‘Overstepping’ Comedy In The Works At CBS From Lauren Ashley Smith & Damon Wayans Jr.

Peter White

8 November 2024 at 4:00 pm·1-min read

EXCLUSIVE: Damon Wayans Jr. just landed a full season order for his CBS comedy Poppa’s House and now he’s got another laugher in the works.

The network is developing Overstepping, a multi-cam comedy produced by his Two Shakes Entertainment banner and CBS Studios, with Lauren Ashley Smith set as writer and exec producer.

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Overstepping is set after a financial crisis, where a 50-something wild child moves in with her estranged 20-something stepdaughter, giving them a chance to rebuild their rocky relationship and lean on each other as they tackle life and love from two different sides of the generation gap.

Smith is the former head writer of the first two seasons of HBO’s A Black Lady Sketch Show and has other late-night credits including as head writer of BET’s The Rundown with Robin Thede and senior producer of Bravo’s Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen.

She recently scored a deal to write a majorettes-inspired feature film produced by Oprah Winfrey, Scott Sanders and H.E.R, which is set up at 20^th Century. She is under a deal at CBS Studios.

Overstepping is being produced by Two Shakes Entertainment, the company Wayans Jr. founded with Kameron Tarlow, which is behind Poppa’s House as well as game show Raid The Cage. The company is also developing a firefighter drama, Ten House, with the network after renewing its first-look deal with the studio through May 2026.

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