Oscar-winning actor Octavia Spencer will star in and executive produce the upcoming FX show The Bobby Love Show.

Written by Shalisha Francis-Feusner, the show comes from Kerry Washington's Simpson Street Productions and ABC Signature.

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Francis-Feusner will also serve as showrunner on the series, which is a dramatic true account of an escaped convict, Bobby Love, and his wife Cheryl Love, who never knew his secret.
 
The Loves' story was featured in a 2020 multi-part series on Brandon Stanton's Humans of New York blog where it went viral and led to a 10-way bidding war for the rights.

Spencer and Brian Clisham will executive produce the show through Orit Entertainment, along with Washington and Pilar Savone through Simpson Street.