Demi Lovato stars in ‘Hungry,’ a comic one-camera pilot about a group of people in a food-related support group.
Demi Lovato’s comedy series about a group of people with eating disorders gets a pilot assignment at NBC.
The singer-actress is the lead actor and executive producer of the project, entitled Hungry, which follows “friends who belong to a food issue group and help each other find love, success, and the perfect thing in the fridge that will make it all better.”
Other executive producers of the single camera comedy include Sean Hayes, Todd Milliner, Scooter Braun, Scott Manson, and James Shin.
Lovato has been open about having an eating disorder herself in the past. “I compulsively ate too much when I was 8 years old,” she told ABC News in 2011. “So I think I’ve had a really unhealthy relationship with food for the past 10 years.” Lovato said that too when she was working Camp Rock As a teenage Disney Channel star, she was bullied for her weight by her classmates, which in turn led to bulimia. “I gave concerts on an empty stomach,” she said. “I lost my voice because of the clearing.”
If the project goes green for serials, it will be Lovato’s first regular TV role since she starred in the 2009 Disney Channel series. Sonny with a chance.
The news comes on the heels of NBC’s streaming service Peacock ordering a new title for mental health, a drama titled expiration date, starring Will Forte as a man who wants to commit suicide.
NBC also ordered another comedy pilot with one camera, Somewhere out there, billed as ‘a romantic comedy about two grown adults who are challenged by unexpected strangers to become the best versions of themselves to find love and possibly each other’. The project is based on the Spanish format Small coincidences made by Javier Veiga. Executive producers include Josh Siegal, Dylan Morgan, Matt Hubbard, Emiliano Calemzuk and Veiga.