Los Angeles, Feb. 14 -- Tea Leoni is making a notable return to broadcast television and the multi-camera comedy format, starring in NBC's pilot 'Newlyweds', co-created by Gail Lerner and Jamie Lee Curtis.
According to Deadline, landing Leoni, who had multiple pilot offers, helped solidify the green light for 'Newlyweds', which had previously been contingent on casting, clearing the way for production.
Written by Gail Lerner, 'Newlyweds' is a later-in-life romantic comedy that follows Jeanie (Leoni), a free-spirited woman who impulsively marries a buttoned-up professor after a whirlwind romance, setting the stage for an unexpected and heartfelt new chapter together.
Executive producers include Lerner and Curtis, alongside Eric Tannenbaum...