“Former ‘The Office’ executive producer/showrunner Paul Lieberstein has sold a second broadcast project, the hourlong ‘Negotiations.’ Set up at ABC through ABC Studios, ‘Negotiations’ is a comedic drama about life, politics and romance in one of the world’s largest law firms. Lieberstein will write the script and will executive produce alongside 3 Arts’ Howard Klein.”

So writes Nellie Andreeva at Deadline.

Separately, Andreeva writes, “Wendy Davis made national headlines in 2013 for filibustering anti-abortion legislation in the Texas Senate. Now the former Democratic state senator is poised for more national attention as the inspiration for a dramedy series in development at NBC. Written by Jennifer Cecil, the untitled project centers on a female Democratic senator who, after losing the Texas governor’s race, gets her world turned upside down….”

To read more about the ABC project, please click here. To read more about the NBC project, please click here. Each one will take you to the appropriate story by Nellie at Deadline.