Chris Rock (Head of State) is set to direct and executive produce the Saving Kenan comedy pilot starring Kenan Thompson (SNL) for NBC, Variety has confirmed.
Jackie Clarke will serve as writer and executive producer for Saving Kenan, with Thompson, Lorne Michaels, and Andrew Singer also executive producing.
In Saving Kenan, Thompson will play a newly widowed dad determined to be everything for his kids while begrudgingly letting his persistent father-in-law become more involved in their lives.
Universal Television will produce in association with Michaels’ Broadway Video.