NBC Orders New Comedy Series ‘Night Court’

NBC Orders Multi-Camera Comedy ‘Night Court’ to Series

Melissa Rauch and John Larroquette star in the follow-up series, from writer Dan Rubin and director Pamela Fryman.

NIGHT COURT — “Pilot” — Pictured: (l-r) Melissa Rauch as Abby Stone, John Larroquette as Dan Fielding — (Photo by: Evans Vestal Ward/NBC)

NIGHT COURT

· Network: NBC

· Produced by: Warner Bros. Television; Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group; After January Productions

· Commitment: Series order

· Format: Half-hour comedy, multi-camera

· Executive producers: Dan Rubin; Melissa Rauch, Winston Rauch (After January)

· Producer: John Larroquette

· Pilot written by Dan Rubin

· Pilot executive produced and directed by Pamela Fryman

· Based on the original series created by Reinhold Weege

· Logline: Unapologetically optimistic judge Abby Stone (Melissa Rauch), the daughter of the late Harry Stone, follows in her father’s footsteps as she presides over the night shift of a Manhattan arraignment court and tries to bring order to its crew of oddballs and cynics, most notably former night court prosecutor Dan Fielding (John Larroquette)