Good People is set in a college ombudsman's office, where three generations of women working there "navigate the current cultural climate, the concept of feminism across different generations and the struggle to reconcile socially constructed ideas with current ethical views regarding complex issues such as sex, race, class and gender," per Amazon's logline.
Kudrow's character, Lynn Steele, is the college ombudsman, a tired, mercurial force of nature. She finds herself being seen as out of touch by the younger generation, even though she's been a champion of women her entire career. Cummings will also star in addition to her other duties on the pilot.
The pilot comes from Amazon Studios and Disney's Fox 21 Television Studios (Empire co-creator Daniels is under an overall deal at sister studio 20th TV). Daniels and Cummings co-wrote the pilot, with Daniels set to direct.Eventually, more details will also be available from the Internet Movie Database. (THR; IMDB.)
Update 5/22/19: Vulture reporting that Greg Kinnear has joined the cast and will play an “incredibly charismatic” philosophy professor who causes problems for Kudrow and Cummings’s characters thanks to his “unorthodox methods of teaching and refusal to acquiesce to ‘PC’ rules.” (Vulture.)
Related post: Someone is Pitching a TV Show About an Ombuds; Amazon to Produce TV Show About a College Ombuds.
Apparently Martin Short will also be on the show. Some big names here!
ReplyDeleteI hope they consulted with "real ombudsman" and IOA and it won't be a disaster like the "mediator" role on portrayed in other movies.
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