'Detroiters' Comedy Central pilot films in Motor City

The final days of shooting on the Comedy Central pilot "Detroiters" are underway in the city of the title characters.

Sam Richardson of HBO's "Veep" and Tim Robinson, former "Saturday Night Live" featured player, were working downtown Friday on the project they're co-starring in and co-created.

The best-case scenario is that the show will be picked up by the cable network and return to Detroit to shoot a full season.

Also spotted? "SNL" alum Jason Sudeikis, who's an executive producer and will guest star in the pilot.

Production manager Vern Davidson says the five-day shoot is set to wrap Saturday. Dearborn, Livonia and Detroit nightspot Cliff Bell's are among the locations that have been used.

The pilot is described as being about two advertising underdogs "who are trying to take Tim's dad's company to the next level," said Davidson today from a small set near Fort and Cass.

"It's been great so far," said producer Steven Yell, taking a break from a scene involving a vintage Chrysler LeBaron pulling up to a building.

Also on the schedule for the day? A vomiting scene, perhaps an indication that the pilot will spare no indignity for a solid laugh.

Richardson, who grew up in Detroit, and Robinson, a Clarkston native, created "Detroiters" with "SNL" writers Zach Kanin and Joe Kelly.

Contact Detroit Free Press writer Julie Hinds: 313-222-6427 or jhinds@freepress.com.