Fraiser alumni and four-time Emmy winner, David Hyde Pierce is set to return to NBC in the near future. Acordingly to TVline there is a sitcom int he works with his name on it coming in the near future. Details are scarce on the untitled project, but Pierce is said to be playing “a man who discovers that the unexamined life can bite you in the a*s.” Marco Pennette (“Mom,” “Caroline in the City“) will pen the pilot and serve as an executive producer along with Pierce.
Pierce is best known for his portrayal of psychiatrist Niles Crane on the NBC sitcom Fraiser from 1993 to 2004. In addition to winning four Emmys for the role, Pierce has also received five Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actor for the role. He also won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his role of Lt. Frank Cioffi in the Broadway musical Curtains in 2007.
The David Hyde Pierce project is looking to join NBC’s portfolio of multi-camera comedies headlined by sitcom veterans: hit Happy’s Place, starring Reba McEntire, and Newlyweds, starring Tim Daly and Téa Leoni, which debuts this fall.
Source: TVLine