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[03/17/25 - 11:11 AM]
NBC Picks Up Its Third Comedy Pilot of the Season with the Untitled Ornelas, Keliiaa and Wilson Project
In the ensemble comedy, set at a Native community center in Oakland, California, the employees hustle to keep the lights on while lifting up those in need.

[via press release from NBC]

MEDIA ALERT

NBC picks up its third comedy pilot of the season with the Untitled Ornelas, Keliiaa and Wilson Project. The previous two were the Tracy Morgan project and "Stumble." All three are from Universal Television.

UNTITLED ORNELAS, KELIIAA AND WILSON PROJECT

Commitment: Pilot order

Platform: NBC

Studio: Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group

Genre: Comedy

Showrunner/W/EP: Sierra Teller Ornelas

W/EP: Jackie Keliiaa

W/EP: Bobby Wilson

NW/EP: Morgan Sackett

Logline: An ensemble comedy set at a Native community center in Oakland, Calif. The employees hustle to keep the lights on while lifting up those in need.

Note: Sierra Teller Ornelas and Morgan Sackett each have overall deals with Universal Television.

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BIO

Sierra Teller Ornelas was showrunner of the Peacock comedy "Rutherford Falls," which she co-created with Mike Schur and Ed Helms. She has previously written on "St. Denis Medical," "Loot," "Brooklyn Nine-Nine," "Superstore" and "Happy Endings."

REP INFO

UTA, 3Arts and Johnson, Shapiro, Slewett & Kole

BIO

Jackie Keliiaa is a stand-up comedian, writer and actor based in Oakland, Calif., and has been featured on Comedy Central, Team Coco and voices the character Bubble on Netflix's "Spirit Rangers." She wrote for the web series "You're Welcome, America" and has been featured in a variety of publications, including Vulture, Uproxx, L.A. Times and KQED.

Keliiaa has opened for Judah Friedlander, Nikki Glaser and was featured on the First Nations Comedy Experience streaming on Amazon Prime. She produces "Good Medicine Comedy," an all-Native comedy show that has sold out venues in the Bay Area and beyond. She's a regular at Bay Area venues and has performed at San Francisco SketchFest, Punch Line San Francisco and Cobb's Comedy Club.

Keliiaa attended undergrad at UC Berkeley, majoring in both ethnic studies and Native American studies, and minoring in city and regional planning. She has a master's degree in urban planning from Columbia University and spent a decade working in community and economic development prior to pursuing comedy full time.

BIO

Bobby "Dues" Wilson (Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota) is an Emmy Award-nominated producer, writer and comedian. He produced, wrote and acted on FX's "Reservation Dogs," wrote and acted on Peacock's "Rutherford Falls," wrote on the Marvel series "Echo," and has appeared on FX's "What We Do in the Shadows."

He's a founding member of the Native Sketch Comedy troupe the 1491s, and he co-wrote their critically acclaimed and Obie Award-winning play, "Between Two Knees."

REP INFO

Independent Artist Group, Artillery Creative Collective and Hirsch Wallerstein Hayum Matlof & Fishman





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· UNTITLED ORNELAS, KELIIAA AND WILSON PROJECT (NBC)





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