NBC works on comedies with Adam Carolla, Don Cheadle

NBC has struck deals for several new comedies, including a new half-hour comedy about a newly single contractor and his father to star Adam Carolla. Variety reports that NBC is also on board for a project from Simpsons writer Bill Oakley about a young judge, and one from Don Cheadle and Aaron McGruder (Boondocks) about brothers who open a security company.