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"HBO has ordered a new comedy pilot from The Office co-creator Stephen Merchant. Merchant will write and star in the show, which is called Hello Ladies, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Hello Ladies is centred on an English man (Merchant) looking for love in Los Angeles. The Emmy winner, who has penned the pilot with former Office writers Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky, will also become an executive producer on the show. HBO will produce in association with ABC Studios, who have a deal with Eisenberg and Stupnitsky. The cable network broadcasts and co-produces Life&amp;#039;s Too Short, Merchant&amp;#039;s latest sitcom with Ricky Gervais which features Harry Potter actor Warwick Davis. Merchant also toured the UK with a stand-up show titled Hello Ladies last year, recently bringing the show to the Just for Laughs comedy festival in Chicago. Watch Stephen Merchant talking to Digital Spy about An Idiot Abroad below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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