''E Is for Edie'' is an upcoming American

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television series created by Jeanie Bergen that is set to premiere on

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cable service under their

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service.

Premise

''E Is for Edie'' begins "when a single woman becomes the sole caregiver to her disabled sister."

Production

On August 30, 2018, it was announced that

had greenlit a

dark comedy Black comedy, also known as dark comedy, morbid humor, or gallows humor, is a style of comedy that makes light of subject matter that is generally considered taboo, particularly subjects that are normally considered serious or painful to discus ...

series created by Jeanie Bergen that they planned to release through their

cable service. Executive producers were expected to include Bergen, Kate Robbin, Brittany Cope, and

Jonathan Stern Jonathan Stern is the founder of Abominable Pictures, a creator-driven comedy production company that develops and produces content for television, web and film. He is the three-time Emmy Award-winning Executive Producer of the television comedi ...

. Production companies involved with the series were slated to consist of

Abominable Pictures Abominable Pictures is an American creator-driven comedy production company that develops and produces content for television, web and film. Output Producer Jonathan Stern founded Abominable in 2006 to produce the first season of internet cult-hit ...

References

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