‘Drop-Off’: Michaela Conlin Joins ABC Comedy Pilot Based On British Series ‘Motherland’
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Michaela Conlin has been cast as a series regular opposite Ellie Kemper in ABC’s Drop-Off (working title), a comedy pilot based on the British series Motherland, from writer Julieanne Smolinski, Sharon Horgan and Clelia Mountford’s Merman Television, Paul Feig’s Feigco Entertainment, Lionsgate and ABC Signature.
Judy Greer and Karan Soni also star. Written by Smolinski, Drop-Off (wt) centers on Julia (Kemper), a working mom for whom nothing is working so she goes looking for her village.
With the help of new friends Calvin (Soni) and Liz (Conlin), Julia discovers she just might succeed at balancing work and parenting from time to time.
This is a comedy for anybody who’s dropped their kids at school, breathed a sigh of relief … then realized it’s Sunday. Conlin’s Liz is another single mom at Julia’s (Kemper) kids’ school.
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