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Tracy Morgan signed for comedy pilot on FX

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FILE - In a Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015 file photo, Tracy Morgan presents the award for outstanding drama series at the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. Morgan may soon be returning to regular television work at the FX network.FX announced that Morgan will develop and star in a comedy pilot about a career criminal trying to make it back into society after 15 years in prison. Morgan, the former "30 Rock" and "Saturday Night Live" comic, was seriously hurt in a New Jersey highway crash in June 2014. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

PASADENA, Calif. – A roundup of news Saturday from the Television Critics Association winter meeting, at which TV networks and streaming services are presenting details on upcoming programs.

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MORGAN’S RETURN

Tracy Morgan may soon be returning to regular television work at the FX network.

FX announced that Morgan will develop and star in a comedy pilot about a career criminal trying to make it back into society after 15 years in prison. Jordan Peele of Comedy Central’s “Key and Peele” is a co-writer of the show’s pilot.

Morgan, the former “30 Rock” and “Saturday Night Live” comic, was seriously hurt in a New Jersey highway crash in June 2014 and has been getting back to work in recent months after a long recuperation.

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