Ellen Pompeo to Star in Hulu Dramedy Pilot 'Chicks' from 'Good American Family' Collaborator Katie Robbins
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Joe Otterson
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Summary
Ellen Pompeo is set to star in and executive produce the Hulu pilot "Chicks," a family dramedy created by Katie Robbins (her collaborator on "Good American Family"). The pilot follows two estranged half-sisters, Chickie (Pompeo) and Doreen, struggling to get by in rapidly gentrifying neighborhoods of old Boston. The project is produced under Pompeo's Calamity Jane banner with 20th Television serving as the studio.
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· 3 pulledEllen Pompeo is staying in business with Hulu and her 'Good American Family' collaborator Katie Robbins with the dramedy pilot 'Chicks.'
Variety has confirmed that Pompeo will star in and executive produce the pilot under her Calamity Jane banner along with Laura Holstein.
The logline for the pilot describes it as 'a family dramedy set in the rapidly gentrifying neighborhoods of old Boston, about Chickie (Pompeo) and Doreen, two estranged half-sisters who are both struggling to get by'
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