EXCLUSIVE: Modern Family star Ariel Winter has landed the lead role in NBC’s multi-camera comedy series Hungry. She took over from Demi Lovato, who had been involved with the project for nearly a year but stepped down from acting duties on Thursday for scheduling reasons, just as the pilot was about to begin production.
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NBC continued to put a lot of emphasis on the project, opting for a quick recut to keep the pilot on schedule and the rest of the cast in place. With Winter on board, production is moving forward this week, starting with the table read on Tuesday. Lovato, along with his manager Scooter Braun, remain as executive producers.
Written and executive produced by Suzanne Martin and directed by James Burrows, “Hungry” is about a group of friends who join a food problem group as they help each other find love, success, and the perfect thing in the fridge to make them happy. everything is better.
Valerie Bertinelli, Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias, Ryan McPartlin, Alex Brightman and Ashley D. Kelly also star in the pilot produced by Sean Hayes and Todd Milliner of Hazy Mills, SB Projects and Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group.
Produced by Hayes, Milliner, Lovato, Brown, Scott Manson and James Sheen.
For 11 seasons, Winter played Alex Dunphy, the smart middle child of the Dunphy family, on the Emmy-winning ABC comedy series Modern Family, sharing four SAG Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. She also voiced the title character of the Disney Jr. animated series Sofia the First. Winter is represented by Gersh and Management 360 and Goodman Genow Shenkman.