HBO Developing IVF Comedy From Andrew Gettens, Lauren Mackenzie and Jessica Rhoades

HBO is set to develop Counterfeit, a half-hour comedy from husband-and-wife writing duo Andrew Gettens and Lauren Mackenzie and Jessica Rhoades' Pacesetter Productions, according to Deadline.

Counterfeit centers on a couple, desperate to have a child, who learn there's no way for them to conceive the old-fashioned way. And with no resources (and a loudly ticking biological clock) they start counterfeiting money to pay for IVF.

Gettens & MacKenzie, who wrote the show, conceived of the idea for Counterfeit while going through their own struggles with IVF.

Gettens and Mackenzie will executive produce with Rhoades via her Pacesetter Productions, which has first-look deal with the premium cable network..

Gettens and MacKenzie are co-executive producers on the upcoming Netflix series Hit & Run. Their previous credits include, Sacred Lies (Facebook Watch), Chance (Hulu), No Tomorrow (CW), American Gothic (CBS), The Returned (A&E), Complications(USA) and Elementary (CBS).

Rhoades most recently executive produced HBO's limited series Sharp Objects. She's also an executive producer of Showtime's The Affair, having joined the series in its fourth season.

Read the original article on Deadline.

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