BEIJING, June 15 -- Lisa Kudrow and her producing partner, Dan Bucatinsky, have signed a two-year TV development deal with her old "Friends" employers at NBC.

Under the pact, NBC Universal Television Studio will get the first crack at the duo's comedy and drama projects, moving Kudrow and Bucatinsky's 3-year old production venture Is or Isn't Entertainment from its original home at Warner Bros. TV.

Under their earlier pact with Warner Bros., Kudrow and Bucatinsky developed and produced such projects as the HBO comedy series "The Comeback," which starred Kudrow, and the pilots "All In" for NBC, an untitled comedy starring Aisha Tyler for CBS, and "Beck and Call" for UPN.

Kudrow's long history at NBC co-starring in the network's long-running sitcom "Friends" and her successful working relationship with NBC Entertainment president Kevin Reillyl were factors in the duo's decision to ally with NBC Universal.

(Source: Shenzhen Daily/Agencies)