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The project from Fey and producing partner Robert Carlock will feature the 'Good Place' star as the mayor of Los Angeles.

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00:00What happens when you pair two comedy legends and give them a straight-to-series

00:03order on NBC? Well, you'll have to keep watching to find out.

00:08Ted Danson and Tina Fey are joining forces for a new sitcom which has been given a

00:12straight-to-series order at the network which launched Fey's career via SNL

00:15and currently airs existential comedy The Good Place in which Danson stars.

00:19What else you got?

00:21Um, I'll tell you what else I got. I got this.

00:30The series will focus on the story of a wealthy businessman who is unexpectedly

00:34elected mayor of Los Angeles. That sounds kind of vaguely familiar but on a far

00:39smaller and less terrifying scale.

00:45Fey and her longtime producing partner Robert Carlock are writing and executive

00:49producing the show, with a single-camera effort hailing from Fey's universal

00:53television-based Little Stranger banner. According to sources, the series has been in

00:57the works for more than a year, with Fey and Carlock considering reteaming with their

01:01former 30 Rock star Alec Baldwin for a different project, which ultimately did not happen.

01:05This series, however, was written specifically for Danson.

01:09A formal episode count has not yet been determined and it remains to be seen if the new

01:13surefire comedic hit will air during the 2019-20 broadcast season, as Danson is currently

01:18in production on the final season of The Good Place. And by the way, the news that

01:22The Good Place is ending in the fall takes me to a very bad place. A very bad place indeed.

01:28No, no, look, look, you guys, this is not over. We have to stay together.

01:32Look, we'll figure something out. Like, just one idea I had, I could kill all of you.

01:37On Tuesday, Danson earned his 13th career Emmy nomination for his work on The Good Place

01:41and also won two Lead Actor Emmys during his 11-season run on Cheers.

01:45Fey and Carlock won three Best Comedy Series Emmys for 30 Rock during its 2006-13 run,

01:51and the duo also executive produced Universal TV's Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt for Netflix,

01:56which recently wrapped production on its interactive series finale.

01:59Fey has also won six Emmys for writing and acting on 30 Rock and Saturday Night Live.

02:04Said Fey and Carlock,

02:05We are thrilled to be back home at NBC and writing for one of the network's greatest

02:09stars of all time, Mary Steenburgen's husband, Ted.

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02:16For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Lyndsey Rodrigues.