JENNA Bush Hager is embarking on a new project that will take her away from her regular Today show duties.
She shared the major career news on the morning show on Thursday and even shared a sneak peek.
Jenna opened up about the latest developments in a new scripted show she is developing with NBC.
“We have a pilot at NBC, which is really exciting. We’ve shot it,” she told her co-host, Sheinelle Jones, on the Today show Thursday.
“We’ll find out this week, next week, if it’s gonna get picked up. It’s either called Protection or In the Line of Fire. But Peter Krause, who was in Six Feet Under, is starring in it, [and] Hope Davis,” she continued.
The host also gave a preview of what viewers can expect from the show.
“It’s this kind of really funny, Scandal-esque. It has a little bit of a White House twist, so I brought some of that,” Jenna, who is the daughter of former President George W. Bush, said.
“[There’s] a little romance, but [also] family drama, which I think we’re all kind of desperate for, with some mystery.”
Jenna also shared some of the upsides of wrapping up a busy season in her career.
The host recently interview all the living former presidents to mark America’s 250th birthday, and launched some new projects through her book imprint, Thousand Voices Books.
“I have been working a lot because this has been shooting, and then I had these big interviews, and then, all the book stuff,” she said.
“And so, this morning, when I woke up, I thought, ‘OK. The next couple weeks, the next couple months, it’s kid-focused.’”
Jenna shares Mila, 13, Poppy, 10, and Hal, 6, with her husband, Henry Hager.
