Comedy From “Modern Family” Duo Lands ABC Pilot Order

Abraham Higginbotham (front row, in the middle). Photo by Brian To/Variety/REX/Shutterstock (5669115da)

ABC has just given out a second pilot production commitment to a project from 20th TV.

A new family comedy from Modern Family writers and executive producers is underway at ABC. The single-camera project hails from Abraham Higginbotham and Jon Pollack and 20th Century Fox TV where the two are under overall deals.

According to Variety, the project titled, Happy Accident, originated as a spec script at 20th TV. The series centers on two Pittsburgh families — a father with three adult daughters, and a hotel lounge singer with her med student son — as they are forced together after a decades-old secret is revealed.

ABC Studios has already begun the search for a director as well as casting director. The plan is to begin casting immediately as production is slated for the beginning of the upcoming pilot season.