"Project Greenlight" didn't work out all that well for Bravo from a ratings standpoint this past season after the network picked it up from HBO, but that hasn't stopped them from creating what is essentially a sitcom version of the indie filmmaking contest/clinic. Comedy finds Will & Grace funnyman Sean Hayes and his production partner Todd Milliner linking up with Arnold Shapiro and Allison Grodner to find TV's next great comedy by scouring spec scripts and then having the finalists go through the network series development/production process in all of its angst-laden glory. The series kicks off with a two-hour premiere that documents the weeding, the pitching, the casting, the tweaking and the early rewriting.

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