HBO has greenlight a pilot from “The Nightly Show” host Larry Wilmore and YouTube star Issa Rae, Variety has confirmed.
“Insecure,” starring Rae, is a half-hour comedy about the awkward experiences and racy tribulations of a modern-day African-American.
The project was previously in development at HBO back in 2013, before Wilmore landed “The Nightly Show” gig with Comedy Central.
Wilmore and Rae wrote the pilot. Wilmore is set to serve as executive producer, with Rae co-executive producing.
Rae has garnered over 180,000 subscribers and 20 million views on YouTube with the success of her award-winning hit Web series “The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl.”
article by Elizabeth Wagmeister via Variety.com
HBO Orders Comedy Pilot From "The Nightly Show" Host Larry Wilmore & Issa Rae
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[…] Prentice Penny (Brooklyn Nine-Nine) will serve as showrunner on the series, exec producing with Michael Rotenberg, Dave Becky and Jonathan Berry. Rae and Larry Wilmore co-created the project and the wrote the pilot together. She will co-executive produce, while he will serve as a consultant. Wilmore is now behind the desk on Comedy Central’s The Nightly Show, which came after Insecure was put in development at HBO in 2013. […]