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Junior’s back! Problem Child headed to NBC

NBC has commissioned a pilot of “Problem Child”, a new comedy based on the 1990 movie starring John Ritter and Amy Yasbeck.

Scot Armstrong (“Old School”) wrote the pilot, described as a “family show about the cat-and-mouse game between a set of parents and their brilliant but mischievous child.”

Deadline, who have the news, say Armstrong is executive producing with Brian Grazer, who produced the original film.

The original film, distributed by Universal Pictures, spawned two sequels.

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