Fox has a Diversity Hire workplace comedy in the works

Deadline

Empire's Cameron Johnson and Felicia D. Henderson are teaming for the "provocative" single-camera comedy pilot. "Written by Johnson, Diversity Hire is described as an irreverent workplace half-hour that will comedically explore our beliefs about race, class, and gender, while pushing the boundaries of political correctness," according to Deadline. "The show centers on Zenzi Baker, a brilliant, young, African-American, programmer whose life is turned upside down when her boss embroils his successful tech company in a publicity nightmare. To save face, Zenzi, a low-level coder, is plucked from obscurity and promoted to chief diversity and inclusion officer. Her primary qualification? She’s 'diverse.'"