Alec Berg Signs Netflix Overall Deal, to Develop Fraternity Drug Ring Comedy With Charlie Hall

Variety - Sep 22, 2026

Alec Berg has signed an overall deal with Netflix, Variety has learned. The highly-successful TV writer and producer has previously been under overall deals at 20th Television (formerly ABC Signature) and HBO, the latter of which for nearly a decade. He has already set up his first project under the deal, a comedy series co-written […]

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