Chelsea Handler Memoir Life Will Be The Death Of Me To Be Adapted As TV Series By Universal TV

EXCLUSIVE: Chelsea Handlers bestselling memoir Life Will Be the Death of Me is heading to the small screen. In a competitive situation with multiple studios bidding, Universal TV, where Handler is under a first-look deal, has acquired rights to develop the book as a TV series, which Handler will executive produce.

Life Will Be the Death of Me was published April 9 by Penguin Random House. Per the publishers official description, the book tells “the funny, sad, super-honest, all-true story of Chelsea Handlers year of self-discovery—featuring a nerdily brilliant psychiatrist, a shaman, four Chow Chows, some well-placed security cameras, various family members (living and departed), friends, assistants and a lot of edibles.”

Comedian Handlers 2008 bestselling book Are You There, Vodka? Its Me, Chelsea, a collection of mostly autobiographical essays, was adapted as a TV comedy, which was picked up to series by NBC and ran for one season.

The deal for Life Will Be the Death of Me comes on the heels of Handlers return to stand-up as part of a continuation of her book tour. She recently announced additional stops across North America starting this November.

Handlers documentary Hello, Privilege. Its Me Chelsea, was released on Netflix on September 13. In it, she explores how white privilege impacts American culture — and the ways its benRead More – Source