Chuck Lorre is ready to add another show to his already impressive résumé. The creator of The Big Bang Theory, Mom, Mike & Molly and Two and a Half Men is shopping a pot comedy, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
Co-written by Lorre and David Javerbaum (The Daily Show) the spec script has been sent out to broadcast networks and is set at a legal marijuana dispensary in Colorado. The ensemble revolves around a group of potheads.
The untitled pot comedy, a multicamera entry, hails from Warner Bros. Television, where the prolific producer is under a rich overall deal. Should it go to series, it would join Lorre's Big Bang Theory and Mom on the schedule and arrive as Mike & Molly is running through its final season.Big Bang is already renewed for next season, while Mom is considered a safe bet.
Pot comedies have been in high demand across broadcast, cable, premium and streaming outlets. Amazon recently tapped Margaret Cho to star in pot comedy Highland; HBO picked up six episodes of High Maintenance and NBC is teaming with Adam and Naomi Scott to develop Buds.
