Universal TV has acquired rights to Liza Palmer's latest book, Family Reservations, which it will develop at NBC with writer/executive producer Ilene Chaiken (The L Word) and Keshet Studios, Deadline reported.
"Liza Palmer's delicious book brings together the very things I love most in the world--food and family drama!" said Chaiken. "I'm thrilled and grateful that she has entrusted us with the television adaptation."
Palmer added: "Family Reservations is a labor of love that was written every morning from 5:30 to 8:30 during cancer surgeries and day-job headaches. Over those long months and years, the Winters became family to me. I've ugly cried more times than I'd like to admit because I now know my little complicated family are in the best of hands with the brilliant, creative teams at Universal Television, Keshet Studios and NBC. Having these precious, complex women in the capable hands of Ilene Chaiken is truly a dream come true."