Comedy Central Picks Up 'Detroiters' Pilot

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“Detroiters,” a pilot produced by Motor City natives and featuring Detroiters, is coming to Comedy Central for a 10-episode pilot, the Detroit Free Press reports.

Stars are Tim Robinson, a writer and former cast member of “Saturday Night Live,” and Sam Richardson, who starred in “Veep,” who performed together at Chicago’s Second City, according to the entertainment website Deadline.

They created the program with SNL writers Zach Kanin and Joe Kelly, but another SNL alum, Jason Sudeikis (“Horrible Bosses”) encouraged them to make a TV pilot, and is the executive producer of the project, along with SNL creator Lorne Michaels’ Broadway Video.

Set in a gritty and hip urban landscape, the show’s plot revolves around two local advertising executives who make low-budget commercials in the Moor City. But the best friends have loftier goals.

Richardson, who grew up in Detroit, and Robinson, who grew up in Clarkston, met about 12 years ago when they were both working for The Second City Detroit. They have also performed improv at Planet Ant in Hamtramck, joined separate Second City touring companies and both eventually landed spots on The Second City Chicago main stage.

Planet Ant founder Margaret Edwartowski, who taught improv to Robinson and Richardson, told the Free Press the pair are “disgustingly talented.”

“They’ve both been on a trajectory toward this kind of thing for a while,” Edwartowski said. “You won’t find anyone who would be surprised (by news of the pilot) and you won’t find anyone who wouldn’t be thrilled for them.”

“The creative team on ‘Detroiters’ is so ridiculously funny, we’re not even sure we deserve them,” Comedy Central’s Kent Alterman told Deadline.

It’s unclear when the show will air, and whether it will be shot on location in Detroit, where the pilot was shot, or in Los Angeles or New York.