Joe Otterson TV ReporterFox is developing a country music comedy series from Vir Das and Sam Laybourne, Variety has learned.Titled “Country Eastern,” the single-camera show has received a script commitment with a penalty attached.
The show is about a young wealthy man from India who restarts his life in America with his family. While attempting to rebuild their lives in Memphis, Tennessee, he decides to pursue his passion and become a country music singer.
Only problem: he’s shit. Total shit. He’s going to have to gain some life experience in the States if he wants to have something real to sing about.Das is attached to co-write and and executive produce the project with Laybourne, with Laybourne also attached to serve as showrunner.
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