NBC Orders "Reality Bites" Sitcom from Ben Stiller, Has Reached the Winter of Our Discontent

The show will take place in the early '90s.

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If you've ever watched Reality Bites and found yourself thinking, hey, this would make an excellent 30-minute sitcom on NBC, good news: The Ben who is not Batman, Ben Stiller, is turning Reality Bites into a 30-minute sitcom on NBC. Welcome to the winter of our discontent, world.

Stiller, who directed and starred in the film, has teamed up with original writer Helen Childress to bring the concept to television, and he will stay on as producer throughout the series. According to Deadline, the intention is to base the show on the film, even including main character Lelaina Pierce (played by Winona Ryder in the movie):

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It kind of sounds like early Friends, if Ross, Rachel, Monica, Chandler, Joey, and Phoebe were pseudo-hipsters and one of them covered Violent Femmes songs in Central Perk on a regular basis under the pseudonym "Hey, That's My Bike!" while the rest talked deeply about Quarter Pounders with cheese.

In other words: It'll probably do well.

[via Deadline]

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