Ashton Kutcher says his wife and former co-star Mila Kunis refused to let him turn down That ‘70s show’s spinoff series, That ‘90s Show.
The new Netflix series, which premiered last month, was co-developed by That ’70s Show creators Bonnie Turner, Terry Turner and Mark Brazill, and Lindsey Turner.
It is set in Wisconsin and follows Leia Forman, the teenage daughter of That ‘70s Show characters Eric Forman (Topher Grace) and Donna Pinciotti (Laura Prepon).
Kutcher, 44, told Esquire that when the pitch first came in for the duo to reprise their respective roles as Kelso and Jackie, Kunis told him: “You know, we owe our entire careers to this show. It doesn’t matter what the script is, we’re doing it.”
Kutcher and Kunis’s characters are married in That ’90s Show.
In a 2022 interview with Access Hollywood, Kunis revealed that she disagreed with the showrunners’ decision to have them end up together.
The new Netflix series, which premiered last month, was co-developed by That ’70s Show creators Bonnie Turner, Terry Turner and Mark Brazill, and Lindsey Turner.
It is set in Wisconsin and follows Leia Forman, the teenage daughter of That ‘70s Show characters Eric Forman (Topher Grace) and Donna Pinciotti (Laura Prepon).
Kutcher, 44, told Esquire that when the pitch first came in for the duo to reprise their respective roles as Kelso and Jackie, Kunis told him: “You know, we owe our entire careers to this show. It doesn’t matter what the script is, we’re doing it.”
Kutcher and Kunis’s characters are married in That ’90s Show.
In a 2022 interview with Access Hollywood, Kunis revealed that she disagreed with the showrunners’ decision to have them end up together.
- 2/2/2023
- by Peony Hirwani
- The Independent - TV
When it came time to reprising Kelso in Netflix’s “That ’70s Show” sequel series “That ’90s Show,” Ashton Kutcher did not have a choice. As the actor recently told Esquire magazine, his former co-star and wife Kunis refused to let him turn down the sequel project. Not even a potentially bad script would let Kutcher off the hook.
According to Kutcher, when the pitch first came in for the duo to reprise their roles as Kelso and Jackie, Kunis told him: “[She] goes, ‘You know, we owe our entire careers to this show. It doesn’t matter what the script is, we’re doing it.’”
“That ’90s Show” was co-developed by “That ’70s Show” creators Bonnie Turner, Terry Turner and Mark Brazill, plus Lindsey Turner. Kunis has long said she owes her career to the original trio, so it’s not like she was going to let them down when...
According to Kutcher, when the pitch first came in for the duo to reprise their roles as Kelso and Jackie, Kunis told him: “[She] goes, ‘You know, we owe our entire careers to this show. It doesn’t matter what the script is, we’re doing it.’”
“That ’90s Show” was co-developed by “That ’70s Show” creators Bonnie Turner, Terry Turner and Mark Brazill, plus Lindsey Turner. Kunis has long said she owes her career to the original trio, so it’s not like she was going to let them down when...
- 2/1/2023
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: The Simpsons’ Nancy Cartwright is launching TV and film production co-venture CRE84U Entertainment with producing partner Monica Gil-Rodriguez, and Jaime and Carolina Aymerich.
Emmy winner Cartwright, the voice of Bart Simpson and other characters in The Simpsons for more than 30 years as well as characters in hit kids shows such as Rugrats and Kim Possible, is teaming with her Spotted Cow Entertainment partner Gil-Rodriguez on the new development and production firm which will look to acquire established IP from around the world and produce them for the American market alongside U.S. content creators.
The LA-based outfit has amassed twelve projects at launch, including U.S. rights to an Untitled Mark Brazill Project which has the co-creator of That 70s Show at the helm, and a live action musical series on which they have partnered with José “Pepe” Bastón, former President and current board member of Latin America media giant Televisa.
Emmy winner Cartwright, the voice of Bart Simpson and other characters in The Simpsons for more than 30 years as well as characters in hit kids shows such as Rugrats and Kim Possible, is teaming with her Spotted Cow Entertainment partner Gil-Rodriguez on the new development and production firm which will look to acquire established IP from around the world and produce them for the American market alongside U.S. content creators.
The LA-based outfit has amassed twelve projects at launch, including U.S. rights to an Untitled Mark Brazill Project which has the co-creator of That 70s Show at the helm, and a live action musical series on which they have partnered with José “Pepe” Bastón, former President and current board member of Latin America media giant Televisa.
- 9/16/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Prodigiously compensated primetime television juggernaut Jim Parsons, central star of the wildly popular ensemble sitcom “The Big Bang Theory” and narrator of its spin-off “Young Sheldon,” listed his architecturally significant and sumptuously appointed Hollywood pedigreed residence on a famously celeb-packed street in L.A.’s Los Feliz area at $8.95 million.
Designed by El Capitan Theater architect Stiles O. Clements in the early 1920s and known in certain architecture circles as Seyler House after its original owner, an insurance executive, the 1.45-acre hillside spread has long been owned by a succession of showbiz movers and shakers including Tim Curry, Noah Wylie, Oscar-winning cinematographer Robert Richardson and director Robert Luketic. In 2011 the property was acquired for $6.275 million by “Twilight” heartthrob Robert Pattinson who, after listing it at $6.75 million, sold it to Parsons in early 2014 for $6.375 million. There are three bedrooms and 3.5 bathrooms in 4,062 square feet according to current digital marketing materials that,...
Designed by El Capitan Theater architect Stiles O. Clements in the early 1920s and known in certain architecture circles as Seyler House after its original owner, an insurance executive, the 1.45-acre hillside spread has long been owned by a succession of showbiz movers and shakers including Tim Curry, Noah Wylie, Oscar-winning cinematographer Robert Richardson and director Robert Luketic. In 2011 the property was acquired for $6.275 million by “Twilight” heartthrob Robert Pattinson who, after listing it at $6.75 million, sold it to Parsons in early 2014 for $6.375 million. There are three bedrooms and 3.5 bathrooms in 4,062 square feet according to current digital marketing materials that,...
- 7/13/2018
- by Mark David
- Variety Film + TV
West Coast-based “Modern Family” star Jesse Tyler Ferguson and bedding designer Justin Mikita have upgraded their downtown New York City pied-a-terre with the $3.052 million purchase of a brand new condo in an elegantly contemporary, freshly built boutique building near the convenient convergence of the trendy and ever-more spendy Chelsea, Meatpacking District and West Village neighborhoods. The recorded sale price was a smidgen above the $2.995 million asking price.
The 1,402-square-foot, two bedroom and 2.5 bathroom unit, on a lower floor of an 11-story building dubbed the d’Orsay with monthly common charges of almost $2,800, features soignée pale grey chevron pattern wood floors and enormous, floor-to-ceiling north-facing windows. The elevator opens directly into a short and slender entrance gallery that opens to an almost 26-foot long, loft-like combination living and dining area with an inset dry bar. Open to the living and dining space over a snack bar, the compact, open-plan kitchen is...
The 1,402-square-foot, two bedroom and 2.5 bathroom unit, on a lower floor of an 11-story building dubbed the d’Orsay with monthly common charges of almost $2,800, features soignée pale grey chevron pattern wood floors and enormous, floor-to-ceiling north-facing windows. The elevator opens directly into a short and slender entrance gallery that opens to an almost 26-foot long, loft-like combination living and dining area with an inset dry bar. Open to the living and dining space over a snack bar, the compact, open-plan kitchen is...
- 7/9/2018
- by Mark David
- Variety Film + TV
Perhaps with a real estate eye toward a trade up to bigger digs more commensurate with the financial firepower of someone who rakes in an estimated $500,000 per episode for his co-starring role on the long-running hit sitcom “Modern Family,” Los Angeles-based actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson is looking to sell his New York City pied-à-terre for $1.495 million. The eclectically decorated apartment, which carries maintenance charges of $1,877 per month, is also available completely furnished for an additional, undisclosed amount. The ginger-haired five-time Emmy nominee, who voiced the Shangri Llama character in the 2016 blockbuster animated film “Ice Age: Collision Course,” and his prominently eye-browed attorney/bedding designer husband Justin Mikita purchased the approximately 900-square-foot one-bedroom and two-bathroom co-operative unit in early 2015 for $1,232,500.
Located on a middle floor of a 20-story, Art Deco-inspired, full-service brown brick tower built in the early 1930s on a busy corner between Union Square and Stuyvesant Square, the...
Located on a middle floor of a 20-story, Art Deco-inspired, full-service brown brick tower built in the early 1930s on a busy corner between Union Square and Stuyvesant Square, the...
- 4/19/2018
- by Mark David
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Disney Xd has added another pilot to its growing development slate. The boy-centric cable channel has greenlighted Pack of Wolves, a comedy from writer Jason Ward (Living with Fran). Ward and Jay Kogen (Frasier) are executive producing the project, which centers on the Oppenheimer siblings (Edison, Darwin, and Albert). They are being raised by their single dad, a brilliant professor, who rents their extra bedroom to a guy named Timberwolf (aka the Wolf), a rogue spy looking for a place to lie low. The Wolf proceeds to teach the kids how to apply spy tactics to their teen lives in the suburbs. Disney Xd has been relying mostly on broadcast sitcom veterans for its development. The channel recently handed out a series order to multi-camera comedy Wasabi Warriors created by Jim O'Doherty (Grounded for Life). And in May, it ordered a comedy pilot from That '70s Show alumni Mark Brazill,...
- 12/3/2010
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
So Dustin sends me a link to an article on a site I've never heard of about a guy who wrote something angry about Judd Apatow on his site. The guy on the first site I don't care about then contacted Judd Apatow personally and basically said, "You see this shit?" and asked and received a response from him. So Dustin now wants me to write a commentary on the article about the response to a piece that I never read from a guy I never heard of who hates Judd Apatow. And this is why movie blogging is bullshit.
You're nobody until somebody hates you, and nobody knows this better than Apatow. Apatow's response was more respectful than it should have been -- basically along the lines of I've got better things to do and I'm sorry that you don't like it but who cares? His response should have...
You're nobody until somebody hates you, and nobody knows this better than Apatow. Apatow's response was more respectful than it should have been -- basically along the lines of I've got better things to do and I'm sorry that you don't like it but who cares? His response should have...
- 8/31/2010
- by Brian Prisco
Exclusive: Disney Xd has greenlighted Billion Dollar Freshmen, a comedy pilot from That '70s Show alumni Mark Brazill, Chris Peterson and Bryan Moore that could be described as a teenage, inflation-adjusted version of The Six Million Dollar Man set in high school. Additionally, the boy-oriented cable channel is close to ordering another half-hour pilot from a sitcom veteran, Kickin' It, written by Jim O’Doherty (3rd Rock From the Sun) Peterson and Moore created Billion Dollar Freshmen and are executive producing with Brazill. Mark Cendrowski (Big Bang Theory) is set to direct. The show centers on two teenage brothers in high school [...]...
- 5/10/2010
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Exclusive: Disney Xd has greenlighted Billion Dollar Freshmen, a comedy pilot from That '70s Show alumni Mark Brazill, Chris Peterson and Bryan Moore that could be described as a teenage, inflation-adjusted version of The Six Million Dollar Man set in high school. Additionally, the boy-oriented cable channel is close to otrdering another half-hour pilot from a sitom veteran, Kickin' It, written by Jim O’Doherty (3rd Rock From the Sun) Peterson and Moore created Billion Dollar Freshmen and are executive producing with Brazill. Mark Cendrowski (Big Bang Theory) is set to direct. The show centers on two teenage brothers in high school [...]...
- 5/10/2010
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline Hollywood
Do you remember that classic 2001 email exchange between Fox TV rivals Judd Apatow and Mark Brazill, the one with the “Get Cancer” remark? Those were the good old days when Hollywood feuds were mostly private and took time to develop via email. Nowadays, they’re public and instantly viral. Take the current Twitter war between two creators of USA Network series, Burn Notice’s Matt Nix and White Collar’s Jeff Eastin. It all started late last year with a race to amass more Twitter followers by the week of the shows’ January season premieres. Nix won that by a scant 100 followers). But it then [...]...
- 5/6/2010
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline Hollywood
Does anyone remember the ridiculous fight several years ago between the creator of "The 70's Show," Mark Brazill, and Judd Apatow, who wanted to borrow Topher Grace for a guest stint on "Undeclared"? Somehow, a misunderstanding erupted, which led to Brazill telling Apatow to "get cancer" and "die in a fiery accident and taste your own blood"?
Whatever happened to Mark Brazil, anyway? He just kind of disappeared, or maybe he died in a fiery crash. Serves him right for wishing cancer on someone -- that's something reserved for douchebags and film critics.
Anyway, that has little to do with this item, which is actually 43 different kinds of stellar: "Freaks and Geeks" creator, Paul Feig, is re-teaming with his "F & G" writer/producer partner, Judd Apatow, on a new project, and that new project features maybe the funniest current or former "SNL" female cast member between the years of 1995 and...
Whatever happened to Mark Brazil, anyway? He just kind of disappeared, or maybe he died in a fiery crash. Serves him right for wishing cancer on someone -- that's something reserved for douchebags and film critics.
Anyway, that has little to do with this item, which is actually 43 different kinds of stellar: "Freaks and Geeks" creator, Paul Feig, is re-teaming with his "F & G" writer/producer partner, Judd Apatow, on a new project, and that new project features maybe the funniest current or former "SNL" female cast member between the years of 1995 and...
- 2/17/2010
- by Dustin Rowles
It has become part of TV development lore: David E. Kelley spends his days fishing and writing in Northern California until he calls his reps and his producing studio, Warner Bros. TV, to tell them he has a pilot script ready.
The latest spec from "The Practice" creator, the legal drama "Kindreds," quietly was taken to networks this month. It sparked a bidding war before landing at NBC during a pilot-pickup season in which specs are hotter than ever before.
NBC's pilot orders for spec scripts include "Kindreds" and J.J. Abrams' "Undercovers," both from Wbtv, as well as "The Event," by writer Nick Wauters, which was reworked through Ums.
Carter Bays and Craig Thomas' comedy spec "Livin' on a Prayer," from 20th TV, received a green light from CBS in a rich pre-emptive deal. It joins two other 20th TV comedy specs-turned-pilots: "Traffic Light," by "Wedding Crashers" co-writer Bob Fisher,...
The latest spec from "The Practice" creator, the legal drama "Kindreds," quietly was taken to networks this month. It sparked a bidding war before landing at NBC during a pilot-pickup season in which specs are hotter than ever before.
NBC's pilot orders for spec scripts include "Kindreds" and J.J. Abrams' "Undercovers," both from Wbtv, as well as "The Event," by writer Nick Wauters, which was reworked through Ums.
Carter Bays and Craig Thomas' comedy spec "Livin' on a Prayer," from 20th TV, received a green light from CBS in a rich pre-emptive deal. It joins two other 20th TV comedy specs-turned-pilots: "Traffic Light," by "Wedding Crashers" co-writer Bob Fisher,...
- 1/27/2010
- by By Nellie Andreeva
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
By the Hollywood Reporter
The Mark Brazill comedy is not moving forward at Fox.
The network opted not to proceed with a production order for the multicamera project, which originally was picked up as a cast-contingent pilot.
The untitled comedy, formerly "The Rednecks & Romeos," is a coming-of-age ensemble in the vein of "That '70s Show," which Brazill co-created.
Read more at the Hollywood Reporter.
The Mark Brazill comedy is not moving forward at Fox.
The network opted not to proceed with a production order for the multicamera project, which originally was picked up as a cast-contingent pilot.
The untitled comedy, formerly "The Rednecks & Romeos," is a coming-of-age ensemble in the vein of "That '70s Show," which Brazill co-created.
Read more at the Hollywood Reporter.
- 11/10/2009
- by Brent Lang
- The Wrap
The Mark Brazill comedy is not moving forward at Fox.
The network opted not to proceed with a production order for the multicamera project, which originally was picked up as a cast-contingent pilot.
The untitled comedy, formerly "The Rednecks & Romeos," is a coming-of-age ensemble in the vein of "That '70s Show," which Brazill co-created.
The semi-autobiographical project, written by Brazill on spec, hails from Warner Bros. TV and Tom Werner's studio-based Good Humor TV. Its casting fell within the new guidelines at Fox for making final decisions based on tests-on-tape, not the traditional in-person network auditions.
After a live studio test, finalists for key roles in the pilot were taped at Wbtv for a network test. But after looking at the material, studio brass determined that, taped in front of a bluescreen, actors didn't pop the way they did during the in-person studio test. Additionally, as a multicamera comedy,...
The network opted not to proceed with a production order for the multicamera project, which originally was picked up as a cast-contingent pilot.
The untitled comedy, formerly "The Rednecks & Romeos," is a coming-of-age ensemble in the vein of "That '70s Show," which Brazill co-created.
The semi-autobiographical project, written by Brazill on spec, hails from Warner Bros. TV and Tom Werner's studio-based Good Humor TV. Its casting fell within the new guidelines at Fox for making final decisions based on tests-on-tape, not the traditional in-person network auditions.
After a live studio test, finalists for key roles in the pilot were taped at Wbtv for a network test. But after looking at the material, studio brass determined that, taped in front of a bluescreen, actors didn't pop the way they did during the in-person studio test. Additionally, as a multicamera comedy,...
- 11/9/2009
- by By Nellie Andreeva
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
By the Hollywood Reporter
Fox is phasing out traditional in-person network tests, in which finalists for each role audition for network executives who choose a winner.
Taking a page from the feature world, where screen tests are prevalent in casting a role, Fox is opting for taped network tests. After passing live tests for the producing studios, actors' performances are being filmed and sent to the network for judging.The network's three greenlighted projects so far this season -- Greg Garcia's comedy pilot "Keep Hope Alive," the untitled Mark Brazill comedy pilot and the Matt Nix series "Jac...
Fox is phasing out traditional in-person network tests, in which finalists for each role audition for network executives who choose a winner.
Taking a page from the feature world, where screen tests are prevalent in casting a role, Fox is opting for taped network tests. After passing live tests for the producing studios, actors' performances are being filmed and sent to the network for judging.The network's three greenlighted projects so far this season -- Greg Garcia's comedy pilot "Keep Hope Alive," the untitled Mark Brazill comedy pilot and the Matt Nix series "Jac...
- 10/23/2009
- by Brent Lang
- The Wrap
Fox is changing the way it selects actors for pilots.The network is phasing out traditional in-person network tests, in which finalists for each role audition for network executives who choose a winner.Taking a page from the feature world, where screen tests are prevalent in casting a role, Fox is opting for taped network tests. After passing live tests for the producing studios, actors' performances are being filmed and sent to the network for judging.The network's three greenlighted projects so far this season -- Greg Garcia's comedy pilot "Keep Hope Alive," the untitled Mark Brazill comedy pilot and the Matt Nix series "Jack and Dan" -- are being cast that way.To accommodate the change, 20th Century Fox TV, which does a lot of business with Fox, has equipped a special screen-testing suite.Fox casting head Marcia Shulman said the network has experimented with network tests on...
- 10/23/2009
- backstage.com
Fox is changing the way it selects actors for pilots.
The network is phasing out traditional in-person network tests, in which finalists for each role audition for network executives who choose a winner.
Taking a page from the feature world, where screen tests are prevalent in casting a role, Fox is opting for taped network tests. After passing live tests for the producing studios, actors' performances are being filmed and sent to the network for judging.
The network's three greenlighted projects so far this season -- Greg Garcia's comedy pilot "Keep Hope Alive," the untitled Mark Brazill comedy pilot and the Matt Nix series "Jack and Dan" -- are being cast that way.
To accommodate the change, 20th Century Fox TV, which does a lot of business with Fox, has equipped a special screen-testing suite.
Fox casting head Marcia Shulman said the network has experimented with network tests on...
The network is phasing out traditional in-person network tests, in which finalists for each role audition for network executives who choose a winner.
Taking a page from the feature world, where screen tests are prevalent in casting a role, Fox is opting for taped network tests. After passing live tests for the producing studios, actors' performances are being filmed and sent to the network for judging.
The network's three greenlighted projects so far this season -- Greg Garcia's comedy pilot "Keep Hope Alive," the untitled Mark Brazill comedy pilot and the Matt Nix series "Jack and Dan" -- are being cast that way.
To accommodate the change, 20th Century Fox TV, which does a lot of business with Fox, has equipped a special screen-testing suite.
Fox casting head Marcia Shulman said the network has experimented with network tests on...
- 10/22/2009
- by By Nellie Andreeva
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Alert from Fox: Fox is holding an Online Open Casting Call! Go to www.tvpilotopencall.com to send in your audition! Announcing an open online casting call for 18 to 22 year olds who can pass for a teenager approximately 16 or 17-years-old. The two-week search launches October 5, 2009 at www.tvpilotopencall.com. The open call is for a new comedy pilot for Fox from the executive producers of the Emmy-winning series .That '70s Show.. The as-yet untitled project from writer/producer Mark Brazill, with Tom Werner and Mike Clements also executive producing, centers on a group of contemporary teenagers, very much based on Brazill's working-class upbringing in Buffalo, New York. With several series regular roles, the call for submissions is casting a...
- 10/7/2009
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
The most buzzed-about new comedies of the fall, ABC's "Modern Family" and NBC's "Community," are single-camera shows. And all major comedy-series Emmys for the past two years have gone to single-camera shows.
But multicamera comedies are hotter than they have been in years. They dominated early pitch sales in the summer, sparking heated bidding and landing major commitments.
Of the comedy projects with production commitments so far this season, only Greg Garcia's "Keep Hope Alive" at Fox is single-camera. A number of production commitments have gone to multicamera projects, including Mark Brazill's "The Rednecks & Romeos" at Fox, Matt Tarses' "True Love" at CBS and Cathy Yuspa and Josh Goldsmith's "18 Years" at ABC, with several more pending.
"Multicamera comedy is absolutely making a comeback this development season," said Glenn Adilman, head of comedy at Sony TV, which is behind a number of high-profile new multicamera projects, including "True Love" and "18 Years.
But multicamera comedies are hotter than they have been in years. They dominated early pitch sales in the summer, sparking heated bidding and landing major commitments.
Of the comedy projects with production commitments so far this season, only Greg Garcia's "Keep Hope Alive" at Fox is single-camera. A number of production commitments have gone to multicamera projects, including Mark Brazill's "The Rednecks & Romeos" at Fox, Matt Tarses' "True Love" at CBS and Cathy Yuspa and Josh Goldsmith's "18 Years" at ABC, with several more pending.
"Multicamera comedy is absolutely making a comeback this development season," said Glenn Adilman, head of comedy at Sony TV, which is behind a number of high-profile new multicamera projects, including "True Love" and "18 Years.
- 9/14/2009
- by By Nellie Andreeva
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Fox has found "Worthy," a hot drama spec by "In Treatment" writer Davey Holmes, worthy of a pilot commitment with penalty.
The network is said to be close to tapping a casting director for the project, which has been laid off at sister studio 20th Century Fox TV.
Executive produced by Holmes and Gavin Polone, "Worthy"
follows an Arizona politician named Worthy whose struggle to do the right thing takes a wrong turn after he is involved in a hit-and-run and gets blackmailed by a mob boss.
"I'm fascinated by moral dilemmas in politics," Holmes said. "I also love the intensely colorful characters who spring from that world, the sweaty dance they do as they angle for power, weighing personal beliefs against their desperate need to win the next election."
The show was inspired by recently fallen politicians including Eliot Spitzer and Rod Blagojevich. Holmes said "Worthy" will feature homages to real pols,...
The network is said to be close to tapping a casting director for the project, which has been laid off at sister studio 20th Century Fox TV.
Executive produced by Holmes and Gavin Polone, "Worthy"
follows an Arizona politician named Worthy whose struggle to do the right thing takes a wrong turn after he is involved in a hit-and-run and gets blackmailed by a mob boss.
"I'm fascinated by moral dilemmas in politics," Holmes said. "I also love the intensely colorful characters who spring from that world, the sweaty dance they do as they angle for power, weighing personal beliefs against their desperate need to win the next election."
The show was inspired by recently fallen politicians including Eliot Spitzer and Rod Blagojevich. Holmes said "Worthy" will feature homages to real pols,...
- 8/31/2009
- by By Nellie Andreeva
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The creators of one of ABC's signature comedy series of the 1990s, "Home Improvement," are back at the network with another multicamera family comedy centered on a working dad.
The project, from Matt Williams -- who also created ABC's "Roseanne" -- Carmen Finestra and David McFadzean, follows a sports psychologist and father of three who runs his office out of his home and faces the challenges of being an involved dad in today's world.
The sitcom, which has received a script commitment with penalty from the network, is being produced by ABC Studios.
The Wme-repped Williams, Finestra and McFadzean are executive producing via their Wind Dancer Prods. banner.
As part of stepping up its comedy ambitions, ABC also recently bought a multicamera comedy from "King of the Hill" executive producer Garland Testa.
ABC is the second network to turn to one of its biggest multicamera hits for a new comedy with a similar setting.
The project, from Matt Williams -- who also created ABC's "Roseanne" -- Carmen Finestra and David McFadzean, follows a sports psychologist and father of three who runs his office out of his home and faces the challenges of being an involved dad in today's world.
The sitcom, which has received a script commitment with penalty from the network, is being produced by ABC Studios.
The Wme-repped Williams, Finestra and McFadzean are executive producing via their Wind Dancer Prods. banner.
As part of stepping up its comedy ambitions, ABC also recently bought a multicamera comedy from "King of the Hill" executive producer Garland Testa.
ABC is the second network to turn to one of its biggest multicamera hits for a new comedy with a similar setting.
- 8/30/2009
- by By Nellie Andreeva and James Hibberd
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Fox has teamed with "My Name Is Earl" executive producer Bobby Bowman for a family comedy project.
The untitled show, which has received a premium script commitment, hails from 20th TV -- where Bowman has an overall deal -- and the Chernin Co.
It marks the first sale in what is shaping up to be a busy first year for former News Corp. president and COO Peter Chernin's recently launched company, whose TV division is run by former NBC Universal TV exec Katherine Pope.
Bowman's project, which he wrote and is executive producing, is a multicamera comedy that centers on an oddball kid trying to be normal in an eccentric home.
Fox, which had made finding a new live-action hit comedy a priority, has been stocking up on multicamera projects.
In addition to the Bowman comedy, the network also recently handed a cast-contingent pilot order to "The Rednecks & Romeos,...
The untitled show, which has received a premium script commitment, hails from 20th TV -- where Bowman has an overall deal -- and the Chernin Co.
It marks the first sale in what is shaping up to be a busy first year for former News Corp. president and COO Peter Chernin's recently launched company, whose TV division is run by former NBC Universal TV exec Katherine Pope.
Bowman's project, which he wrote and is executive producing, is a multicamera comedy that centers on an oddball kid trying to be normal in an eccentric home.
Fox, which had made finding a new live-action hit comedy a priority, has been stocking up on multicamera projects.
In addition to the Bowman comedy, the network also recently handed a cast-contingent pilot order to "The Rednecks & Romeos,...
- 8/20/2009
- by By Nellie Andreeva
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Pickups and Renewals, Reality-Free
Fox has only two live action comedies on their fall slate: 'Til Death and Brothers. As someone who's seen Brothers, I can see why they'd be concerned that this isn't going to be enough. So, if you're Fox and you haven't had a good long-running comedy hit since That '70s Show, what do you do? Find the guys who worked on that and see what the've been up to, of course.
Co-creator and executive producer Mark Brazill has been developing a new multi-camera comedy. "We'll take it!" It's just a spec script right now? "Okay, find the right cast and -- we'll take it!"
Like '70s, The Rednecks & Romeos is a coming-of-age comedy. Based somewhat on Brazill's own experiences, it's about a family trying to get by after the father loses his dealership business and the family home to bankruptcy.
Fox has only two live action comedies on their fall slate: 'Til Death and Brothers. As someone who's seen Brothers, I can see why they'd be concerned that this isn't going to be enough. So, if you're Fox and you haven't had a good long-running comedy hit since That '70s Show, what do you do? Find the guys who worked on that and see what the've been up to, of course.
Co-creator and executive producer Mark Brazill has been developing a new multi-camera comedy. "We'll take it!" It's just a spec script right now? "Okay, find the right cast and -- we'll take it!"
Like '70s, The Rednecks & Romeos is a coming-of-age comedy. Based somewhat on Brazill's own experiences, it's about a family trying to get by after the father loses his dealership business and the family home to bankruptcy.
- 8/3/2009
- by Jason Hughes
- Aol TV.
Fox is looking to recapture the creative and ratings magic of the longrunning "That '70s show" with a coming-of-age ensemble multicamera comedy from " '70s Show" co-creator/exec producer Mark Brazill and executive producer Tom Werner.
The network has given a cast-contingent pilot order to the project, "The Rednecks & Romeos," produced by Warner Bros. TV and Werner's Good Humor TV banner.
Penned by Brazill as a spec, the comedy revolves around a group of working-class teenage friends growing up in a suburb outside Buffalo, NY.
Reflecting some of today's harsh economic realities, the show centers on the Shea family, who are trying to make their way after the father has gone bankrupt and has lost his car dealership and the family home.
"Rednecks & Romeos" is semi-autobiographical, drawing inspiration from Brazill's own experiences and is described as an honest portrayal of teenage and family life.
Brazill and Werner are executive producing the pilot with Mike Clements.
The network has given a cast-contingent pilot order to the project, "The Rednecks & Romeos," produced by Warner Bros. TV and Werner's Good Humor TV banner.
Penned by Brazill as a spec, the comedy revolves around a group of working-class teenage friends growing up in a suburb outside Buffalo, NY.
Reflecting some of today's harsh economic realities, the show centers on the Shea family, who are trying to make their way after the father has gone bankrupt and has lost his car dealership and the family home.
"Rednecks & Romeos" is semi-autobiographical, drawing inspiration from Brazill's own experiences and is described as an honest portrayal of teenage and family life.
Brazill and Werner are executive producing the pilot with Mike Clements.
- 8/2/2009
- by By Nellie Andreeva
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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