"Perfect Couples": NBC Announces Pickup of New Comedy Series 'Perfect Couples' For 2010-11 Season

NBC has green-lit the new romantic comedy "Perfect Couples" for its 2010-11 season, it was announced today by Angela Bromstad, President, Primetime Entertainment, NBC and Universal Media Studios. "Perfect Couples" joins previously announced "Chase," "Undercovers," "The Event," "Love Bites," and "Outsourced" as the sixth new scripted series currently unveiled for NBC's new season with additional pickups yet to be announced.

"Jon and Scott are hugely talented writer-producers and they've really delivered with 'Perfect Couples,'" said Bromstad. "The comedy includes a cast of three distinctive couples who share the same issues and will draw viewers in with their relatable stories."

"Perfect Couples" depicts the misadventures of three engaging couples as they struggle to find out what makes the ideal relationship -- and how to maintain it through humorous trial-and-error. The series explores their heroic journey in search of the perfect relationship without destroying each other in the process.

Dave (Kyle Howard, "My Boys") and Julia (Christine Woods, "Flash Forward") are the relatable, normal couple, but Julia's hope of remaining the cool, low-maintenance chick is tested by Dave's attempts to keep both his wife and his needy best friend Vance (Dave Walton, NBC's "100 Questions") equally happy. Vance, along with the neurotic Amy (Mary Elizabeth Ellis, "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia"), are the high-passion, high-drama couple who bring out the best and worst in each other.

The third duo features Rex (Hayes MacArthur, "She's Out of My League"), a reformed party guy, and, and his wife, Leigh (Olivia Munn, "Attack of the Show"), who considers herself as the group's mother hen. Believing that they are relationship experts, Rex and Leigh have attended every class and seminar on relationships -- and regard themselves as the "perfect couple."

Jon Pollack ("30 Rock") and Scott Silveri ("Friends") are the executive producers while Andy Ackerman ("Seinfeld," "The New Adventures of Old Christine") is the director. The series is produced by Universal Media Studios.

Episode
	Perfect Wedding Leigh takes charge of the day as wedding planner as Vance and Amy struggle with cold feet. Dave and Julia argue about their toasts to the happy couple. Rex will stop at nothing to be a part of the wedding.	April 7, 2011
	Perfect Exes After finding out that Amy has invited all of her ex-boyfriends to their wedding, Vance bonds with them but worries that he will become one of them. Rex finds out that Leigh keeps a file of her ex-boyfriends and is anxious to see it. Dave and Julia tie up some loose ends as they help prepare for Vance and Amys wedding	March 31, 2011
	Perfect Lies Julia plans a quiet bachelorette party for Amy in Vancouver, however Amy has failed to tell her childhood friend that Julia is the maid of honor. At the bachelor party, Vance hopes to have a special moment with his friends while Dave tries to impress the guys with his camping skills. Rex and Leigh can't bear to spend one night apart.	March 24, 2011
	Perfect Job Julia (Christine Woods) gets jealous when Dave (Kyle Bornheimer) hits it off with her coworkers. Vance (David Walton) beats Rex (Hayes MacArthur) at a game of miniature pool and refuses a rematch. Leigh (Olivia Munn) makes a career plan for Amy (Mary Elizabeth Ellis) and becomes "Amy's wife".	March 17, 2011
	Perfect Jealousy It does not appear that this show is getting any better. We are now on the fourth episode of Perfect Couples and I am just as disappointed as I was with the first one. It is not funny enough to keep me interested and the storylines are just too silly. This week's episode centered around Dave and Julia's jealousy when they either flirted with someone or hung out with someone that was good looking. Julia was jealousy because the woman that Dave and the dog walked with sounded cute. Dave was jealous because Julia spent a lot of time on Facebook commenting on a coworker's status and pictures. Even though in the end they thought the whole thing was stupid because they trusted each other, they went about making ridiculous rules such as Dave can only jog with someone way older than him and Julia could only half laugh at her friend's comments. That was completely contradictory to their declarations of trust. Meanwhile Vance and Amy solved their jealousy issues in the most ridiculous way involving Amy trying to pick up a college student while on speakerphone with Vance. I was uncomfortable too just watching it.	March 10, 2011
	Perfect Health Julia puts Dave on a diet after learning he has high cholesterol. Elsewhere, Vance tries to help Amy become more financially responsible; and Rex creates a man cave at Leigh's suggestion.	February 3, 2011
	Perfect Proposal Vance and Amy return from their engagement trip to Paris, but Dave is unsure they're making the right decision. Meanwhile, Rex tries to convince Dave to buy a new car. Amy makes outrageous demands of her maid of honor Julia and Leigh takes the reins as wedding planner.	January 27, 2011
	Pilot "Perfect Couples" depicts the misadventures of three engaging couples as they struggle to find out what makes the ideal relationship - and how to maintain it through humorous trial-and-error. The series explores their heroic journey in search of the perfect relationship without destroying each other in the process.	January 20, 2011