Roman's Empire (U.S. TV series)

Roman's Empire is an American sitcom, set to air on ABC. Produced by Ashton Kucher and set to star Nick Thune as Leo, the series is based on the BBC comedy series of the same name.

Plot

Leo Park is a man who's heavily involved with the Pretty family. Leo is not only the key to the Prettys' sanity, they also keep Leo sane. For the last 10 years Leo and Nikki (the middle of three Pretty daughters) have been in love, but one day Nikki dumps Leo for Sebastian "Seb" Roman, the patriarch of the family and one of the richest men in America. Despite stealing Nikki from Leo, Seb feels bad for him, to a point where Seb insists on matching Leo up with another date.

Cast

Current status

The show was passed on on January 3, 2009, after ABC picked up the comedy Hank as another vehicle for Grammer; that series would go on to being cancelled after five episodes. The pilot was produced, but never aired.

Roman's Empire

Roman's Empire was a British television comedy show starring Mathew Horne, Neil Dudgeon, Chris O'Dowd, Montserrat Lombard and Sarah Solemani. Written by brothers Harry and Jack Williams (sons of writer Nigel Williams) as their TV writing debut, the programme's first episode was shown on BBC Two on 12 April 2007.

Plot

The programme centres around Leo, the ex-boyfriend of businessman Roman Pretty's middle daughter Nikki, who still works and lives with the family. Nikki's new boyfriend, Seb, has a shady past, which Leo tries to reveal to the Pretty family but usually ends up making himself look a fool. His best mate Jase is married to the eldest sister, Jenny, and is constantly attempting to get away from her and their new-born daughter.

After a complaint from Roman in a restaurant, Japanese chef Mr Hokkasawa loses his job. He had sworn that he would never use his sword again but later takes the job of the Pretty family gardener. Mr Hokkasawa is always plotting against Roman, but falls for his youngest daughter Kelly. All the characters live in a large house owned by Roman, which is where the majority of the story is set.