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Aidy Bryant is Getting Her Own Hulu Series
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The SNL cast member is embarking on a new adventure.
April 24 2018 9:55 AM EST
April 24 2018 9:55 AM EST
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The SNL cast member is embarking on a new adventure.
Hulu is adapting the memoir Shrill: Notes From a Loud Woman, by Lindy West, into a comedic half-hour series starring Aidy Bryant, according to The Hollywood Reporter.The show is currently in development.
The Saturday Night Live cast member helped write the screenplay for the new program with West and Ali Rushfield. The show will come from SNL head Lorne Michaels' Broadway Video and its executive producers include actress Elizabeth Banks.
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Shrill is described by THR as a single-camera comedy about a heavyset woman looking to change her life, but not her shape.
Hulu's other new comedies including Ramy, starring Ramy Youssef in a series tackling the intricacies of Arab, Muslim, and American identity. Other current Hulu comedies are Future Man and Pen15.