Bravo, known for glitzy “Housewives,” high-end real estate and well-to-do personalities, is expanding its slate with its first scripted comedy, “Odd Mom Out.” A sensible fit for the world the cabler’s audience already knows and loves (Bravo is the most upscale and educated ad-supported cable entertainment network among the 18-49 primetime demo), the series from exec producer and star Jill Kargman explores the upper-crust in the Upper East Side.
Kargman stars as Jill Weber, a born-and-bred Manhattanite — much like herself — who’s wealthy, but poor in the eyes of her peers, better known as the “robot mom” club. The series is based off Kargman’s novel “Momzillas,” which critiques the elite cliques of New York City where she grew up.
In the first episode of the “really brash, crazy, dark comedy,”as Kargman described, finds the mother of three feeling like an outcast for photographing her own children for their kindergarten applications, rather than hiring a professional, while her newly promoted-to-partner attorney husband (“The Office’s” Andy Buckley) is sidelined by his baby brother (Sean Kleier, Showtime’s “Happyish”) who sold a multi-million dollar international bagel company.
“We’ve got the best cast in the whole wide world. I’m a newbie, but we shot for the stars with veteran actors and comedians and we got our first choice with every role,” the author and series creator tells Variety of her cast, which includes “Saturday Night Live” alum Abby Elliott. “Part of being new in this business is my naivete, and I was just really determined to shoot for the moon and we got it so I feel really lucky.”
