CBS has picked up two new comedy pilots, the first being based on the life of, and starring, Rob Schneider, tvguide.com is reporting. The former ‘Saturday Night Live’ performer will also produce and co-write the series, which focuses on a lonely bachelor who marries a Mexican woman from a large, tight-knit family. Another former ‘SNL’ performer, Lew Morton, helped write the script.

Schneider and Morton will executive-produce the series, alongside ‘Two and a Half Men’ producers Eric and Kim Tannenbaum. The series will mark Schneider’s return to television after his 1996 NBC comedy ‘Men Behaving Badly.’

The second comedy CBS has picked up is ‘Home Grown,’ from ‘That ’70s Show’ writers Jeff and Jackie Filgo. The two will also executive produce the series, which focuses on four generations of a blue-collar Midwestern family who all live together. The news comes after the duo announced they will also be executive-producing the new ABC comedy pilot ‘Lost and Found.’

Written by: Karen Benardello

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