Apple TV has greenlit a comedy series starring Elizabeth Banks as a recently divorced woman — but the show will go well beyond that basic premise.
The currently untitled series comes from creators Liz Heldens (Will Trent) and Matt Ward (Best Medicine) and Disney’s 20th Television. Here’s the logline: “Fresh off a messy divorce, Heidi (Banks) sets out to secure a lively second act for herself and her kids. But when she stumbles into coordinating her father’s retirement community sex dates, Heidi is forced into an unlikely alliance with his girlfriend’s perpetually single son.” It’s set to begin filming later this year in Los Angeles.
Without researching every comedy series logline of the recent past, THR is confident that almost none of them contain the phrase “retirement community sex dates.” The show will join a comedy roster at Apple TV that includes The Studio, Ted Lasso, Shrinking, Platonic and Stick, among others.
Banks, currently starring in The Miniature Wife at Peacock, will also executive produce the series via her Brownstone Productions. Heldens and Ward will serve as showrunners and executive produce with Brownstone’s Max Handelman and Krissy Wall; pilot director Jonathan Krisel (FX’s Adults); Quinn Haberman of Heldens’ Selfish Mermaid banner; and Jason Winer and Jon Radler of Small Dog Picture Company.
Banks’ TV credits also include Prime Video’s The Better Sister, Hulu’s Mrs. America and recurring parts on Modern Family and 30 Rock; she earned Emmy nominations for her work on the latter two. She’s also been nominated for an Emmy for hosting ABC’s game show Press Your Luck.
