New Girl Creator Lands Antarctica-Set Comedy Pilot at FOX

LOS ANGELES: FOX has made a pilot production commitment to the single-camera comedy Thin Ice from Liz Meriwether, the creator of New Girl.

Thin Ice centers on a woman who reclaims her dreams when she finds herself in Antarctica surrounded by a group of brilliant misfits. The project will be produced by 20th Century Fox Television in early 2017.

Meriwether, marking her first comedy development since New Girl, wrote the pilot script with Ed Macdonald and Mark Grimmer. Meriwether and Katherine Pope serve as executive producers, while Macdonald and Grimmer serve as co-executive producers.

“FOX has been and continues to be such a great home for me with New Girl,” said Meriwether. “And now I’m looking forward to making a pilot about the sexiest place on earth: Antarctica. And, yes, we will be shooting on location, so I think we’re going to find a cast very soon.”

“Liz is a great friend of ours, and her take on the important genre of South Pole comedy is as brilliant, specific and hilarious as New Girl,” said David Madden, the president of entertainment at Fox Broadcasting Company. “Thin Ice takes place in a world that half-hour television has never touched, and does it with original characters, an inimitable voice and Liz-style surprising romance. It’s as fresh and distinctive as anything we’ve read this year, and we’re excited to move forward with Liz and her fantastic team of Ed, Mark and Katherine.”