FOX series orders: Mindy Kaling, Kevin Williamson, more get greenlight
On NBC, Jimmy Fallon-produced 'Guys with Kids' receives 13-episode pickup
FOX has ordered up a slew of new series today, including a single-camera comedy from "The Office" writer/star Mindy Kaling and a drama from "Vampire Diaries" creator Kevin Williamson. In addition, NBC has given the greenlight to the Jimmy Fallon-produced multi-cam series "Guys with Kids."
First, the FOX comedies, all of them single-camera:
Kaling's "It's Messy" stars the actress as a young doctor attempting to balance her personal and professional lives. She executive-produced the pilot with BJ Novak, her co-star on "The Office". The pilot also features Ed Weeks, Chris Messina, Anna Camp, Zoe Jarmon and Dana DeLorenzo.
"Ben & Kate" (formerly known as both "Ned Fox Is My Manny" and "Ben Fox Is My Manny") was created by Dana Fox ("What Happens in Vegas") and stars Nat Faxon as a free-wheeling guy who moves in with his uptight sister (Dakota Johnson) to help raise her baby. Fox based it on the real-life experiences of her brother Ben.
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Aaaaand the dramas:
The two Kevins (Williamson and Bacon) team up as creator and star, respectively, for a crime show about an ex-FBI agent (Bacon) on the hunt for a serial-killer (James Purefoy) who has created a cult of serial-killers around him. The show is expected to be launched in midseason due to Bacon's desire to do only 15 episodes at a pop.
Last but not least, "The Mob Doctor" stars Jordana Spiro ("Dexter," "Harry's Law") as a young surgeon who must navigate her demanding career with a lifelong debt she owes to the South Chicago Mob. The series was created by Josh Berman and Robert Wright ("Drop Dead Diva").
Switching networks to NBC, the Peacock Network has given a 13-episode order to the Jimmy Fallon-produced multi-cam comedy series "Guys with Kids" starring Jesse Bradford, Anthony Anderson and Zach Cregger. The pilot cast also includes Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Tempestt Bledsoe and Sara Rue, though, as noted by Deadline, Rue will have to be re-cast if her ABC comedy "Malibu Country" (starring Reba MacEntire) gets the greenlight, given that she's in "second position" for "Guys."
Credit to Deadline for the details.
Thoughts on any of the above projects? Excited for one or two in particular? Sound off in the comments!
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Login or create a HitFix account Login SignupBalaji K
May 9, 2012 at 10:07PM EST Reply to CommentThe Kevin Williamson project is called "The Following."
Lee Harvey
May 9, 2012 at 10:53PM EST Reply to CommentDoes the average viewer know if they're watching a single camera or multi-camera show? Why do so many news items make the distinction? (Not trying to be a smart guy here, either. Just trying to understand).
dan Lee - By those names? Probably not. But can viewers tell the difference between a multi-cam with a laff-track or studio audience and a single-cam comedy? Sure. And do they respond differently to different types of shows based on age and variety of other factors? Absolutely.
May 9, 2012 at 11:01PM EST-Daniel
Balaji K Although there are article on the web about the differences and significance of single cam vs. multi cam comedies...Either Alan or Dan should write up an article in lay man's language. Why one format is chosen over the other? What are the advantages or disadvantages and such.
May 10, 2012 at 12:33AM ESTLee Harvey I agree Balaji K. I'd love to read something like that. I think the guys here could explain it better than what I have been able to find on line.
May 10, 2012 at 4:21AM ESTDave I Wikipedia to the Rescue!!!
May 10, 2012 at 11:27AM ESThttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-camera_setup
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple-camera_setup
This discusses the differences as well.
http://www.sandpapersuit.com/2011/02/difference-between-single-camera-and.html
Dave I I think in general single-camera shows TEND to be a little more realistic or natural and less focusing on gimmicks. Artistically, it seems like it CAN be used to hide or reveal things in a different manner. It would also seem to be a lot harder to edit since it is at least more prone to rely on single shots a/o getting the action from one point of view. Single-camera would also create a more cinematic feel, and it's more like you are a fly on the wall rather than seeing something edited and taped together after the fact, although multi-camera setups are used more in live recordings. I suspect part of why I am generally down on multi-cameras is my distaste of laugh tracks, which I tend to associate together.
May 10, 2012 at 11:33AM EST-Cheers
Dave I
May 9, 2012 at 11:13PM EST Reply to CommentSo is Kaling done on The Office? I actually hope so, not because I do not like Kaling (I do), but because I want to see her in a role where she does not play a borderline mentally handicapped woman who keeps going back to the same doucebag over and over and over and over and... Not to mention The Office is not quite the show it used to be.
Plus, I think she could be pretty good in a starring role. I have typically enjoyed episodes she's written and she did alright given limited material to work with in Five Year Engagement. I wish her luck!
-Cheers
War Chief Shake Zula
May 10, 2012 at 12:10AM EST Reply to CommentThe Williamson/Bacon project sounds like the Red John aspects of The Mentalist if they were the driving force of every ep instead of a side story.
Haynie
May 10, 2012 at 12:14PM EST Reply to CommentTempestt Bledsoe? Can we start a pool for the first Raven Symone cameo?