Katie Couric and Michelle Pfeiffer Team With Murphy Brown Creator For Morning News Comedy Pitch

Katie Couric is using fodder from one of her high-profile media jobs for a hot new project!

The Perky One is putting her Today experience to good use, by teaming with Diane English (Murphy Brown) for a comedy set in the world of a fictional morning news program. According to Variety, movie star Michelle Pfeiffer would star in the project, which is being pitched to HBO, Showtime, AMC, Amazon and Netflix. Former Two and a Half Men executive producers Eric and Kim Tannenbaum are also attached.