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[01/09/15 - 02:42 PM]
Pivot Announces Projects in Development from Chuck Martin, Brian Knappenberger and Chris Kluwe
Highlights include "Shrink" (working title), a 30-minute scripted comedy based on the New York Television Festival award-winning selection.







SHRINK (PIVOT)
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
1/9/15
STATUS:
previously in development (2015-2016 season)
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
script
DESCRIPTION:
(from Pivot's press release, January 2015) "Shrink" is based on the New York Television Festival award-winning selection (for Best Comedy Pilot and the Critics' Choice Award) developed by Tremper and Baltz - both recently named by Complex Magazine, "Funny People Who Should Get Their Own TV Shows" - and is being written for Pivot by Chuck Martin, Tremper and Baltz. In "Shrink," when a recent medical school graduate fails to match with a residency program, he uses his temporary medical license, Craigslist, and his parents' garage to perform the 1,750 hours of free therapy needed to become a clinical therapist in hopes of fulfilling his lifelong dream of becoming a real doctor.
CREW INFORMATION:
· Chuck Martin as CRTR/EP
· Jean Doumanian as EP
· Patrick Daly as EP
· Ted Tremper as CRTR/PROD
· Tim Baltz as CRTR/PROD
GENRE(S):
· comedy (all)
· comedy (single-camera)
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Jean Doumanian Productions