Jane Levy (Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist) is joining Jake Johnson and Keth David in NBC‘s untitled single-camera comedy from Dan Goor and Luke Del Tredici. Akiva Schaffer (The Naked Gun) joined the team as director and executive producer of the pilot.
The untitled half-hour project is a workplace comedy set in the world of private detectives, which continues the proud tradition of Los Angeles private eyes that began with Philip Marlowe and will end with this show.
It centers on Mickey Wilder (Johnson), a former LAPD cop turned PI. David will play his boss, Garner Taggert, who runs the Garner Taggart PI Agency, where his son Mitch and Mickey are the main PIs. He’s a tough guy with somewhat antiquated views of the world.
Levy will play Faye, who is smart, resourceful, and a force of nature. Faye is a whip-smart investigative journalist.
The project brings Levy back to NBC, the network where she starred as the titular star in Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist, which premiered in 2020 and ran for two seasons. Her character Zoey Clarke could hear people’s thoughts as songs. For her portrayal, she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award under the Best Actress in a Comedy Series category.
Goor and Del Tredici are writers/executive producers. Universal Television, part of Universal Studio Group, is the studio.
Levy is repped by UTA, Rise Management and Sloane Offer Weber and Dern.