Nbc buys 'freakonomics'-inspired drama procedural produced by kelsey grammer
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NBC has bought_ Pariah_, a drama project from Lionsgate Television and Kelsey Grammer’s Grammnet Prods. Written by Kevin Fox (_The Negotiator, Law & Order: SVU_), the police procedural
features characters inspired by the economic theory ‘Freakonomics’ made popular by authors/economists Steven Levitt & Stephen Dubner. In _Pariah_, the Mayor of San Diego appoints a rogue
academic with no law enforcement background to run a task force using Freakonomics-inspired alternative methods of policing. This causes an uproar within the police department as the
morally conflicted, conspiracy-minded academic solves crimes by conducting his controversial experiments on citizens of the city. Grammer and Grammnet’s Stella Stolper and Brian Sher will
executive produce, with Levitt and Dubner attached as producers. The project extends Grammnet’s relationship with Lionsgate — the two companies also co-produce the Grammer-starring Starz
drama _Boss._ Grammnet, whose head of development Brian Taylor has spearheaded _Pariah_, and Levitt & Dubner are repped by WME. Fox is with Gersh.