FX is developing a half-hour comedy with three Saturday Night Live alumni attached in key creative roles, Deadline reports. Beck Bennett would star, Anna Drezen would showrun, and Paul Briganti would direct if the project moves forward. FX has not commented.
The setup
Bennett is attached to play a disgraced Olympic skier who has to rescue his family’s failing Aspen resort. The comic problem is clear: his standout skill is skiing, not running a hospitality business.
The project is set up at Lionsgate and Point Grey. Drezen and Briganti are part of the pitch from the beginning, so FX would be buying a team with a shared working history rather than a bare logline.
A tested sketch team
Their overlap at SNL shows up in the material they have made together, particularly pre-taped pieces and commercial parodies. That is a relevant skill set for a half-hour comedy built around a single high-concept premise.
- Beck Bennett joined SNL as a featured player in season 39 and became a main cast member in 2015; he left after season 46. He later played Steve Lombard in 2025’s Superman and is set to reprise the role in Man of Tomorrow, which opens July 9.
- Anna Drezen is the creator of Praise Petey, Freeform’s first animated comedy, and a former SNL head writer. She is currently co-executive producing Netflix’s Mating Season and is writing supervisor on Everybody’s in LA.
- Paul Briganti directed SNL shorts and the feature Please Don’t Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain. He also sold a half-hour comedy to Hulu with Jake Shane and is attached to direct Non-Refundable for Netflix.
What a package tells buyers
For media planners and development executives, the difference between a logline and a package is risk. A project arriving with a lead actor, showrunner and director attached gives a network a better read on whether the idea can actually be executed.
This is especially true when the creative leaders have already produced together. Bennett, Drezen and Briganti have a shared shorthand from SNL, which can shorten the early creative conversations that often slow down a pilot.
What to watch next
The series has not been ordered yet. The next meaningful signal is whether FX commissions a pilot or moves straight to a series order. Media buyers tracking cable comedy should treat that decision as the moment the project moves from development to inventory.
Source: Deadline
