gabriel-mannGabriel Mann has been hired to score the upcoming CBS comedy Friends With Better Lives. The show is created by Dana Klein (FriendsBecker) and stars Kevin Connolly, Majandra Delfino, James Van Der Beek, Zoe Lister-Jones, Brooklyn Decker and Rick Donald. The series follows six friends at different stages in their lives – married, divorced, newly engaged and single – who are outwardly happy, but secretly questioning if their friends have it better. Klein is also executive producing the 20th Century Fox Television production with Aaron Kaplan (Terra Nova, The Neighbors, Back in the Game).  James Burrows (Will & Grace, Friends) has directed the pilot episode. Friends With a Better Lives is set to premiere on March 31, 2014 and will air every Monday night on CBS. For updates on the comedy, visit the official show website.

Mann also continues to score ABC’s hit show Modern Family, ABC Family’s Twisted, as well as ABC’s Trophy Wife. The composer also returns to score the Sundance Channel’s critically acclaimed drama Rectify and also has The CW’s Star-Crossed coming up.