The Plain White T’s No. 1 hit “Hey There Delilah” is being adapted into a scripted TV series.
The Grammy- and Tony-nominated band is teaming with Lively McCabe Entertainment and Primary Wave to develop a scripted romantic dramedy based on its chart-topping single about a long-distance relationship. Producers, including the band’s frontman and songwriter Tom Higgenson as well as writer Jeremy Desmon, will be in L.A. pitching the potential series — described as a contemporary fairy tale that expands the story within the song — to multiple networks and studios this month.
I’ve made the joke lately that pitch meetings in Hollywood go like this…
Guy Pitching: Hey, have you heard of (property) ?
Hollywood Executive: Yeah, yeah I have.
Guy Pitching: THAT. The Movie!
Hollywood Executive: SOLD!
…but this is just getting really, deeply sad.