HBO plans wartime comedy

TV Week is reporting that HBO is currently working on a new series called Hotel Palestine, based on the oft-attacked hotel in Baghdad of the same name where foreign journalists often stay. The series, however, is not a drama, but a comedy, which you already know if you read the title of this post. According to the article, HBO isn't saying much about the half-hour comedy, which will focus on a group of reporters living in the hotel. It's too bad Don Knotts passed away, he would have made a great landlord. Actually, if this was anyone else but HBO I'd be a little more wary, but I'm guessing it will be done with some class. I guess we'll have to wait and see if I'm wrong about that or not.