CBS Television is developing a pair of comedy plots for Lawrence, with an eye toward shooting one of them as a pilot. Larry Wilmore, creator of "The Bernie Mac Show" (and the black correspodent for the Emmy-winning "The Daily Show"), and Tom Hertz,...

CBS television is developing a pair of comedy plots for Lawrence, with an eye toward shooting one of them as a pilot. Larry Wilmore, creator of “The Bernie Mac Show”, and Tom Hertz, “Rules of Engagement” creator, both have projects that will star...

The keynote address was part of the University of Missouri’s belated tribute to Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday this month. Wilmore, best known as the “senior black correspondent” on “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,” is a producer, director and a...

Bernie Mac creator and The Daily Show contributor Larry Wilmore is behind one of the shows, while the other is from Rules of Engagement creator Tom Hertz and Adam Sandler's Happy Madison production company. In the Wilmore script, Lawrence would play a...

The decision to engage two high-level comedy scribes is a sign of CBS' interest in having a Lawrence-fronted laffer on its air next season. The comic signed a development pact with the Eye last fall (Daily Variety, Sept. 15). "Rules of Engagement"...