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Modern Family star Eric Stonestreet is set to star in Amazon Prime series Home Team
EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, Prime Video has landed Home Team, a half-hour single-camera comedy starring and executive produced by Modern Family Emmy winner Eric Stonestreet. The project hails from Austin Winsberg's Zihuatanejo Productions, Peyton Manning's Omaha Productions, The Tannenbaum Company, Lionsgate Television — home to The Tannenbaum Co. and Zihuatanejo — and Amazon MGM Studios.
Written by Jason Belleville, based on a story by him and Winsberg, Home Team is described as a comedy with a big heart and a love letter to father-son relationships. It follows the now-incarcerated Scott Hansen (Stonestreet) as he moves his father into a retirement community, gets his life back on track at a new job, and learns how to finally live in the moment from people who have far fewer moments left.
Stonestreet and Belleville, who serves as showrunner and executive producer alongside Manning, Jamie Horowitz and Ben Brown through Omaha Productions; Eric Tannenbaum, Kim Tannenbaum and Jason Wang through The Tannenbaum Company; and Steven Kavovit through Thruline Entertainment.