NBC Orders Comedy Pilot From Your Favorite Future Sitcom Dad, Kenan Thompson

Kenan Thompson.

Currently the most underrated cast member on Saturday Night Live, Kenan Thompson is now up for the only role typically more underappreciated: the father on a sitcom. NBC announced two comedy pilot orders Friday evening, including Saving Kenan, Thompson’s previously revealed project. According to the single-cam show’s description, “Kenan Thompson stars as a newly widowed dad determined to be everything for his kids while begrudgingly letting his persistent father-in-law become more involved in their lives.” Lorne Michaels will, of course, executive produce.

NBC also placed a pilot order for Like Magic, a single-camera comedy about an up-and-coming female magician. “A workplace comedy that follows an optimistic young woman pursuing her dream to be a headlining magician in the eccentric and ego-driven world of the Magic Palace,” the series’ longline reads. Hmmm, aspiring lady magician. Maybe the only underestimated character that could give “sitcom dad with a bossy father-in-law” a run for his perpetually undervalued money.

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NBC Orders Pilot From Your Future Sitcom Dad, Kenan Thompson

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