CBS gets friendly with LeBlanc

CBS in the US has ordered two comedy pilots including one starring future Top Gear presenter Matt LeBlanc, while axing Angel From Hell.

New Top Gear presenter Matt LeBlanc

I’m Not Your Friend is a multi-camera comedy from Jeff and Jackie Filgo (That ’70s Show) starring LeBlanc as a stay-at-home dad forced to contend with raising children. It’s being produced by CBS Television Studios, with LeBlanc attached as exec producer.

The Friends and Episodes star was named one of the new presenters of the BBC’s revamped version of motoring show Top Gear last month.

CBS has also ordered an untitled multi-cam comedy from Stephanie Weir, who starred in FX’s The Comedians.

The show explores a seemingly perfect family’s realisation that their children have different values and is being produced by CBS Television Studios, with Weir, Greg Garcia and Alix Jaff exec producing.

Meanwhile, the Eye Network has axed Angel From Hell, which was produced by CBS Television Studios. The show, which was pulled after its fifth episode, followed a young woman’s guardian angel.

Yesterday the US network confirmed that its Emmy-winning drama The Good Wife will end after its current seventh season.