NBC Buys Comedy From Damaged Lizard Duo, Adjusts Australian Format Laid

NBC has boughtKept Males, a multi-camera comedy from authors-stars Kevin Heffernan and Steve Lemme, people from the Damaged Lizard comedy filmmaking group behind such movies as Super Military and Beerfest. Heffernan and Lemme will write the project, which informs he story of two buddies who become based on their particular spouses after their business shuts lower. Additionally they will executive produce with 3 Arts. APA-repped Heffernan and UTA-repped Lemme just wrapped photography around the Babymakers with Olivia Munn and Paul Schneider. Furthermore, NBC is creating a U.S. version from the Australian black comedy series Laid, from BermanBraun. Ali Rushfield (Assist Me To Assist You To) will write the script for that project, that was introduced to NBC and BermanBraun by Jeremy Fox and Kary Mchoul of Digital Privileges Group. It focuses on a lady whose ex-men/one-evening stands start dying under suspicious conditions, compelling her to produce an analysis together with her roommate and then try to steer clear of the murder spree. UTA-repped Rushfield, Lloyd Braun, Gail Berman and Gene Stein are executive creating. The initial series, produced by Marieke Sturdy and Kirsty Fisher, opened on ABC1 in Feb. The format was repped by ICM.