Phil Lord & Chris Miller Conduct ‘Business As Usual’ In Potentially Meta Workplace Comedy Series
By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 13, 2018 11:30 am EST
NBC is currently working with the writing, producing and directing team of Lord & Miller on a new single-camera workplace comedy series called Business As Usual, and when you hear the logline, you just might find a parallel with some stuff going on in the real world, specifically the entertainment industry.
Variety has word on the Lord & Miller comedy series, on which they were serve as executive producers. Joining them will be Hayes Davenport (Eastbound & Down, Vice Principals), who is also writing the series, which is about “everyday employees at a company in crisis, trying to keep their jobs and maintain their relationships as their workplace goes insane.” Sounds innocuous enough, but the title has raised some eyebrows among those paying close attention to entertainment news.
Of course, this is merely speculation, and there’s a chance this could innocently be about the challenge of working for a company that is in the midst of some kind of crisis. We’ll find out when/if the series makes it to NBC’s upfronts since the network has only given the project a script commitment at this point. But since multiple networks went after the series, they’ll likely see this one through to the end. Stay tuned.
