Kal Penn (Designated Survivor) is set to co-write, executive produce and star in a comedy series project, which has received a put pilot commitment fro NBC. Penn is co-writing the untitled comedy with Matt Murray, with The Good Place creator/executive producer Michael Schur supervising.

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The project, produced by Universal TV where Schur and Murray have overall deals, centers on a disgraced New York City Councilman and former baseball wunderkind Garrett Shah (Penn) who finds his calling when faced with six recent immigrants in search of the American Dream.

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Penn and Murray executive produce alongside Schur via his Fremulon, David Miner of 3 Arts Entertainment and Dan Spilo of Industry Entertainment.

This marks a return to comedy for Penn who, for the past two seasons, co-starred on the ABC drama Designated Survivor. He is committed to return to the White House series, which was recently picked up by Netflix following ABC’s cancellation, with a one-year deal.

Penn, whose series acting credits also include House and How I Met Your Mother, also did a stint working for the Obama administration. He is repped by UTA, Industry Entertainment and Fuller Law.

Murray has been a long-time collaborator of Schur’s. Both started their careers on Saturday Night Live. Since moving to Los Angeles, Murray has worked on Community as well as three series created/co-created by Schur, Parks and Recreation, Brooklyn Nine-Nine and The Good Place. Murray is repped by UTA, 3 Arts and Hansen Jacobson. Schur is repped UTA, 3 Arts and Hansen Jacobson.