“One Mississippi” was cancelled earlier this year, but the Amazon series’ co-creator and star has kept a high profile since. Tig Notaro released a new Netflix special in May, lined up a guest spot in the second season of “Star Trek: Discovery,” and signed on to star alongside Jennifer Aniston in a feature about the first female president of the United States that she’ll also co-write. Now comes word that Notaro may have a new TV series on the way. ABC has given a pilot production commitment to a one-hour dramedy co-created by the multi-hyphenate, according to Variety.
Titled “Thicker Than Water,” the potential series sees a single mother returning to her hometown in Tennessee to attend her estranged father’s funeral. She”finds herself graveside with several strangers who happen to be her half-siblings,” the source summarizes.
Notaro is re-teaming with “One Mississippi” writer and co-exec producer Cara DiPaolo — whose other credits include “The Big C” and “Ugly Betty” — on the project. The pair will write “Thicker Than Water” and are among its exec producers. ABC Studios will produce.
The “Transparent” alumna publicly addressed accusations against Louis C.K. before The New York Times’ November 2017 story detailing sexual misconduct by the comedian. She also incorporated a storyline about a comedian inspired by C.K. in an episode of “One Mississippi” — which he served as an exec producer on. Asked if C.K. and other disgraced men should make a comeback to the public eye, Notaro said, “If any of these people come back, I would say, ‘I can’t wait to see who is actually going to support them.’ That is going to be the glaring horror.” She continued, “Who is going to be, like, ‘This is a pressing issue, and we need to get them back?’ If a janitor was so great at cleaning the building but also tended to masturbate in front of people, would the people at that building be like, ‘Yes, he masturbated, but I’ve never seen anyone clean so thoroughly, and I was just wondering when he’s going to get his job back, he’s so good at it.’ No, it would be, ‘That’s not acceptable.’ It’s fame and power that people are blinded by.”