EXCLUSIVE: So Help Me Todd fans, who are still mourning the cancellation of the CBS series after two seasons, have something to cheer about. Series creator Scott Prendergast is back with Pennies, another light broadcast procedural that has two immediate family members at the center. In a competitive situation, Fox has landed Pennies with a script commitment plus penalty. The project hails from Kapital Entertainment which will serve as the co-studio with Fox Entertainment.
Written by Prendergast, the hourlong Pennies is about a reclusive forensic pathologist named Penny who is more comfortable with the bodies under her (dogged) care than with real people. Penny solves mysteries and murders stemming from the San Francisco morgue, aided by her over-confident extrovert sister, also named Penny, an attorney in the D.A.’s office.
Prendergast executive produces with Aaron Kaplan of Kapital Entertainment and Brian Morewitz of Morewitz Media.
In addition to creating and executive producing CBS’ So Help Me Todd, which starred Marcia Gay Harden and Skylar Astin, Prendergast wrote on the FX comedy series Wilfred. As an actor, he recurred on HBO’s Silicon Valley. He is repped by Gersh and Levin Law Corp.