The comedy, titled Good Place, was picked up straight to series, according to The Hollywood Reporter. It will center on Bell’s character Eleanor, a woman who realizes that she isn’t a good person, doesn’t know what it means to be a good person, and so must discover how to become a good person and atone for her past mistakes. Almost sounds a bit like My Name is Earl, no? Danson, who is leaving CSI: Cyber for the new show, will star as her circumstantial self-improvement guide Michael. Schur is writing and producing the show (he also produces Brooklyn Nine-Nine), and alongside 3 Arts’ David Miner, he’ll executive produce it as well.
If Good Place features anything close to Parks and Rec’s complexity of character, there’s going to be a legion of Leslie Knope and Ron Swanson fans jumping for joy in the fall.
