FX Orders Comedy Pilot “Snowflakes” from Nick Kroll, “The Tonight Show” Writers

FX has ordered a pilot for a half-hour comedy series titled Snowflakes, with Nick Kroll executive producing, according to Variety.

  • In addition to Kroll, Snowflakes will be written and executive produced by Ben Kronengold and Rebecca Shaw, with FX Productions producing.
  • Kroll will executive produce Snowflakes under his first-look deal with FX Productions.
  • Alicia Van Couvering, president of Kroll’s Good at Business production banner, will also executive produce.
  • Karey Dornetto and Jonathan Krisel will also executive produce, with Krisel directing as well.
  • Snowflakes is described as a “twenty-something ensemble comedy following a group of codependent housemates trying to be good people, despite being neither ‘good’ nor ‘people’ yet.”
  • Kroll recently starred in Hulu’s The History of the World Part II and previously starred in FX’s The League.
  • He has also guest starred in FX’s What We Do in the Shadows.
  • Kronengold and Shaw were previously writers on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, where they were the youngest writers in the show’s history.
  • Dornetto previously worked with Kroll on The Kroll Show and wrote for FX’s animated series Little Demon.
  • Krisel, who also worked on The Kroll Show, recently directed FX’s English Teacher pilot, which was ordered to series in November.
  • He also previously wrote, directed, and served as showrunner on the FX series Baskets.
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