ABC has landed The Real Fairy Godmother, a single-camera comedy starring Kristin Chenoweth and executive produced by Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, which has received a put pilot commitment.
Written by Alan Zachary & Michael Weiner, with ‘Til Death creators Cathy Yuspa and Josh Goldsmith serving as showrunners, The Real Fairy Godmother centers on a self-absorbed “real housewife” (Chenoweth) who learns that she’s descended from a secret order of Fairy Godmothers and has an inescapable destiny to use her magical abilities to help those in need. As she begrudgingly executes her assigned weekly FGM missions, she slowly begins to realize just how superficial and morally bankrupt her actual life is and — to the confusion of her dysfunctional family and friends — tries to get them all to be better people.
Zadan and Meron executive produce via their Zadan/Meron Productions (fka Storyline Entertainment) alongside Yuspa and Goldsmith through Goldsmith Yuspa Productions. Zachary and Weiner co-executive produce, along with Mark Nicholson, head of development and production at Zadan/Meron Prods. Chenoweth serves as producer. Universal Television, where Zadan/Meron has a deal for TV series, is the studio.
