{"id":576122,"date":"2026-07-30T21:17:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T21:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/576122\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T21:17:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T21:17:09","slug":"hbo-nabs-comedy-alan-opts-out-from-emily-kapnek-bill-lawrence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/576122\/","title":{"rendered":"HBO Nabs Comedy &#8216;Alan Opts Out&#8217; From Emily Kapnek &#038; Bill Lawrence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tEXCLUSIVE: <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/hbo\/\" id=\"auto-tag_hbo\" data-tag=\"hbo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HBO<\/a> is expanding its <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/bill-lawrence\/\" id=\"auto-tag_bill-lawrence\" data-tag=\"bill-lawrence\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bill Lawrence<\/a> business in the wake of Rooster\u2019s breakout success. In a competitive situation, the premium brand has landed for <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/development\/\" id=\"auto-tag_development\" data-tag=\"development\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">development<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/alan-opts-out\/\" id=\"auto-tag_alan-opts-out\" data-tag=\"alan-opts-out\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alan Opts Out<\/a>, a half-hour comedy from Suburgatory creator <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/emily-kapnek\/\" id=\"auto-tag_emily-kapnek\" data-tag=\"emily-kapnek\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Emily Kapnek<\/a>, Lawrence\u2019s Doozer and Warner Bros. Television where Lawrence is under an overall deal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAlan Opts Out is written by Kapnek based on the comedic novel of the same name by Courtney Maum, which was published last month. In it, after losing the biggest account of his career and his grip on reality, visionary ad man Alan Anderson decides to \u201clive off the land\u201d of his suburban Connecticut backyard in a comedy about the sticker price of privilege and one man\u2019s determination to find his way back to a life less transactional.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tKapnek is an executive producer and showrunner. Lawrence, Jeff Ingold and Liza Katzer executive produce for Doozer; Maum also executive produces. WBTV is the studio. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tPreviously, Kapnek created ABC\u2019s Suburgatory, starring Jane Levy and Jeremy Sisto; Selfie, starring Karen Gillan and John Cho; and the American version of Splitting Up Together, starring Jenna Fischer and Oliver Hudson, and co-created Emily\u2019s Reasons Why Not, headlined by Heather Graham. Gillan and Cho are part of the voice cast of Kapnek\u2019s upcoming Disney+ animated series Rhona Who Lives By the River. She is repped by CAA, Brillstein Entertainment Partners and Johnson Shapiro Slewett &amp; Kole.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tDoozer\u2019s first comedy series for HBO, Rooster starring Steve Carell, which Lawrence co-created, has been renewed for a second season after a strong ratings start earlier this year. The company has several other on-air series, Ted Lasso, Shrinking and Bad Monkey on Apple TV, the Scrubs reboot on ABC and the upcoming I Suck At Girls at Netflix. Lawrence is repped by CAA and Yorn, Levine, Barnes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tMaum is repped by UTA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: HBO is expanding its Bill Lawrence business in the wake of Rooster\u2019s breakout success. 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