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NBC is Developing 'The Happiness Project' for TV

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NBC is Developing 'The Happiness Project' for TV
The book The Happiness Project is in development to become a new NBC TV show based on the best-selling memoir by Gretchen Rubin about her year-long quest to find ways to become happier person.

The book The Happiness Project is in development to become a new NBC TV show based on the best-selling memoir by Gretchen Rubin about her year-long quest to find ways to become happier person.

Sex and the City star Kristin Davis will star in the half-hour project.

The book by Rubin, who was once a law clerk for Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, came out in December 2009 and immediately hit the NY Times Bestseller List reaching #1.

Gretchin Tweeted today that she is still in shock over the successful TV deal.

In August, one of Rubin's articles was reprinted in the Good News Network: 12 Tips for Getting Regular Exercise — and the Benefits for Happiness

(READ more about the TV show in the Hollywood Reporter)

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