Chris Distefano Sitcom with HIMYM Creators Heading to CBS After Bidding War

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CBS has outbid ABC for a comedy from stand-up Chris Distefano and “How I Met Your Mother” creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas with Sony TV.

The untitled family comedy is a semi-autobiographical look at Chris’ life as a Brooklynite and new father married to a Puerto Rican woman. In a set on “Late Night with Seth Meyers”, Distefano discusses his mafia-connected family and his father’s friend’s nicknames, a blatantly “mafia thing”. There’s Tommy Pinesols, who’s called that because “he cleans things up” and Bobby Pets who always has illegal, exotic pets in his basement apartment. If the set is any indication of the tone of the upcoming show, the upcoming NYC-centered show will be like a shadier HIMYM with the social circle of adorable like-minded 30-year olds replaced by a network of dubious Italian-American aunts and uncles.

Bays, Thomas  and Distefano will write the story, and Bays and Thomas will write the script, Deadline Reports.

It was just two years ago when we were congratulating Distefano on his Comedy Central Half Hour special, and then last year we watched Chris co-star on “Benders” at IFC.  “Benders” didn’t last, the show was cancelled back in December after one season, but this should more than make up for any bad feelings.  You can also add Chris to the list of comedians with great careers who got their TV start on MTV’s “Guy Code.”

Watch Distefano on Late Night with Seth Meyers to get a preview of what you might expect from the new series.

 

 

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Rachel Crowe
Rachel Crowe
The most notable lies Rachel Crowe has ever told were that she has 10 children (no twins), she’s running a marathon retracing the path her ancestors took to evade the IRS and that she found childcare for 10 on a Saturday night. She’s also a stand-up comedian and dog walker living in Los Angeles. Follow Rachel on Twitter @Racheddar or on Instagram @thelma_and_disease. Or don’t, but at least appreciate those fresh hot puns.