Elizabeth Banks Producing Hunger Games Feminist Sitcom

10/10/2012 3:28 AM ET | Filed under: TV News • Elizabeth Banks

Elizabeth Banks Producing Female Empowering Sitcom

We already know Elizabeth Banks knows funny!

She was great in Role Models and Wet Hot American Summer and totally killed it in her recurring role as Avery on NBC's 30 Rock.

Now she is going to produce her own sitcom for CBS, written by Elizabeth's Movie 43 co-star Elizabeth Wright Shapiro.

The comedy will follow the culture clash as a feminist professor rooms with Playboy Bunnies, and they all struggle for their own sort of female empowerment.

If the show is as funny as Elizabeth, we're all going to be laughing all the way to the Banks!

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4 comments to “Elizabeth Banks Producing Hunger Games Feminist Sitcom”

NookiesWA says – reply to this

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God, for the love of god don't let feminism make a comeback. Whats with all this "war on women" crap. Possibly the dumbest shit I've ever heard.
Mickey Nemesis says – reply to this

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Feminism as a sitcom,LOL.
Nikki says – reply to this

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Not that impresses. Banks is no comedian, sorry. She is pretty & an okay actress but seriously this isn't wowing me. I don't think it will wow many other either.
Nikki says – reply to this

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I meant. Not that impressed. Sorry for the typo. I agree with Nookies it sounds pretty stupid, Maybe it won't be though. Whatevs.

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