Berg's producing partner Amy Solomon will executive produce the comedy series
\n\nAlec Berg has signed an overall deal with Netflix, Variety has learned.
\n\nThe highly-successful TV writer and producer has previously been under overall deals at 20th Television (formerly ABC Signature) and HBO, the latter of which for nearly a decade. He has already set up his first project under the deal, a comedy series co-written by and starring Charlie Hall.
\n\nThe untitled comedy will focus on a drug ring operating out of a college fraternity, loosely inspired by real events that recently transpired at Penn State University.
\n\nHall is a writer on the series in addition to starring, with Berg serving as executive producer and supervising writer. Berg’s producing partner Amy Solomon will also executive produce under Berg’s production banner.
\n\nThis is the latest project that Berg, Solomon, and Hall have collaborated on of late. It was previously reported that the team was developing a comedy series at Hulu about men in an adult recreational basketball league.
\n\nBerg is a highly-regarded writer, director, and executive producer, having earned 24 Emmy nominations over the course of his career. His credits at HBO included “Barry,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” and “Silicon Valley.”
Original source: https://variety.com/v/tv/