Eva Longoria’s portfolio of behind-the-scenes television projects is expanding…

The 38-year-old Mexican American actress and former Desperate Housewives star’s production company UnbeliEVAble Entertainment has set up two more projects – a comedy at NBC and drama at Lifetime.

The NBC project stars rising comedian Erik Rivera and is based on his life and standup comedy routine.

Peter Murrieta, a comedy veteran, will write the script and executive produce the project with Scott Ellis, who is set to direct, and UnbeliEVAble’s Longoria and Ben Spector. The project stems from a deal UnbeliEVAble made with Rivera earlier this year to develop a vehicle based on his comedy.

The setup is reminiscent of ABC’s The George Lopez Show, which also started with a well-known actress, Sandra Bullock, championing a Latino comedian on the rise, Lopez, and partnering him with an established sitcom showrunner, Bruce Helford, for a comedy project starring Lopez and based on his standup. .

The Lifetime drama, titled Blackout, is a small town soap written by Elle Triedman (Revenge). It centers on a woman whose failed career leads her to return home after 10 years to the small blue collar town run by her estranged siblings. She tries to make amends with her family and her past but the murder of a teenage girl forces her to face her own demons.

Blackout expands Longoria’s relationship with Lifetime where she serves as an executive producer on the soapy drama Devious Maids.