One of my favorite authors, Jennifer Weiner, shared some exciting news on her Facebook page earlier today. Jennifer posted this link and said:
In other news, I’m going to Hollywood. And I couldn’t be more excited.
ABC Family just ordered a pilot of Weiner’s TV show called “The Great State of Georgia” co-written with Desperate Housewive’s Jeff Greenstein.
Here is the description of the show:
“The Great State of Georgia“ is an ABC Studios’ half-hour, multi-cam comedy series about an exuberant plus-sized performer from the south and her science geek best friend who try to make headway in New York City. Pilot writers are Jennifer Weiner (author of the best-selling novels Good in Bed, and In Her Shoes and Jeff Greenstein (“Desperate Housewives”)
This isn’t Jennifer’s first attempt to venture into TV. Back in January, she was in the running for a TV show on ABC. Now, she’s finally going to get her moment on the small screen.
I’ll definitely watch because I’m a huge Weiner fan, but the plot doesn’t excite me too much at the moment. Obviously I’m judging based on the one sentence description above, we’ll have to wait and see before I can form a real opinion. Weiner’s books are hilarious and witty and about real women; I hope this will be no different.
Will you tune in to “The Great State of Georgia?
That is so exciting! I bet you can’t wait to see it!! 😀
You know it 🙂
How cool. Congratulations to Jennifer Weiner!
She definitely deserves it!
Yay! I love Jennifer’s books, so I’ll definitely be watching The Great State of Georgia, though like you the plot doesn’t really excite me too much either. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see how it turns out. 🙂
We’ll have to chat about it when it finally makes it to the air!
I hadn’t heard about this, but how awesome! Weiner is so witty and fun, I’m sure her show will be awesome. I’ll definitely tune in — and DVR that sucker!
Thank goodness for DVR! 🙂 I wonder when this show will come out. It’s still in pretty early stages.