Fox Greenlights David E Kelley Legal Comedy

Fox has teamed with Emmy-winning writer-producer David E. Kelley for a single-camera, legal-themed comedy, says The Hollywood Reporter. The network has given a put pilot commitment to the untitled project, from 20th Century Fox TV and studio-based David E. Kelley Productions. The series chronicles the lives of a group of jurors on a high-profile trial who are sequestered in a motel.

Kelley is set to oversee the comedy’s co-creators, Steve Baldikoski and Bryan Behar, who will write the pilot script. Kelley will executive produce with his manager, 20th TV-based producer Marty Adelstein.