'Soup' scribe tests 'Water'

Rafferty Tess Rafferty ("The Soup") provides comedy feature script "Thicker Than Water," with director-producer Scott Freeman and the partner Adam Grossman. The storyline handles a dysfunctional group of social climbers conquering infidelity and divorce to get together. It will likely be created by Grossman and Wayne Carmona ("Entourage"). Rafferty's also offered publication privileges to "Quality recipes for Disaster," an accumulation of comedy tales about existence within an industry town and exactly what it way to entertain, to Katie Gilligan at Thomas Dunne Books. It will be released in fall 2012. Carol Root in the Waxman Literary Agency handled the offer. Rafferty may be the only female author-supervisory producer on E! Entertainment's comedy show, "The Soup." She works stand-up comedy around La, including her recent show in the Comedy Central Stage "Why I am Not Married." Rafferty is repped by New Wave Entertainment, and attorney Chad Christopher at Stone, Meyer, Genow, Smelkinson & Binder. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com