{"id":576552,"date":"2026-04-10T20:07:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T20:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/576552\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T20:07:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T20:07:08","slug":"abc-buys-pitch-from-fox-workaholic-mom-comedy-the-dogwood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/576552\/","title":{"rendered":"ABC Buys Pitch From Fox; Workaholic Mom Comedy &#8216;The Dogwood&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tEXCLUSIVE: <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/fox\/\" id=\"auto-tag_fox\" data-tag=\"fox\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fox<\/a> is now in the third-party business. The broadcast network\u2019s production arm <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/fox-entertainment-studios\/\" id=\"auto-tag_fox-entertainment-studios\" data-tag=\"fox-entertainment-studios\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fox Entertainment Studios<\/a> has sold <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/the-dogwood\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-dogwood\" data-tag=\"the-dogwood\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Dogwood<\/a>, a multi-camera comedy from Mom co-creator <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/gemma-baker\/\" id=\"auto-tag_gemma-baker\" data-tag=\"gemma-baker\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gemma Baker<\/a>, to <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/abc\/\" id=\"auto-tag_abc\" data-tag=\"abc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ABC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tIt marks another step in the evolution of Fox, which in March 2019 found itself as an independent network with no production capabilities following Disney\u2019s acquisition of Fox assets, including TV studio 20th Century Fox Television. The network has since built such capabilities, organically and through acquisitions of MarVista Entertainment and animation house Bento Box. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tFox currently has fully owned series across drama (Best Medicine), live-action comedy (Animal Control) and animation (Krapopolis). It is now starting to sell shows elsewhere, too.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tWhile a return to multi-camera comedy has been on Fox\u2019s list of programming goals (the network\u2019s last entry in the genre was Call Me Kat, which ended in 2023), its current comedy slate is largely male-driven, including live-action series Animal Control and Going Dutch. That makes The Dogwood a better fit for the female-skewing ABC, which also remains in the multi-cam comedy business; it has the Tim Allen sitcom Shifting Gears.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tWritten by Baker, The Dogwood centers on a workaholic mom who leaves her marriage and quickly discovers she\u2019s the most sterotypical divorced dad anyone has ever met.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tBaker co-created CBS\u2019 Mom with Chuck Lorre and Eddie Gorodetsky. She rose to executive producer on the multi-camera comedy and served as co-showrunner with Nick Bakay on the last three seasons (6-8).  Baker\u2019s series credits also include CBS\u2019 Two and a Half Men and, most recently, NBC\u2019s Happy\u2019s Place. She is repped by UTA and Jackoway Austen Tyerman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Fox is now in the third-party business. 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