--- description: The creators of the show "Happy Endings" are developing "Frauds," a comedy about a family of criminals. title: Team Behind 'Happy Endings' Developing a Comedy About a Family of Criminals image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte492a7ebb5942a72/69876c608e06013788458f8d/happy-endings-cast.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Team Behind _Happy Endings_ Developing a Comedy About a Family of Criminals  by [Eliza Berman](/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Dec 3, 2014 5:50 PM CUT  The cast of 'Happy Endings' The cast of 'Happy Endings'Bob D'Amico—ABC/Getty Images  by [Eliza Berman](/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Dec 3, 2014 5:50 PM CUT David Caspe, the creator of the critically beloved but canceled-after-three-seasons _Happy Endings_, has an idea about why that show had a relatively short shelf life. In an [NBC panel discussion](http://www.indiewire.com/article/happy-endings-creator-david-caspe-on-why-the-show-got-canceled-and-why-his-new-one-nbcs-marry-me-wont-20140714 "undefined") this summer, he said the writers indulged in a few too many “one-percenters” — that is, inside jokes meant for too small an audience. He seems to be acting successfully on this lesson with _Marry Me_, for which additional episodes were recently ordered, and he’ll presumably apply the same philosophy to a new show he’s creating with two of his _Happy Endings_ collaborators. Caspe, along with writer Gil Ozeri and producer Jamie Tarses, are [developing](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/happy-endings-trio-team-fox-753405?utm%5Fsource=feedburner&utm%5Fmedium=feed&utm%5Fcampaign=Feed%3A+thr%2Fnews+%28The+Hollywood+Reporter+-+Top+Stories%29 "undefined") _Frauds_, a single-camera comedy for Fox about a family running a Ponzi scheme. Ozeri, in addition to writing for _Happy Endings_, has also written for _Brooklyn Nine-Nine_. And Tarses, who from 1996 to 1999 was the first woman to lead ABC’s entertainment division, is also co-producing _Marry Me_ with Caspe. Details on timing and casting have yet to emerge. In the meantime, let’s hope we’re far enough from the Bernie Madoff scandal that a ponzi scheme can be successfully excavated for humorous material. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3616274/happy-endings-team-frauds/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3616274/happy-endings-team-frauds/"},"headline":"Team Behind Happy Endings Developing a Comedy About a Family of Criminals","datePublished":"2014-12-03T17:50:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T02:32:31.993Z","description":"Happy Endings fans, rejoice!","url":"https://time.com/3616274/happy-endings-team-frauds/","keywords":["Television","Fox","TV Shows","Ponzi Scheme"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte492a7ebb5942a72/69876c608e06013788458f8d/happy-endings-cast.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliza Berman","jobTitle":"Berman is a senior editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/eliza-berman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte492a7ebb5942a72/69876c608e06013788458f8d/happy-endings-cast.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"ABC's \"Happy Endings\" - Season Three","caption":"ABC's \"Happy Endings\" - Season Three","creditText":"Bob D'Amico—ABC/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3616274/happy-endings-team-frauds/","name":"Team Behind Happy Endings Developing a Comedy About a Family of Criminals"}}]}] ```