{"id":9782,"date":"2020-01-31T11:29:06","date_gmt":"2020-01-31T16:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/starz-greenlights-yvette-lee-bowser-comedy-pilot\/"},"modified":"2020-01-31T12:03:01","modified_gmt":"2020-01-31T17:03:01","slug":"starz-greenlights-yvette-lee-bowser-comedy-pilot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/starz-greenlights-yvette-lee-bowser-comedy-pilot\/","title":{"rendered":"Starz Greenlights Yvette Lee Bowser Comedy Pilot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Starz has given an eight-episode series order to <em>Run the World<\/em>, a half-hour comedy from showrunner and executive producer Yvette Lee Bowser (<em>Dear White People<\/em>, <em>Living Single<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p><em>Run the World<\/em> is the story of a group of Black, vibrant, fiercely loyal best friends who work, live and play in Harlem as they strive for world domination. The comedy is created and written by Leigh Davenport (<em>The Perfect Find<\/em>, untitled Wendy Williams biopic), who will also serve as an executive producer. Lionsgate Television, where Bowser\u2019s SisterLee Productions is under an overall deal, is attached. Millicent Shelton (<em>black-ish<\/em>, <em>P-Valley<\/em>) directed the pilot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Run the World<\/em> is exactly the kind of bold, authentic, inclusive storytelling that Starz is committed to delivering to our global audience,\u201d said Jeffrey Hirsch, president and CEO of Starz. \u201cWe feel as though we have captured lightning in a bottle with the energy and chemistry of this cast and their portrayal of these distinct characters in this modern-day view of four female friends in New York City and we look forward to bringing the series to the platform.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starz has given an eight-episode series order to Run the World, a half-hour comedy from showrunner and executive producer Yvette Lee Bowser (Dear White People, Living Single).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":9783,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[276,212],"class_list":["post-9782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-lionsgate-television","tag-starz"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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