Cancelled shows of Tomorrow: The War on Chuck Lorre

[Hunter Rider]

I think Sleepy Hollow had the best pilot so far but Hostages, Blacklist, Agents of SHIELD, Crazy Ones and MJF's show all did enough to make me check the next ep out.

 

[Sawyer]

http://www.deadline.com/2013/09/fox...m-bill-lawrence-blake-mccormick-as-put-pilot/

Fox Nabs Hourlong Action Comedy From Bill Lawrence & Blake McCormick As Put Pilot
By NELLIE ANDREEVA

EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation with multiple networks chasing, Fox has landed Chasing Skips, an hourlong action-comedy project from Cougar Town executive producer/showrunner Blake McCormick and the series’ co-creator Bill Lawrence. Written by McCormick, Chasing Skips centers on two down-on-their-luck guys in search of a way to improve their lives who decide to enter the world of bounty hunting, despite having no experience and very few skills. Warner Bros TV and Lawrence’s studio-based Doozer are producing, with McCormick, Lawrence and Jeff Ingold executive producing. Chasing Skips stems from a blind script deal McCormick inked with Warner Bros TV through Doozer in May in conjunction with his appointment as new showrunner of Cougar Town for its upcoming fifth season.

The setup is similar to Doozer’s script deal with Jeff Astrof, who took over Lawrence’s other TBS series, Ground Floor, as showrunner. It led to a comedy project, which landed a put pilot commitment at CBS. ICM Parners-repped Doozer’ on-air series include returning Cougar Town and upcoming Ground Floor, Surviving Jack on Fox and Undateable on NBC. McCormick, repped by UTA, Kaplan Perrone and attorney Jared Levine, had been on Cougar Town for the past three seasons, starting out as a co-producer in 2010. Prior to that, he served as a co-producer on the Fox Comedy King Of The Hill. On the feature side, McCormick’s 2012 Black List script Untitled Cops Comedy sold to Universal with American Wedding writers Jon Hurwitz & Hayden Schlossberg attached to direct and produce.

http://www.deadline.com/2013/09/fox...p-and-chris-romano-with-put-pilot-commitment/

Fox Nabs Family Comedy From Chris Miller & Phil Lord, Johnny Depp And Chris Romano With Put Pilot Commitment
By NELLIE ANDREEVA

EXCLUSIVE: For their first sale through their overall deal at 20th Century Fox TV, Chris Miller and Phil Lord have teamed with Johnny Depp to produce Torched, a comedy project, which has landed at Fox with a put pilot commitment. The single-camera family comedy hails from Blue Mountain State co-creator/star Chris Romano. It centers on a fast talking, fun loving dad, who through his very unique – and sometimes law-breaking — job, strives to give his young son the life he never had. 20th TV, Lord Miller and Depp’s Infinitum are producing, with Romano, Lord, Miller, Depp, Lord Miller’s president Seth Cohen and Infinitum’s Christi Dembrowski and Norman Todd executive producing. Miller and Lord previously worked with Depp on 21 Jump Street. The duo directed the action comedy, which featured a cameo by Depp, star of the series the movie was based on. Miller and Lord are directing the sequel, 22 Jump Street, they’re in production on the animated feature Lego: The Piece of Resistance, exec produced Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 2 after directing the original and recently sold Miller’s spec script The Reunion to Sony Pictures, with Miller directing and Lord Miller producing. In TV, Miller and Lord, repped by UTA and Ziffren Brittenham, recently directed the pilot for Fox’s Brooklyn Nine-Nine as part of their return to TV after a seven-year stint exclusively in features. Romano, repped by UTA, Principato-Young, and Ziffren Brittenham, spent the last season on 20th TV CBS comedy How I Met Your Mother as co-exec producer.

 

[Dr. Evil]

We Are Men.....yeah, I don't know what to say about that show. They have been promoting that show the last week under the phrase "Starring Emmy Winner Tony Shalhoub" and with good reason too. The promos also said "Emmy Winner Tony Shalhoub returns to TV."

I miss him as Adrian Monk. Shame really because I wanted to see Monk solve cases now knowing his wife's murder has been solved (although I was not a fan of the two part series finale).

 

[Sawyer]

It looked unappealing. I'd be surprised if it does much better than Partners did last season.

 

[Dr. Evil]

It looked unappealing. I'd be surprised if it does much better than Partners did last season.

I kept waiting for Ted Levine to show up and yell "Monk" at Tony Shaloub.

 

[Sawyer]

We Are Men — which TVLine readers gave a “C-” — debuted out of that with 6.4 mil/2.0, shy of what the ill-fated Partners did a year ago (6.6 mil/2.4).

Called it.

 

[Dr. Evil]

Called it.

Yep. And I happen to like two of the actors on that show (Kal Penn and Tony Shaloub)

 

[Sawyer]

I'm guessing Lucky 7 will be the first one down, then We Are Men, Betrayal and maybe Dads. Hostages might get the chance to do the full run of episodes they have planned, but that thing isn't getting a second season.

 

[X-Ray]

I hope the 15 planned episodes wraps it up nicely. No cliff hanger.

 

[Sawyer]

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/simpsons-kill-character-639906

Awww, look at The Simpsons, trying to remain relevant.

 

[HighFivingMF]

Awwww. Look at Sawyer. Not shutting up.

 

[Sawyer]

Awww, look at MF. Not aware that I made up my mind about killing him 10 minutes ago.

 

[HighFivingMF]

Did your morning coffee taste different, Sawyer? Feeling a little under the weather maybe?

 

[wiegeabo]

Breaking Bad wrapped up last night.

He's a bit grumpy.

 

[Sawyer]

Breaking Bad wrapped up last night.

He's a bit grumpy.

You're goddamn right.

 

[Destructus86]

wow uh...I never even heard of We Are Men

 

[Sawyer]

In another couple of weeks, maybe a month, I'm sure you'll never hear about it again.

 

[Sawyer]

http://www.deadline.com/2013/10/com...-chris-miller-gets-fox-production-commitment/

Comedy From Will Forte, Phil Lord & Chris Miller Gets Fox Production Commitment
By NELLIE ANDREEVA

Saturday Night Live alum Will Forte has teamed with film and TV writers-directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller (21 Jump Street) for The Last Man On Earth, a single-camera comedy pitch which, in a competitive situation, has landed at Fox with a pilot production commitment. Written by Forte and produced by 20th TV and studio-based Lord Miller, The Last Man On Earth is about two strangers who must overcome their differences and work together to ensure the survival of the human race. Forte will write and executive produce but is currently not attached to star. Also executive producing the project are Miller, Lord and Lord Miller’s President of Television Seth Cohen. This marks a return to writing for Forte, who started off as a writer on the Late Show, 3rd Rock From The Sun and That ’70s Show before hitting stardom on SNL, where he was a cast member for a decade. It also reunites him with Miller and Lord after voicing a character on their 2002 animated series Clone High and with Fox and 20th TV after toplining their 2012 pilot Rebounding.

This marks the second sale and second big commitment for Lord Miller, in its first development season under a rich three-year deal at 20th TV. The duo, repped by UTA and Ziffren Brittenham, also have comedy Torched, written by Chris Romano and executive produced by Johnny Depp, at Fox with a put pilot commitment. They also directed the pilot for Fox’s Brooklyn Nine-Nine as part of their return to TV after a seven-year stint exclusively in features. Forte, repped by UTA, Mosaic and Ken Richman, is in several upcoming movies that had festival premieres, Nebraska, Life Of Crime and Run And Jump, and just wrapped Squirrels To The Nuts. He received an Emmy nomination for his recurring role on 30 Rock.

 

[Sawyer]

http://www.deadline.com/2013/10/kev...0-comedy-series-for-lionsgate-debmar-mercury/

Kevin James To Topline 10/90 Comedy Series For Lionsgate & Debmar-Mercury
By NELLIE ANDREEVA

EXCLUSIVE: The King of Queens star Kevin James is returning to his sitcom roots. I’ve learned that as part of the overall film and TV deal James just signed with Lionsgate, he will star in and executive produce a multi-camera comedy under the 10/90 model crafted by the Lionsgate-owned Debmar-Mercury. Under the template, Lionsgate and Debmar-Mercury sell sitcoms to mostly cable networks with an initial 10-episode straight-to-series order, which, if a ratings target is met, triggers a 90-episode back order that allows the sitcom to quickly amass enough episodes for its launch in broadcast syndication. Debmar-Mercury introduced the 10/90 model with Tyler Perry’s House Of Payne followed by Perry’s Meet The Browns and Ice Cube’s Are We There Yet? — all on TBS. In the model’s second incarnation, Lionsgate and Debmar-Mercury have been building comedies around proven sitcom stars including Charlie Sheen, the lead of Anger Management, now in production on its 90-episode back order; George Lopez, in production on the initial 10 episodes of Saint George; and Kelsey Grammer & Martin Lawrence, in preproduction on the initial 10 of the untitled Grammer/Lawrence project. Those three shows are on FX.

The three now will be joined by a series toplined by James, who fits right into that group as the star of one of the most successful multi-camera comedies of the past decade, The King Of Queens, which ran for more than 200 episodes on CBS from 1998-2007 and has done well in off-network syndication. Making the new project’s prospects even brighter is James’ post-King of Queens feature career, which further widened his appeal. I hear there is no concept yet for the series, and it is unclear whether James — who also is a writer, having co-written his feature starring vehicles Paul Blart: Mall Cop, Zookeeper and Here Comes the Boom as well as eight episodes of King Of Queens – will write or co-write the series, but he will be closely involved creatively.

Kevin James + 10/90 format = Just what no one was asking for.

 

[Sawyer]

You people should be watching Brooklyn Nine-Nine.

 

[Mace Dolex]

Watched the second episode of 'Moms' and it was absolutely boring, just another in a handful of boring sitcoms that use vulgarity and cynism to get laughs.

About the only time I really belted out laughing was at the end when the little kid says "clitoris".

 

[Destructus86]

You people should be watching Brooklyn Nine-Nine.

I do! Love it! Best new comedy on tv.

 

[Wolfwood]

I got sent the first few episodes of the new season of Comic Book Men. Gee, thanks. Now I can get an early start on actively avoiding it.

 

[DyeLorean]

I know this is the war against Chuck Lorre, but I watch Mike & Molly and while it does often go into unstable territory, I think the show has a great supporting cast. It's very diverse, and the acting is top notch (Melissa MacCarthy specially). There's a dynamic between all those characters that really works. I don't know, those are

 

[Dr. Evil]

For all of the new Fox shows, episodes 6 and 7 are the keys to the future of those shows as those are the first two episodes after the Baseball break ends.

It won't affect shows like Bones, The New Girl or Family Guy.