Hulu Orders Dan Levy & Ally Pankiw’s Standing By to Series

Hulu has given a series order to Standing By, a comedy from Dan Levy (Schitt’s Creek) and Ally Pankiw that is being produced by 20th Television Animation.

Levy will executive produce the series, which comes from his previous overall deal with ABC Signature, under his Not A Real Production Company banner. He will also star alongside David Tennant, Natalie Palamides, Glenn Close, Poppy Liu and Samira Wiley. Danielle Uhlarik is attached as showrunner and executive producer.

The adult animated comedy provides a satirical look into the lives of a group of eternally bound, disgruntled guardian angels and the lessons they’ll learn from the dysfunctional human they’re in charge of protecting and each other.

“Standing By is about the hilarity, embarrassment and melodrama of everyday life as observed by a team of judgmental, gossip-starved Guardian Angels,” Levy and Pankiw said. “We are very excited to bring this world to life with the help of Hulu, 20th Television Animation and Bento Box Entertainment. Not to mention an insanely brilliant cast of actors.”