Five months after starting the popular #HollywoodAssistants blog, Berkeley grad Lauren Bachelis sold a TV comedy to CBS inspired by her industry parody Tumblr.
Bachelis launched the humorous blog in May while working as an assistant at Creative Artists Agency (CAA) before leaving for a job as assistant to "New Girl" creator/executive producer Liz Meriweather.
And now, just a few months later, Fred Savage—who has a production deal at CBS—will direct and executive produce the story of Bachelis paying her post-college dues at a top Hollywood agency.
"Bachelis will write and serve as supervising producer on the project, titled 20-Nothings, which revolves around five over-educated 20-nothings living in Los Angeles who do whatever it takes to achieve their Hollywood dreams," reports Deadline.
But this isn't the first time CBS has plucked a show idea from a popular blog or Twitter feed. In 2010, the network tried, and failed, with the short lived "$#*! My Dad Says," featuring William Shatner.
From there, the network announced a new series based off of another Twitter feed: "Shh ... Don't Tell Steve" (@shhdonttellsteve); however, decided to pass on it in March 2011.
To get a feel of what the comedy may encompass, we turn to Tumblr blog #hollywoodassistants:
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