Clear eyes, full hearts, can’t… resist a good dance number?
NBC is developing an hour-long musical drama exec-produced by Friday Night Lights/Parenthood boss Jason Katims, our sister site Deadline reports.
Created by Julia Brownell — who wrote for Parenthood and Katims’ short-lived comedy About a Boy — the potential series focuses on a mother and daughter who run a funeral home and approach their memorial services as positive celebrations of life, complete with song and dance.
The project is inspired by the real-life Boyd Funeral Home in South Los Angeles, where music plays from the hearses and pallbearers dance during the services.
Brownell will write the script and executive-produce alongside Katims, Michelle Lee, Craig Zadan, Neil Meron and Diane Nabatoff.
In the meantime, next up for Katims are the faith-based Hulu drama The Way and the HBO drama pilot Us..
Your initial thoughts on the potential series? Drop ’em in a comment below.
“Funeral-themed musical drama” = someone slipped acid in my coffee
Six Feet Under- the musical.
I’ll take another season of Smash instead. Thank you
Can we just get another season or 10 of Friday Night Lights instead?
This sounds terrible. But since it’s not based off a movie (as AaB, FNL, and P-Hood are) I’m not worried that it will get picked up.
One of the featured funerals should be for NBC.
Is that Knots Landing’s Michelle Lee???
“GREAT HEADLINE FOR NBC” CONGRATS TO THE BOYD FAMILY MAY GOD’S RICHES BLESSINGS BE YOURS
Just the title of this article had thinking “‘Six Feet Under’ already did this…”
With the ever changing views towards death and personalization, I think it will be an interesting show to watch. The Boyd family of mom and daughter is certainly able to pull this off. I wish them all the success in the world.
I’m thinking of Gilmore Girls meets Six Feet Under and Glee. I’m a big Jason Katims fan and would give this a try.
Wow !!! I am excited sounds very interesting,especially the mother daughter team. I have seen them together they are too cute.Much sucess can’t wait.
The musical is kind of too much, isn´t it?