Amazon has handed out a series order to a coming-of-age comedic drama formerly titled 'On the Spectrum,' from the Parenthood and FridayNightLights alum
in March 2019, revolves around three 20-something roommates on the autism spectrum, striving for the same things that we all desire: To get a job, keep a job, make friends, fall in love and navigate a world that eludes them. Rick Glassman, Sue Ann Pien and Albert Rutecki — who each identify as living on the autism spectrum — star in the series alongside Sosie Bacon, Chris Pang and Joe Mantegna.
The series is a co-production between Amazon Studios and Universal Television. Katims and his True Jack banner was previously housed at the latter company before moving his overall deal last year to Apple.
Katims, who penned the pilot, serves as showrunner and exec produces alongside his True Jack topper Jeni Mulein and Dana Stern. The half-hour comedic drama is based on the Israeli formatThat series won multiple awards there, including best drama series. "Jason Katims is exceptional at creating beautiful and relatable stories about deeply authentic characters, and this new series continues in that tradition,” said Salke. “This series is honest, touching and incredibly entertaining, with casting that delivers a unique and genuine perspective on universal themes that we know our global Amazon Prime Video customers will love.”
Katims is now in line to have series on at least three different streamers. He currently is executive producing Netflix's straight-to-series space drama
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