NBC is developing an all-Asian family drama roughly based on Samsung corporate heirs
NBC is teaming up with Sleepy Hollow showrunner Albert Kim to create a family drama with a nearly all-Asian cast, as first reported by The Hollywood Reporter. The drama is roughly based on companies like Samsung that are run by single families, which often erupt in turmoil when a new heir must be picked. Multiple networks had their eyes on Kim’s untitled drama, but NBC ultimately won the bidding war.
The not-yet-named drama is about a family-owned Korean electronics company. On the eve of launching the company’s American subsidiary, the CEO dies, leaving a will that designates a mysterious heir — an ordinary Asian American woman who never knew she was a corporate heiress. She then must vie with her recently discovered siblings for the...