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Nov. 25, 2011 / 4:51 PM

NBC orders pilot for Silverman comedy

Sarah Silverman arrives for the world premiere gala screening of 'Take This Waltz' at Roy Thomson Hall during the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, Canada on September 10, 2011. UPI/Christine Chew

Sarah Silverman arrives for the world premiere gala screening of 'Take This Waltz' at Roy Thomson Hall during the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, Canada on September 10, 2011. UPI/Christine Chew | License Photo

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- NBC has ordered a pilot for a half-hour single-camera comedy starring U.S. comedian Sarah Silverman, Deadline.com reported.

Silverman will play a woman trying to start over after ending a decade-long, live-in relationship.

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The celebrity news Web site said Silverman penned the screenplay for the as-yet-untitled show with Dan Sterling and Jon Schroeder, writer-producers from "The Sarah Silverman Program," which ran on Comedy Central from 2007 to 2010.

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