Show, Saturday Night Live and Comedy Central’s special Let’s Clear the Air.

Pillot and Peaslee are repped by UTA, Brillstein Entertainment Partners and Kleinberg Lange Cuddy & Klein.

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