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There's not much information yet, but NBC is close to securing three new comedies set to air sometime next season. The first, I'm with Stupid, which I mentioned last month, is a re-tooling of a British series about a man who befriends a boy in a wheelchair and lives in a home for the disabled. The project is being helmed by directors Peter and Bobby Farrelly, along with Ben Silverman, who helped develop both The Office and Ugly Betty for American audiences.

Kath and Kim is based on an Australian series about a divorced mother and her daughter. Nancy Pimental, a former writer for South Park and a former co-host on Win Ben Stein's Money, penned the adaptation and will serve as executive producer with Silverman. The series, along with I'm with Stupid, is being developed for the Farrelly brother's Reveille production company.

The BBC3 comedy I'm with Stupid, about a man who befriends a boy in a wheelchair and moves into a home for the disabled, is being retooled for NBC by Peter and Bobby Farrelly, the duo behind such films as Dumb and Dumber and Me, Myself and Irene. Peter Farrelly will direct the pilot episode, and both brothers will executive produce the new series along with Bradley Thomas and Ben Silverman. Kenton North, an executive producer on the original British series, will also serve as an executive producer for the American adaptation. Silverman has already successfully helped to get two other shows from different countries off the ground in the states, NBC's The Office and ABC's Ugly Betty. We'll have to see if he can work his magic again with this new series. Wil Calhoun, a writer for Friends, is set to pen the pilot episode.