NBC to Develop SAVE THE DELI From Lauren Bachelis and Milo Ventimiglia

NBC is set to develop the multi-camera comedy Save the Deli, based on David Sax's book of the same name, from writer Lauren Bachelis and This is Us star Milo Ventimiglia, according to Deadline.

The comedy also comes from Russ Cundiff's DiVide Pictures and 20th Century FOX TV, where DiVide is under a deal.

Save the Deli is a family workplace comedy centering on a 30-year-old woman, who much to the shock of her family, friends and mostly herself, becomes the new owner of her Chicago family deli after her grandfather dies. Naturally, her very opinionated staff and family members make the job unbearable since they all have conflicting ideas of how to save the deli.

In addition to using Sax's book, published by Houghton Mifflin in 2009, as source material, Save the Deli draws on Bachelis' personal experiences. Her grandfather owned Mort's, the Jewish deli in Tarzana. Bachelis executive produces with Ventimiglia and Cundiff of DiVide.

Read the original article on Deadline.