ABC Developing Police Procedural From ‘Government Cheese’ Co-Creator Aeysha Carr and Ramón Rodríguez

EXCLUSIVE: Government Cheese co-creator Aeysha Carr and Ramón Rodríguez are teaming to develop an Oakland, CA-set police procedural at ABC.

The Untitled Aeysha Project hails from Carr, Rodriguez’s Altura Productions and 20^th Television, where Rodriguez is under a first-look deal.

Written and executive produced by Carr, the untitled drama is about an ultra-wealthy, four-time widow who decides to fund a state-of-the-art forensic science facility to help Oakland police solve their most brutal murders.

Rodriguez executive produces via his Altura Productions under his first-look deal, along with 3 Arts’ Oly Obst. Altura’s Stephanie Dietz serves as co-executive producer. 20^th Television is the studio.

Carr co-created the surrealist dramedy Government Cheese, starring David Oyelowo, which recently aired its first season on Apple TV. She served as co-executive producer on Darren Star’s Uncoupled and as executive producer/showrunner on Hulu’s Woke. On the feature side, she is penning the screenplay for Paramount’s remake of Planes, Trains and Automobiles, starring Will Smith and Kevin Hart, and is co-writing an Untitled Musical Project at MGM with Chance the Rapper. Her additional TV credits include Brooklyn 99, The Carmichael Show and Everybody Hates Chris. Carr is repped by 3 Arts and WME.

Rodriguez is repped by UTA and Jackoway Austen Tyerman.