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EXCLUSIVE: In a very competitive situation, CBS has landed _Gorgeous Morons_, a multi-camera comedy project from prolific writer-producers Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky and ABC Studios,
with a big put pilot commitment. Co-created by Eisenberg, Stupnitsky and frequent collaborator/former _Office_ head writer Danny Chun, all under overall deals at ABCS, _Gorgeous Morons_
centers on two stunningly handsome but dumb brothers, a model and a personal trainer, who find their lives rocked by their new roommate, a female literature PhD. who is merely very
attractive. This is the biggest commitment from an outside network to a comedy project from ABC Studios in many years as the studio is stepping up its efforts to sell everywhere under new
boss Patrick Moran. Both Moran and ABC Studios’ head of comedy Amy Hartwick came from 20th Century Fox TV, which, while aligned with Fox, supplies all major broadcast networks, so the goal
was to not let vertical integration stand in the way of giving their projects the best chance of success. “Not everything is going to work at the studio’s sister network and therefore we
want ABCS to afford our show creators enough options to find the right home for their material,” Hartwick said. Eisenberg and Stupnitsky first came up with the idea for _Gorgeous Morons_
last season when they ended up writing an adaptation of the British series _Pulling_ for ABC Studios in addition to executive producing _Trophy Wife_. It has been a busy year for the duo
who landed four pilots, _Trophy Wife_ and _Pulling_ at ABC, _Bad Teacher_ at CBS (based on the hit feature written by them) and _Hello Ladies_ at HBO, three of which — _Trophy Wife, Bad
Teacher_ and _Hello Ladies_ — went to series. Heading into this development season, Eisenberg and Stupnitsky revisited the _Gorgeous Morons _idea but, with three shows on the air, they
couldn’t write it by themselves and reached out to one of their go-to writers, Chun, with whom they worked on _The Office_ and have since recruited for _Hello Ladies_ and _Trophy Wife_.
Chun, who will take lead in writing the script, is well liked at ABC Studios where he developed two projects last season, one for ABC and one for Fox. Deemed not a good fit for ABC,_
Gorgeous Morons_ was taken to the other major broadcast networks who I hear all bought it in the room as there is a very strong interest among the networks in multi-camera comedy at the
moment, especially fresh takes on the classic half-hour format. CBS, the dominant player in the multi-camera genre, was particularly aggressive and ultimately nabbed the pitch. _Gorgeous
Morons_ would be a suitable companion for CBS’ Chuck Lorre series and has a vibe of a reversed _Big Bang Theory_ of sorts. Eisenberg and Stupnitsky, repped by WME, Mosaic and Robert Offer,
are executive producing through their Quantity production company headed by Emily Brecht. Exec producer Chun is repped by WME, Price Management and Ziffren Brittenham.