NBC Takes Family Comedy Route With 'Man Of The House' Half-Hour Project

http://www.deadline.com/2010/10/nbc-takes-family-comedy-route-with-man-of-the-house-half-hour-project/

Feature writer Adam Sztykiel, co-writer of Todd Phillips' upcoming comedy Due Date as well as Made of Honor, is transitioning to television with a comedy project at NBC, on which he is working with veteran TV writer Rob Cohen. Sztykiel is writing and Cohen is supervising the script for Man of the House, a role reversal family show in which the dad stays at home while the mother goes to work. This marks a rare foray into family comedy for NBC, which has been focused on workplace and relationship half-hours for the past few years. In a rare cross-pollination between vertically-integrated congloms, ABC Studios and studio-based Mark Gordon Co. are producing for NBC, with Gordon and Andrea Shay executive producing alongside Sztykiel and Cohen. Known mostly for its drama portfolio, which includes Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice and Army Wives, the Mark Gordon Co. made comedy development a priority this season and has sold five half-hour projects so far: 3 to ABC, 1 to Fox and one to NBC.