Bad Girls pilot ordered by NBC
ER, Southland, Saving Grace and The West Wing executive producer John Wells' Bad Girls is being penned by Nancy Pimenthal of Shameless (also exec. produced by Wells).
Variety reports that the prison drama Bad Girls is based on a British series following women in a federal prison, including inmates as well as staff members.
Shed Media also produces and Pimental is on as an executive producer alongside Andrew Stearn and Wells. with Wells and Andrew Stearn.
Film-wise, Wells produced The Good Thief, White Oleander, and the more recent, and enjoyable The Company Men, starring Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones and Chris Cooper.