Pilot season is currently in full swing, with NBC issuing a pilot order for
Problem Child. The half-hour sitcom is based on the 1990 feature film comedy of the same name, which starred
John Ritter,
Amy Yasbeck and
Michael Oliver as the title character. The original movie followed a couple who get conned into adopting a seemingly-normal 7-year-old boy, before learning that he leaves destruction everywhere he goes.
The series is described as a family show, following two parents' "cat-and-mouse game" with their brilliant yet devilish child.
Scot Armstrong, who wrote features such as
Road Trip,
Old School and
The Hangover Part II, wrote the pilot script. The writer will also serve as an executive producer alongside Imagine Television's
Brian Grazer, TBD Entertainment's
Peter Traugott and Universal TV's
Rachel Kaplan.