'Seinfeld' writer sells new sitcom to NBC
NBC is developing a new sitcom with former Seinfeld writer Spike Feresten.
The network has given a script commitment to Married With Roommate, according to Deadline.
The project, to be produced by Universal TV and BermanBraun, will focus on a married couple who move in with their single bachelor friend.
Feresten wrote nine episodes of Seinfeld between 1995 and 1998, including the acclaimed 'The Soup Nazi', and hosted Fox series Talkshow with Spike Feresten from 2006 to 2009.
He is also developing a family comedy starring Chelsea Lately comic Josh Wolf with the Fox network.
Other comedy projects currently in development at NBC include an online dating sitcom from Jack Black and new shows starring Sarah Silverman and Will & Grace actor Sean Hayes.