The young girl, who will be played by Isabella Russo, deals with race and gender issues while trying to focus on her life goal, which just happens to be following in the footsteps of her idol, Paula Abdul, and becoming one of the famous Laker Girls cheerleaders.
The single camera comedy, currently in the works for NBC, comes from Kourtney Kang and Nahnatchka Khan, who are mostly known for their work on the ABC hit Fresh Off the Boat.
If the pilot is ordered to series, the show would be based on Kang’s life and will look at what it’s like to grow up as the only girl in the only mixed race family in the suburbs of Philadelphia.