‘St. Denis’ Mockumentary Lands Pilot Manufacturing Dedication At NBC – Deadline

EXCLUSIVE: We’ve got the primary huge sale of the 2022-23 broadcast growth season. NBC has handed a pilot manufacturing dedication to St. Denis Medical, a half-hour mockumentary-style office comedy from the Superstore and American Auto duo of Justin Spitzer, who created each sequence, and Eric Ledgin in addition to Common TV, the place Spitzer and Ledgin are below general offers. Moreover, Spitzer’s Uni TV-based Spitzer Holding Company has employed NBC comedy government Simon Heuer as Head of TV Improvement.

Written by Spitzer and Ledgin, St. Denis Medical is a mockumentary about an underfunded, understaffed Oregon hospital the place the devoted docs and nurses strive their greatest to deal with sufferers whereas sustaining their very own sanity.

Spitzer, Ledgin and Heuer government produce for Common Tv, a division of Common Studio Group, and Spitzer Holding Firm.

This marks the newest office comedy for Spitzer, whose very first writing credit score was on an episode of NBC’s medical comedy sequence Scrubs. He later joined NBC/Uni TV’s mockumentary office comedy The Workplace at first of Season 3 as an government story editor and remained on the Emmy-winning sequence by means of its ninth and remaining season, rising to co-executive producer. Spitzer went on to create, government produce and function showrunner on two different NBC/Uni TV’s office comedies, Superstore and American Auto.

Underneath his general cope with Common Tv, which he prolonged final 12 months, Spitzer continues as showrunner and government producer on American Auto, which was renewed for a second season, whereas additionally creating new tasks throughout numerous platforms through his Spitzer Holding Firm, with Heuer now overseeing growth and producing alongside Spitzer.

Heuer joins the Spitzer Holding Firm from NBC, the place he began as a web page and labored his method as much as VP of Comedy Improvement. Whereas on the community, he had a hand in creating a number of comedies, together with Superstore, The Good Place, A.P. Bio, Marlon, American Auto and Peacock’s Bust Down.

Spitzer and Heuer labored intently collectively on Superstore and went on to develop the pilot and first season of American Auto; Heuer will function co-executive producer on American Auto’s upcoming second season .

“Simon has at all times been certainly one of my favourite executives to work with. He’s a real collaborator with a expertise for determining methods to enhance a challenge when it wants it, and the boldness to not mess with a challenge when it’s working,” Spitzer mentioned. “Once I thought concerning the superb government to assist me develop new sequence, I believed, ‘I need a Simon Heuer kind.’ And Simon match the invoice.”

Whereas Spitzer’s total expertise thus far has been in broadcast, Heuer indicated that that’s about to alter.

“I’m thrilled to affix Spitzer Holding Firm and work alongside Justin in a brand new capability. We love huge, enjoyable and inclusive broadcast comedy, and it’s a thrill to proceed working with the unbelievable groups at NBC and UTV on American Auto and now St. Denis Medical,” he mentioned. “We’re simply getting began however hope you’ll hear extra from us quickly as we glance to develop our attain and dip into cable and streaming markets as properly.”

Ledgin not too long ago served as a co-executive producer on UTV’s Rutherford Falls for Peacock and he additionally served as an government producer on season certainly one of American Auto. He beforehand labored as a writer-producer on Mrs. Fletcher, Superstore and It’s All the time Sunny in Philadelphia and likewise was a author on Late Night time with Jimmy Fallon.

Spitzer is repped by UTA and Morris Yorn Levine Krintzman Rubenstein Kohner & Gellman. Ledgin is repped by WME, Mosaic and Felker Toczek Suddleson Abramson McGinnis Ryan.