She’s already a mega superstar on mun2… And now Jenni Rivera’s ready to shine on ABC.
The network has put in development Jenni, a multi-camera family comedy starring the 43-year-old Mexican-American singer-songwriter.
The project hails from leading Broadway producer Robert L. Boyett – marking his return to television, where he was one of the top comedy series producers in the 1980s and 1990s — and Designing Women’s Robert Horn.
Boyett and Horn will write the project, which stars Rivera as a strong, middle-class, single Latina working to raise a family using unique parenting skills, while struggling to run a family business and navigate her extended, co-dependent relatives — all while fighting the cultural perception that she needs a man to do it.
Boyett and Horn will executive produce, with Rivera and her manager Pete Salgado serving as producers for ABC Studios.
Rivera has sold more than 20 million albums worldwide. She’s also the star mun2′s docu-reality series I Love Jenni, now filming its third season.
In addition, Rivera made her big screen acting debut in the critically acclaimed Filly Brown.
Tags: ABC, ABC Studios, Broadway, Designing Women, Filly Brown, I Love Jenni, Jenni, Jenni Rivera, Pete Salgado, Robert Horn, Robert L. Boyett
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