CBS Bets on Hilda! (In Lights!) as a 70-Year-Old Broadway Dreamer Pilot

CBS has ordered a single-camera comedy pilot, Hilda! (In Lights!), about a plucky 70-year-old Nebraska woman pursuing a Broadway dream. Written by Abbey Caldwell for CBS Studios, the project is produced by Caldwell along with Will Graham, Max Linsky, and Tonia Davis for Invitation Media. It is part of CBS’s 2027-28 development push toward more single-camera comedies, marking a potential milestone if it goes to series with a female lead in her 70s.