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  • Ariel Winter to headline NBC comedy series ‘Hungry’

    By PTI

    LOS ANGELES: “Modern Family” star Ariel Winter has been tapped to replace singer-actor Demi Lovato as the lead of NBC’s comedy series “Hungry”.

    Lovato, who is executive producing the show along with her manager Scooter Braun, stepped down from acting duties last week citing scheduling conflict.

    According to Deadline, the show will get into production coming week.

    Written by Suzanne Martin, “Hungry” follows a group of friends who belong to a food-issues group helping one another as they look for love, success and the perfect thing in the fridge that’s going to make it all better.

    James Burrows is attached to direct the multi-camera comedy.

    Actors Valerie Bertinelli, Gabriel Fluffy Iglesias, Ryan McPartlin, Alex Brightman and Ashley D Kelley round out the cast.

    The show is produced by Sean Hayes and Todd Milliner’s Hazy Mills, SB Projects and Universal Television.

  • Valerie Bertinelli to co-star with Demi Lovato in NBC comedy ‘Hungry’

    By PTI
    LOS ANGELES: Actor and TV host Valerie Bertinelli will feature alongside singer Demi Lovato in NBC’s upcoming comedy “Hungry”.

    The single-camera comedy show is being written and executive produced by “Will & Grace” scribe Suzanne Martin, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

    The series received a put pilot commitment from the network, meaning NBC will pay a penalty if it doesn’t air.

    It follows a group of friends who belong to a food issues group help each other as they look for love, success and the perfect thing in the fridge that’s going to make it all better.

    Bertinelli, who previously featured in series “Hot in Cleveland”, will essay the role of Lisa, the mother of Lovato’s character Teddy.

    Lisa is always quick to point out that they’re also best friends.

    Warm and loving, she’s also “a self-critical and emotional mess who has lost and gained the same 30 pounds for 30 years”, as per the description of the character.

    Lisa owns a restaurant and is constantly thinking about — and serving people — food.

    Lovato, who got her break with Disney Channel’s “Camp Rock” franchise, will also serve as an executive producer on the series.

    Sean Hayes and Todd Milliner of Hazy Mills, and Scooter Braun, James Shin and Scott Manson of SB Projects are the other executive producers.

  • Demi Lovato to headline NBC comedy ‘Hungry’

    By PTI
    LOS ANGELES: Singer Demi Lovato is set to play the lead role in NBC’s upcoming comedy “Hungry”.

    The single-camera comedy show is being written and executive produced by “Will & Grace” scribe Suzanne Martin, reported Deadline.

    The series received a put pilot commitment from the network, meaning NBC will pay a penalty if it doesn’t air.

    It follows a group of friends who belong to a food issues group help each other as they look for love, success and the perfect thing in the fridge that’s going to make it all better.

    Lovato, who got her break in the Disney Channel’s “Camp Rock” franchise, will also serve as an executive producer on the series.

    Sean Hayes and Todd Milliner of Hazy Mills, and Scooter Braun, James Shin and Scott Manson of SB Projects are the other executive producers.

  • American singer Demi Lovato to star in NBC comedy ‘Hungry’

    By ANI
    WASHINGTON: American singer and actor Demi Lovato is returning to her TV roots! The star will feature in a comedy project titled ‘Hungry’, which is in the works at NBC.

    The 28-year-old singer is all set to headline the upcoming project which follows friends in a food issues group “as they help each other look for love, success, and the perfect thing in the fridge that’s going to make it all better,” reported Variety.

    The network has given the show a put pilot commitment, which means if it does not air as a series, it will premiere as a special at least. Lovato will executive produce and star in the series, with ‘Frasier’ and ‘Will and Grace’ fame producer Suzanne Martin helming the show.

    ‘Will and Grace’ star Sean Hayes will also executive produce under his production company. Lovato guest-starred alongside Hayes in the ‘Will and Grace’ revival last year.

    Aside from her stint on the American sitcom ‘Will and Grace’, Lovato has starred on several TV shows in the years since ‘Sonny With a Chance’. She was in two episodes of ‘From Dusk Till Dawn’ and guest-starred as Dani, Santana’s (Naya Rivera) love interest in four episodes of ‘Glee’ in 2013 and 2014. She also appeared as a patient in one episode of ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ in 2010.

    According to E! News, the singer has been vocal about struggling with and recovering from bulimia. She also sought treatment for her eating disorder during a 2010 rehab and has been open about her subsequent relapses. In March 2020, she spoke to American comedian Ellen Degeneres about a period where she felt like her life and her food were controlled by her team.

    “My life, I just felt, was so–and I hate to use this word–but I felt like it was controlled by so many people around me,” she had said earlier.

    “If I was in my hotel room at night, they would take the phone out of the hotel room so I couldn’t call room service. Or, if there was fruit in my hotel room, they would take it out because that’s extra sugar. We’re not talking about, like, brownies, and cookies, and candies and stuff. It was fruit,” she added.

    Lovato has since hired American media proprietor Scooter Braun as her manager. He will also serve as an executive producer on ‘Hungry’.