Comedian Tracy Morgan is joining up once again with his former "Saturday Night Live" castmate Tina Fey to star in a pilot Fey is writing for NBC.

Morgan, last seen in the remake of "The Longest Yard" earlier this year, will play the star of a show-within-the-show in the project, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The show, a single-camera comedy currently working without a title, goes behind the scenes of a comedy show not unlike "SNL," for which Fey is the head writer.

The pilot has been on NBC's development roster since last spring. It was first set to film in June, following the end of "Saturday Night Live's" season, but has been pushed back. In addition to her duties on "SNL," Fey is also a new mother, having given birth to daughter Alice in September.

In the meantime, NBC has ordered a pilot for a similar project from "The West Wing" creator Aaron Sorkin. That project, an-hour-long show called "Studio 7 on the Sunset Strip," also looks behind the scenes at a late-night comedy show.

Morgan joined "SNL" in 1996, a year before Fey became part of the writing staff. He was with the show through the 2002-03 season, doing characters that ranged from Oprah Winfrey to Mike Tyson. He also had a short-lived sitcom, "The Tracy Morgan" show, on NBC in the 2003-04 season.

"Saturday Night Live" chief Lorne Michaels is executive producing the Fey pilot along with Fey, JoAnn Alfano and David Miner.