The actress and singer will also executive produce ‘Hungry’ by writer Suzanne Martin.
Demi Lovato will star in an ongoing comedy project on NBC.
The actress and artist signed a contract with Hungry, a single camera comedy from Universal Studio Group Universal TV and veteran Suzanne Martin (Will & Grace, Hot in Cleveland, Frasier) The project, which also has Hazy Mills and SB Projects as producers, has a pilot commitment from the chain, which means that NBC will pay a fine if it does not go live.
Hungry you will follow a group of friends who belong to a group of food issues and help each other while they seek love, success and that thing in the fridge that will make everything better.
Lovato, who has been open about having an eating disorder, is also an executive producer, alongside Martin, Sean Hayes and Todd Milliner of Hazy Mills and Scooter Braun, James Shin and Scott Manson of SB Projects.
If it were for the series, Hungry would be Lovato’s first regular TV role since she starred on the Disney Channel Sonny With a Chance 2009-11. She reappeared in Will and graceThe last season of Smurfs last year and dubbed animated films Smurfs: The Lost Village and Charming. Lovato will also be the subject of a series of documentaries on YouTube that will open the 2021 SXSW festival and participate in the Celebrating America TV special held by President Joe Biden.
Hungry joins a comedy development list on NBC that also includes three remnants of the 2020 cycle: romantic comedies Crazy for You and Someone out there and Jefferiesstarring comedian Jim Jefferies.