Wanda Sykes Inks Deal for NBC Unscripted Series

Deadline reports that Wanda Sykes, along with Page Hurwitz's Push It Productions have inked a 'first look' deal with the NBC network to 'develop and produce' an upcoming unscripted series.

Commented Hurwitz on the announcement, "We are very excited to be working with NBC/Universal." Joked Sykes, "Wait, I thought we were getting The Tonight Show."

Sykes earned the 1999 Emmy Award for her writing on The Chris Rock Show. In 2004, Entertainment Weekly named Sykes as one of the 25 funniest people in America. She is well known for her role as Barbara Baran on The New Adventures of Old Christine and for her appearances on HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm.

In November 2009, The Wanda Sykes Show, her own late-night talkshow, premiered on Fox, airing Saturday nights, until it was cancelled in April 2010. Sykes has also had a successful career in film, appearing in Monster-in-Law, My Super Ex-Girlfriend, Evan Almighty, and License to Wed, and voiced characters in Over the Hedge, Barnyard, Brother Bear 2, Rio, and Ice Age: Continental Drift.