In August 2014, it was announced that Helms will star in Alejandro González Iñárritu's new Starz television drama series "The One Percent", with Hilary Swank and Ed Harris, though he was later replaced by Greg Kinnear. Helms was also slated to serve as an executive producer on the upcoming television series adaptation of the web series "Jake and Amir", whose pilot was later rejected by TBS. He also co-created the Peacock sitcom "Rutherford Falls" with Sierra Teller Ornelas and Michael Schur.