Mark Consuelos and Kelly Ripa are finalizing a deal that could bring Consuelos back to ABC. The couple is backing a new comedy series that could appear on the network. Consuelos and Ripa met and fell in love while working on All My Children.
All My Children alum
Mark Consuelos (
Mateo Santos) has yet another primetime project lined up. The actor, who has a recurring role on the spooky FX series
American Horror Story: Asylum.
Deadline is reporting that ABC is in the process of finalizing a deal that would have Consuelos headlining a new comedy series. The half-hour comedy "centers on a blue-collar handyman from Queens (Consuelos) who enters the moneyed world of the Upper West Side, where he and his son become part of a non-traditional family unit."
Consuelos and wife
Kelly Ripa (ex-
Hayley Vaughan) would serve as executive producers on the series.