Hbo developing modern family comedy produced by oprah winfrey’s harpo

Hbo developing modern family comedy produced by oprah winfrey’s harpo


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THIS PAGE. EXCLUSIVE: HBO has put in development _These Things Happen_, a half-hour comedy based on the first novel by TV writer-producer Richard Kramer (_Thirtysomething, My So-Called


Life_). The pay cable network has optioned the book, published last fall, for the comedy project, which will be produced by Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Prods. under the company’s deal at HBO.


Kramer will write the script and executive produce. _These Things Happen_ is set in present day Manhattan and focuses on two couples – one gay, one straight. They share a 15-year-old son,


who lives on the upper East Side with his mother and doctor stepfather. Trying to get to know his impressive, distant father better, he moves in for a semester with him and his long-time


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