The girl next door is coming to the small screen.
Superstar Meg Ryan will exec produce and star in a new half-hour, comedy from Universal TV that is in development at NBC.
Ryan would play a sunny, non-confrontational single mom (with teenage kids, an almost-ex-husband and a meddlesome mother-in-law) who returns to her New York publishing house where she was once a brilliant editor to find that she now works for Brenda, a neurotic 30-year-old who was once her former intern. Trying to keep everyone happy, Ryan’s character ends up over complicating every situation.
Marc Lawrence from ‘Miss Congeniality’ who started his career at ‘Family Ties’ ,will write and also executive produce along with Ryan’s manager Jane Berliner.
Besides being photographed constantly with her boyfriend music’s John Cougar Mellencamp, Ryan has guested most recently on“Web Therapy” and “Curb Your Enthusiasm.”
Meg was in a short lived TV series ‘Wildside’ back in1985.
Pictured: Ryan with Mellencamp back in June in NYC.