Pete Davidson To Star As Fictional Version of Himself In Comedy Series Produced By Lorne Michaels

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EXCLUSIVE: Longtime Saturday Night Live cast member Pete Davidson is headlining his own comedy series inspired by his life, I have learned.

Davidson is poised to play the lead in the project, tentatively titled Bupkis, which he is co-writing with his long-time friend and collaborator Dave Sirus as well as Judah Miller (Crashing).

Deals are still being finalized for the series, which hails from SNL honcho Lorne Michaels’s Broadway Video and Universal Television where the company is under a deal.Bupkis is described as a raw, unflinching, fictionalized version of Pete Davidson’s real life.

It will include a mixture of grounded storytelling with absurd elements depicting an unfiltered view through Pete’s eyes.The show, which has been compared to Larry David’s Curb Your Enthusiasm, is expected to reflect Davidson’s real-life persona with an unapologetically unfiltered,  R-rated storytelling.