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ESPN’s Jalen Rose To Star and Produce New ABC Comedy “Jalen vs. Everybody”

Are you ready to see ESPN NBA analyst Jalen Rose star in an ABC comedy? Rose will star in the half-hour pilot project titled Jalen vs. Everybody. No doubt the title is a shout out to his hometown of Detroit.

Per Variety, the show will follow Rose as a single father juggling his career and fatherhood. The show will also have two comedy veterans flanking the former NBA star, Anna Maria Horsford – Friday, Amen and Marla Gibbs – 227, and the 70’s classic, The Jeffersons – have signed on to play Rose’s mother and grandmother, respectively.

The project hails from the team behind ABC’s “Fresh Off the Boat.” Nahnatchka Khan wrote the pilot and will executive produce with Rose also serving as a producer. Khan’s brother Nick, reps Jalen at CAA.

In addition to hosting two national primetime shows, ABC and ESPN’s NBA Countdown and Jalen & Jacoby on SiriusXM. Jalen is also an author and was the executive producer of ESPN’s Fab Five 30-for-30. ESPN is owned by Disney/ABC. Connections matter!

Jill Munroe

Jill Munroe is a Los Angeles-based host, producer, and writer. You can find her work on sites such as FoxSports.com, EURweb.com, and MSN.com. Munroe is a current member of the African-American Film Critics Association and the National Association of Black Journalists. Munroe has also been a frequent guest on ESPN radio and Yahoo Sports. In 2015, Munroe released her first book, "PostGame Pass: access into "the life" JillMunroe.com

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