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Pilot Season: Reba McEntire, '70s Show Team Sell Comedy Projects to ABC

• Feb 1, 2012 08:25 PM ET
• by Natalie Abrams

Reba McEntire may be returning to TV soon!

ABC has ordered comedy pilots Malibu Country, which will star the country singer-actress Reba McEntire, and Prairie Dogs, from That '70s Show's Jackie and Jeff Filgo.

In Malibu Country, McEntire stars as... read more

CBS Orders Rob Schneider Comedy Pilot

• Feb 5, 2011 11:00 AM ET
• by Adam Bryant

CBS has ordered two comedy pilots, including an untitled project starring Saturday Night Live alum Rob Schneider.

Rob Schneider returning to TV with CBS sitcom?

Schneider will co-write, produce and star in the new project, which is based on his own life. The pilot centers on a lonely bachelor who marries into a large, tight-knit Mexican-American family. Fellow SNL alum Lew Morton co-wrote the script, and will also executive-produce alongside Schneider and Two and a Half Men's Eric and Kim Tannenbaum.

The project marks Schneider's first series gig since ... read more