‘Overstepping’ Comedy In The Works At CBS From Lauren Ashley Smith & Damon Wayans Jr.
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Damon Wayans Jr. just landed a full season order for his CBS comedy Poppa’s House and now he’s got another laugher in the works.
The network is developing Overstepping, a multi-cam comedy produced by his Two Shakes Entertainment banner and CBS Studios, with Lauren Ashley Smith set as writer and exec producer.
Overstepping is set after a financial crisis, where a 50-something wild child moves in with her estranged 20-something stepdaughter, giving them a chance to rebuild their rocky relationship and lean on each other as they tackle life and love from two different sides of the generation gap.
Smith is the former head writer of the first two seasons of HBO’s A Black Lady Sketch Show and has other late-night credits including as head writer of BET’s The Rundown with Robin Thede and senior producer of Bravo’s Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen.
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