Ellen Pompeo to Star in Hulu Pilot ‘Chicks’

Ellen Pompeo is staying in business with Hulu and her “Good American Family” collaborator Katie Robbins with the dramedy pilot “Chicks.”

Variety has confirmed that Pompeo will star in and executive produce the pilot under her Calamity Jane banner along with Laura Holstein. Robbins is writing and executive producing, with 20th Television serving as the studio.

The logline for the pilot describes it as “a family dramedy set in the rapidly gentrifying neighborhoods of old Boston, about Chickie (Pompeo) and Doreen, two estranged half-sisters who are both struggling to get by when their wise guy dad unexpectedly kicks the bucket. Their only inheritance is a legacy of two-bit crime that inspires them to run increasingly audacious frauds. As their con grows, so does their odd-couple bond, as they each start to fill the father-shaped hole in the other’s heart.”

According to an individual with knowledge of the project, it is an original idea based on conversations Pompeo and Robbins had on the set of “Good American Family.”

“Good American Family” marked Pompeo’s first project since she reduced her involvement on the hit ABC medical drama “Grey’s Anatomy.” The show also starred Jay Duplass and Imogen Faith Reed. It was inspired by true events in the life of Natalia Grace and debuted on Hulu in 2025.

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