New comedy series from San Antonio writer Shea Serrano headed to IMDb TV

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Larami Serrano

The new series Primo draws inspiration from Serrano's life.

Beloved local author Shea Serrano's officially coming to a TV near you.

On Monday, Variety reported that Amazon-owned streaming service IMDb TV has greenlit Serrano's series Primo, with The Good Place's Michael Schur attached to executive produce.

Serrano will write and executive produce the single-cam comedy series, which draws inspiration from his childhood growing up in San Antonio. According to Variety, the series "is described as a coming-of-age comedy about a teenager balancing college aspirations, societal expectations, and a hectic home life anchored by his single mom and five uncles."

IMDb TV originally announced that the series was in development in May of this year. 

i can't believe i get to say this but: the tv show that we pitched and worked on just got a series order 😭😭😭😭

i would like to take all of the credit but the truth is i deserve maybe 4% of it and all the rest goes to everyone else involved

okay thank you i'm gonna go cry now https://t.co/qkvkryYVOX

— Shea Serrano (@SheaSerrano) October 25, 2021

“Do you remember when the Spurs won the 2014 title after having their hearts broken in the 2013 Finals? That’s what I feel like right now. I couldn’t be happier, I couldn’t be prouder, I couldn’t be more thankful,” Serrano told Variety.

“Honestly, I still kind of can’t even believe that this is happening.”

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