Sibling Writers Tim & Michael Hobert Sell Sibling Comedy To NBC

This is a case of art imitating life times two — NBC has bought a single-camera comedy written by brothers Tim and Micheal Hobert based on their experience working together. The single-camera comedy, produced by Warner Bros. TV, centers on Mike, a twentysomething man who lands a dream job as the assistant to a commercial director, his older brother Tim, only to learn that his job is mostly about keeping his brother’s hectic home life running smoothly. The project stems from a script deal Tim Hobert had with Warner Bros. TV where he works as a co-executive producer on the studio’s ABC comedy The Middle. It is inspired by real-life events. Years ago, comedy writer-producer Tim Hobert had a development deal with NBC that provided a little money for him to hire an assistant. His baby brother Mike, who is 12 years his junior, had recently graduated from USC and was interested in a career as a writer, so Tim tapped him as his assistant. But the job quickly turned to Mike doing chores and babysitting his brother’s 4 small kids. “I wanted to get into writing but I was being used as the guy who cleaned his house, served as a nanny to his kids and made sure his life was running smoothly,” Mike Hobert recalled. Added Tim Hobert, “I basically bait-and-switched him. I duped him into becoming another me.” Tim and Mike Hobert, the middle and the youngest of 5 brothers, are writing and executive producing the project. This actually is the fifth time the two have worked together. Tim also hired Mike as a production assistant when he served as executive producer/showrunner on the Fox comedy series ‘Til Death. Additionally, Mike had recurring roles on two series where ICM-repped Tim worked as a writer-producer, Scrubs and Spin City. Mike Hobert’s experience, which he describes as a lot of “random stuff”, also includes producing a documentary on malaria for the UN and recently producing his friend, Parenthood‘s Sam Jaeger’s, indie Take Me Home, which is doing the rounds at the festival circuit.