FX Orders Comedy Series ‘Snowflakes’ From ‘Tonight Show’ Writers
FX has greenlit the comedy series “Snowflakes,” Variety has learned.
The half-hour show was originally picked up to pilot at FX back in January. It is slated to premiere in 2025. The official logline states that “Snowflakes” is a “twenty-something ensemble comedy following a group of codependent housemates trying to be good people, despite being neither ‘good’ nor ‘people’ yet.”
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Former “Tonight Show” writers Ben Kronengold and Rebecca Shaw wrote the pilot and serve as executive producers. Nick Kroll and Alicia Van Couvering executive produce via Good at Business, with Jonathan Krisel and Stefani Robinson also executive producing. Krisel directed the pilot as well. FX Productions is the studio.
“We are excited about the exceptional cast and powerhouse comedy team we’ve assembled for Snowflakes,” said Nick Grad, president of FX Entertainment. “Not only does it give us a chance to introduce our audience to Ben Kronengold and Rebecca Shaw’s brilliant comedic voice, but we also get the opportunity to work again with Nick, Jonathan and Stefani, all incredibly talented veterans of signature FX comedies.”
“Snowflakes” stars Malik Elassal as Samir, Lucy Freyer as Billie, Jack Innanen as Paul Baker, Amita Rao as Issa, and Owen Thiele as Anton.
“We’re so grateful to be telling this story about a group of friends navigating the hardest, horniest time of life together,” said Kronengold and Shaw. “FX comedies have defined our generation, and we can’t wait to show them the consequences.”
Kronengold and Shaw were writers for two years on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” on which they were the youngest writers in the show’s history. They also published the book “Naked in the Rideshare: Stories of Gross Miscalculations,” a collection of comedy short stories, with HarperCollins in November 2023.
“Ben and Rebecca are massively gifted writers, our cast is beyond talented and the team we have assembled around them is the best,” said Kroll. “I cannot wait to help make this show and give many more quotes for press releases.”
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