Damon Wayans Jr. (Shrinking, Kenan) recently landed full season order for his CBS series Poppa’s House. Now he’s got another comedy in the works. Deadline reports that the network is developing Overstepping, a multi-camera comedy produced by Wayans’ Two Shakes Entertainment banner and CBS Studios. Lauren Ashley Smith (Grown-ish, Dicktown) is set as writer and executive producer.
Overstepping is set after a financial crisis, where a 50-something wild child moves in with her estranged 20-something stepdaughter, giving them a chance to rebuild their rocky relationship and lean on each other as they tackle life and love from two different sides of the generation gap.
Smith is the former head writer of the first two seasons of HBO’s A Black Lady Sketch Show and has other late-night credits, including as head writer of BET’s The Rundown with Robin Thede and senior producer of Bravo’s Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen.
Smith recently obtained a deal to write a majorettes-inspired feature film produced by Oprah Winfrey (Black Cake, Queen Sugar), Scott Sanders (Black Dynamite, Roc) and H.E.R (Bob’s Burgers, We the People), which is in collaboration with 20th Century. She is also under a deal at CBS Studios.
Overstepping is being produced by Two Shakes Entertainment, the company Wayans Jr. founded with Kameron Tarlow (Glamorous, Crowded), which is behind Poppa’s House and game show Raid The Cage. The company is also developing a firefighter drama, Ten House, with the network after renewing its first-look deal with the studio through May 2026.