NBC Developing Dramedy Inspired By Former Texas Senator Wendy Davis

Deadline Hollywood ^ | October 8, 2015 | Nellie Andreeva

[2ndDivisionVet]

Wendy Davis made national headlines in 2013 for filibustering anti-abortion legislation in the Texas Senate. Now the former Democratic state senator is poised for more national attention as the inspiration for a dramedy series in development at NBC.

Written by Jennifer Cecil, the untitled project centers on a female Democratic senator who, after losing the Texas governor’s race, gets her world turned upside down. In the vein of The Good Wife, while she pieces her pride back together, she goes to work in the law firm of her best friend — a black male Republican — and discovers that with no political future to protect, she can unshackle her inner badass.

Cecil and Davis executive produce alongside Sue Naegle via her Naegle Ink banner and Karen Sherwood. Universal TV is the studio.

A Harvard-educated lawyer, Davis represented District 10 in the Texas Senate from 2009-15. She made national news in June 2013 when she staged an 11-hour filibuster to block a Senate bill imposing major new restrictions on abortions. The filibuster, which drew support from President Obama, was successful, but the bill ultimately passed. The move made Davis a political star, leading to a run for governor last year, which she lost in the general election. Since then, Davis had been working on a new women’s equality initiative targeting millennials.

Former Private Practice executive producer/co-head writer Cecil is an executive producer on NBC’s upcoming medical drama Heartbreaker. Her résumé also includes stints as a co-executive producer on AMC’s Hell On Wheels and CBS’ Hostages.

Davis and Cecil are repped by UTA.

[C210N]

No. It’s a demonic tradgedy

[C210N]

No. It’s a demonic tradgedy

[Army Air Corps]

Set that to the tune of the Beverly Hillbillies theme song.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Rat? Why not a mongoose or a rabid raccoon?

[Army Air Corps]

The treatment must have been a real pip.

[immadashell]

Will the lead actress wear pink sequined sneakers and a catheter?

Maybe she can branch out if she straps a mattress to her back.

[ken5050]

We need to help them out with a title

[Cowboy Bob]

The move made Davis a political star, leading to a run for governor last year, which she lost in the general election.

She didn't just lose, she got her ass handed to her.

Maybe they should do a comedy series based on the life of Walter Mondale after the 1984 election.

[mrsmith]

A program about a dumb slut... whoda thunk it?!

Money rules the media, and dumb sluts are their cash cow.

[Army Air Corps]

Ping...or not.

[WayneS]

Or a comedy about a certain species of camel?

[sitetest]

She’s a dirty, filthy scumbag whore. And those are her good qualities.

[WKTimpco]

What a brave soul! Standing up for the right of women to kill their own children before they are born! Every little girl needs to see this! Good thing every grade school student in government schools will see this and be required to sing the praises of this brave person! I can’t wait to see videos of classes singing about this brave heroine fighting for women’s rights to kill the most innocent of human beings! /effing sarc

[PAR35]

Dramedy? Is that like a dramatic comedy?

It's a sitcom that isn't funny.

[bgill]

No thanks. I’ll pass on watching it.

[KevinB]

I hope whoever they hire to play her doesn’t have a mushroom growing on her face.

[Slings and Arrows]

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[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Are they going to show the scene where her husband cashed in his 401K and took out a huge loan, so that she could go to law school only to have her divorce him just the next day after he finished paying off her student loans?

She's the Dr. Demento of hypergamy.

DANG!

[mylife]

FAIL

[mylife]

She made national news in June 2013 when Ted Cruz and Bob Dueulle kicked her skanky arse to the curb