Fox Orders Absolutely Fabulous Pilot

Fox has given a pilot pickup to Absolutely Fabulous, a U.S. version of the cult British comedy about a neurotic fashion publicist, Edina, and her best friend Patsy, an outrageous fashion editor, who drive Eddie’s sensible teen daughter, Saffron, up the wall with their wild behavior. Christine Zander penned the set in Los Angeles adaptation, which is produced by Sony Pictures TV, BBC Worldwide Prods. and Tantamount. Zander is executive producing the pilot with Jennifer Saunders, who wrote and starred in the original series as Edina. There have been several attempts to develop “Ab Fab” for American audiences, but this is the first one to go to pilot.