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Sarah Silverman to star in new HBO series

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Press Trust of India Los Angeles
Actress Sarah Silverman will star in a new HBO pilot about a pathologically honest woman in the midst of a midlife crisis.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the 44-year-old comedienne will also executive produce the untitled comedy written by 'Secret Diary of a Call Girl's Lucy Prebble.

Joining Silverman and Prebble as producers are Ash Atalla (Trollied, Cuckoo) Silverman's manager Amy Zvi and Dan Hine (Cuckoo).

Silverman is rejoining HBO after the comedy pilot 'People in New Jersey', which she starred in with 'Topher Grace', wasn't picked up by the network.

She has recently been nominated for a Writer's Guild TV award for her HBO comedy special 'Sarah Silverman: We Are Miracles'.

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First Published: Dec 20 2014 | 7:45 AM IST

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