EXCLUSIVE: CBS has initiated development Token white friendsa multi-camera comedy from The neighborhood team of CBS Studios and executive producers Aaron Kaplan via Kapital Entertainment, Wendi Trilling via TrillTV and Cedric The Entertainer & Eric Rhone via A Bird and Bear Entertainment.

Written and executive produced by Josh Greenberg (Not dead yet), Jordan Black (The Wonder Years) and Jon Haller (30 Rock) White token friends is inspired by a true story. When a black couple adopts a white child, they contact three estranged white college friends to become part of their town.

According to the makers, Token white friends is “about parenting, culture conflicts and why it is problematic for a seven-year-old white child to wear cornrows.”

Greenberg, Black and Haller, which they all worked on before Last man standingrecently sold The nerd table, an animated series based on the trio’s nerdy childhoods in the ’90s through Peacock and Universal, with Will Glick producing.

The Black series credits also include Punky Brewster, the last OG And Saturday evening live. He is represented by IAG, manager Pamela Thomas and VanderKloot Law.

Greenberg’s series credits also include Busy And Raising hope. He is represented by Gersh and managers Jarrod Murray & Allard Cantor of Epicenter.

Heller is represented by Gersh and manager Zadoc Angell & Amotz Zakai at Echo Lake.