By John Mack Freeman
Ellen DeGeneres will act as executive producer for a new NBC comedy based around a lesbian starting family. The show will be called “One Big Happy” and will star 24 actress Elisha Cuthbert as Liz, a single woman who decides to have a baby with her best friend. DeGeneres rejected the idea that the show would be a typical “lesbian comedy;” instead, she said (via PinkNews):
“It just happens to be a very funny show. It happens to have a lesbian character in it.
“It’s not like I formed a production company and said, ‘Bring me all your lesbian scripts.’
“I’m not just going to be a lesbian machine that just turns out stuff. All I wanted to do was put out really funny material [that’s] smart and thought-provoking.
“If this is thought-provoking and helps people open their minds a little bit and see a multiracial couple, to see a lesbian character and to see a guy who is her best friend that has a relationship, that’s a whole other story.
“They’re just going to be people that you love and watch and don’t think twice about any of it being weird.
“It’s just friendship or family or whatever that is. I think friendship is obvious, but family is not so obvious. Family changes all the time.”
Watch the trailer below:
