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Amy Poehler and “New Girl” Producer Kim Rosenstock Join Forces for NBC Family Comedy

Poehler in “Parks and Rec”

Amy Poehler may be returning to the network who introduced the world to Leslie Knope. The “Parks and Recreation” alumna is exec producing an untitled family comedy that has received a put-pilot commitment from NBC, The Hollywood Reporter confirms.

Written by “New Girl” producer Kim Rosenstock, the project centers on a newly single mom “who is forced to rely on the last people she wants help from: her family,” THR writes.

Poehler starred on NBC’s “Parks and Recreation” from 2009 to 2015. The actress, writer, director, and producer and her company, Paper Kite Productions, signed a multi-year deal with Universal TV in 2016. The pact sees her working on scripted and unscripted content at NBC/Universal and Universal TV Alternative Studio. The former “SNL” star recently snagged a straight-to-series order from Netflix for a comedy starring “Orange Is the New Black’s” Natasha Lyonne.

Earlier this year Paper Kite acquired the film rights to “Moxie,” a YA book by Jennifer Mathieu. The story centers on a Texas teen who starts producing a zine after being inspired by her mom’s Riot Grrrl youth.

“Let me take a minute to say I love bossy women,” Poehler has said. “Some people hate the word, and I understand how ‘bossy’ can seem like a shitty way to describe a woman with a determined point of view, but for me, a bossy woman is someone to search out and to celebrate.”

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