Darcy better be hot or don't bother

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A new pilot picked up for NBC is described as…well, you read it.

NBC will is examining the “State of Romance” this pilot season.

The network on Friday night picked up a comedy pilot from writers-exec producers Barbara Wallace and Tom Wolfe.

Sister studio Universal Media Studios is producing the single-camera project, described as a modern day “Pride and Prejudice” set in Chicago.

Well, that remains to be seen, doesn’t it?

(Um, is that Tom Wolfe *the* Tom Wolfe??? Good heavens.)