NBC Orders Anchorman-esque Comedy From Will Ferrell

NBC has ordered three comedy pilots from Will Ferrell, Jason Katims and Dan Mazer, TVGuide.com has learned.

Set in 1962, Mission Control is a workplace comedy in the tone of Anchormanthat examines what happens when a strong woman butts heads with a macho astronaut during the race to land on the moon. David Hornsby will write and executive-produce with Ferrell and Adam McKay.

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Ellen More of Less tells the story of an average size woman reinventing herself in life and love after losing 100 pounds. Parenthood's Katims will executive-produce with J.J. Philbin, who will write the project.

When her newly divorced brother moves in, a wife and her husband start to see their marriage in a whole new way in the comedy Love Is Relative from Sacha Baron Cohen's long-time producing partner Mazer. Mazer, whose credits The Dictatorand Borat, will write and executive-produce with Tom Werner and Tom Lassally.

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