Nov 22, 2011 09:54 AM EST

Puppets to Take Over Primetime with The New Nabors

NBC has made a deal to bring a new show to their station called "The New Nabors", will be a comedy about a human family who lives next door to a family of puppets.

Writing the script will be John Hoffman and John Riggi. They developed the script with Lisa Henson and The Jim Henson Co. Henson and Riggi will also be executive producing.

The network had big success with "Alf", the 1980s sitcom about a family living with an alien.