ABC Picks Up Funny In Farsi Pilot

ABC has spoken, given a greenlight to the comedy pilot Funny in Farsi. The show is based on the novel Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America by Firoozeh Dumas, who chronicled her upbringing as an Iranian immigrant in 1970s Newport Beach. The pickup is contingent on locating a director. Nastaran Dibai and Jeffrey Hodes are on board to executive produce and write.