TBS to Launch New Late-Night Original Comedy Series 10 ITEMS OR LESS
Grocery-Store Comedy from Sony Pictures Television, Writer/Star/Executive Producer John Lehr, Writer/Director/Executive Producer Nancy Hower and Writer/Executive Producer Robert Hickey
What: TBS�s New Late-Night Original Comedy Series 10 ITEMS OR LESS
When: Premieres Monday, Nov. 27, at 11 p.m. (ET/PT), following Family Guy
Also available at TBS�s Laugh Lab (tbs.com) beginning Thursday, Nov. 30, and on VOD beginning Friday, Dec. 1
Produced by: Sony Pictures Television
Description: TBS is heading for the express checkout lane with 10 ITEMS OR LESS, a new late-night comedy series that combines scripted and improvisational elements. The series, co-created by acclaimed comedy improv actor John Lehr (Memron), goes behind the scenes at a family-owned grocery store being run by a host of interesting characters. It comes to TBS from Sony Pictures Television, with Lehr, Robert Hickey and Nancy Hower serving as executive producers.
Ep. 1: �The New Boss� Written by Robert Hickey & Nancy Hower & John Lehr; Directed by Nancy Hower
10 ITEMS OR LESS opens with Leslie Pool (John Lehr � Memron) returning to his native Ohio to run the Greens & Grains grocery store he has just inherited from his father. He arrives to find a rather dysfunctional staff that includes Carl (Robert Clendenin � That �70s Show), the sweet, doofus stockboy who has fathered a baby with Yolanda (Roberta Valderrama � ER), the straight-talking dominant force in the produce department; Ingrid (Kirsten Gronfield � Steve Saves L.A.), the quirky, soft-spoken customer service representative who has a thing for Todd (Chris Payne Gilbert � The Broken Hearts Club), the sexy butcher who hopes to one day to be a stock car driver; and the check-out team of Buck (Greg Davis Jr. � The King of California), the bagger who is looking towards the future by attending night school, and Richard (Christopher Liam Moore � Judging Amy), the dignified cashier who dreams of becoming a professional ice dancer. Leslie also faces off against his arch nemesis, Amy (Jennifer Elise Cox � Lovespring International), who manages the Super Value Mart down the street. Amy is determined to bring the Greens & Grains to its knees so that Value Mart can buy the property and turn it into a parking lot.
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TBS, a division of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., is television�s �very funny� network. It serves as home to such hot contemporary comedies as Sex and the City, Everybody Loves Raymond, Family Guy, Seinfeld and Friends; original comedy series, like the upcoming scripted comedies My Boys and 10 Items or Less; specials and special events, like The Comedy Festival in Las Vegas, for which TBS serves as title sponsor; blockbuster movies; and hosted movie showcases.
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