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New Animated TV Series Central Park to Feature Josh Gad, Leslie Odom Jr., Daveed Diggs

The series is created by Loren Bouchard of ”Bob’s Burgers”.

Josh Gad is the cowriter of the new animated series Central Park.
Josh Gad is the cowriter of the new animated series Central Park.
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Apple has given a two-season order to the new musical comedy animated series Central Park, according to published reports.

Created by Loren Bouchard (Bob's Burgers) and 20th Century Fox Television, the series is written by Bouchard, The Book of Mormon Tony nominee Josh Gad, and Nora Smith. It will follow how a family that lives and works in Central Park ends up saving the historic site. Bouchard and Gad will executive produce, with Smith serving as a consulting producer.

Gad will head the company, alongside Hamilton Tony winners Leslie Odom Jr. and Daveed Diggs, Gad's Frozen costar Kristen Bell, as well as Broadway vets Stanley Tucci and Kathryn Hahn.