Alec Berg signs Netflix deal for Charlie Hall fraternity comedy

Alec Berg has signed an overall deal with Netflix, meaning the streamer gets first call on his new shows. His first project under the deal is an untitled comedy starring Charlie Hall. Variety reported the pact on 22 September 2026.

An overall deal is television's standard way of keeping talent close. It means a studio or streamer funds a writer to develop new ideas for it first.

Hall will co-write the series. Berg will act as executive producer and supervising writer, guiding the scripts. Amy Solomon will also executive produce under Berg's production banner.

The comedy centres on a drug ring operating out of a college fraternity. It is loosely inspired by real events at Penn State University.

In that real case, 14 people were charged over an alleged cocaine-trafficking network linked to fraternity houses. Those charged included current and former Penn State students and one parent. The alleged operation ran out of the off-campus Sigma Chi and Delta Upsilon houses, Deadline reported.

Berg brings long comedy credits. He was a writer-producer on Seinfeld. He later served as executive producer and showrunner on HBO's Silicon Valley. He co-created and executive produced HBO's Barry alongside star Bill Hader, with additional credits including Curb Your Enthusiasm.

He has earned 24 Emmy nominations across his career. Before Netflix, he held overall deals at HBO for nearly a decade and at 20th Television, formerly ABC Signature. He signed the Netflix deal earlier in 2026.

Hall is the son of Julia Louis-Dreyfus. He appeared in two seasons of Netflix's anthology series Monster. He is a series regular on Apple TV's Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed, whose future is described as in limbo. He will also appear in Season 4 of Mike White's HBO series The White Lotus.

Berg, Solomon and Hall have worked together before. They developed a Hulu comedy titled C-League with 20th Television as the studio. That project followed five best friends in their late 20s in an adult recreational basketball league, when Solomon was also under an overall deal at 20th Television, Deadline reported.

What makes this stand out is the reunion. For viewers who follow writers as well as stars, the credit block tells the story. The same trio moves from one amateur sports world to another, now for Netflix.