ABC Picks Up Reich/Cohen Comedy Pilot, More To Come

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ABC is very high on Andrew Reich and Ted Cohen this season, greenlighting a second comedy pilot from the Friends alums. In what I hear is the first of several comedy orders expected at ABC today, the network has picked up Reich and Cohen's multicamera project Work It, from Warner Bros. TV. The comedy, which has a Bosom Buddies vibe to it, centers on two out-of-work car salesmen who realize that it is now a woman's world and decide that in order to find work again and succeed they are going to have to dress as women to get jobs as pharmaceuticals reps. Doing this inadvertently makes them better men, husbands and fathers but also makes them appreciate the sanctuary of their nights at the local bar where they can really be themselves. Work It joins Reich and Cohen's comedy Smothered, also from WBTV, which was picked up to pilot by ABC earlier this month.

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