"No, it's Reno 911 in space." B, I thank you in advance for the sleepless night I'll be having.
On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 7:10 PM, B Smith <daikaij...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > No, it's Reno 911 in space. It could be fun but if you don't like their > sense of humor it will not work for you. Maybe we'll get lucky and it will > be the new Red Dwarf. > > I'm still ticked that Boldly Going Nowhere is shelved. > > > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com <scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com>, Martin > Baxter <martinbaxt...@...> wrote: > > > > Pardon me, Justin, while I scream... > > > > On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 2:33 PM, Justin Mohareb <justinmoha...@...>wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Could this be a 21st century Homeboys in Outer Space? > > > > > > Justin > > > > > > > > > On 2010-08-03, at 5:00 PM, "brent wodehouse" <brent_wodeho...@...> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > < > http://livefeed.hollywoodreporter.com/2010/08/fx-renews-louie-orders-sci-fi-comedy-pilot.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+live_feed+%28The+Hollywood+Reporter+-+Live+Feed%29 > > > > > > http://livefeed.hollywoodreporter.com/2010/08/fx-renews-louie-orders-sci-fi-comedy-pilot.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+live_feed+%28The+Hollywood+Reporter+-+Live+Feed%29 > > > > > > [ > > > < > http://livefeed.hollywoodreporter.com/2010/08/fx-renews-louie-orders-sci-fi-comedy-pilot.html > > > > > > http://livefeed.hollywoodreporter.com/2010/08/fx-renews-louie-orders-sci-fi-comedy-pilot.html > > > ]FX orders `Star Trek' spoof pilot, renews `Louie' > > > > > > by [ <http://livefeed.hollywoodreporter.com/author/jhibberd/> > > > http://livefeed.hollywoodreporter.com/author/jhibberd/ ]James Hibberd > > > | > > > > > > August 3, 2010 > > > > > > FX has ordered a comedy pilot from the makers of "Reno 911" whose > logline > > > makes it sound like an unofficial "Star Trek" parody. > > > > > > Set a thousand years in the future, "Alabama" follows the crew of the > > > space ship USS Alabama as they continue a seven-year mission to > maintain > > > interplanetary peace. > > > > > > "The show will follow the heart-pounding action as our crew visits > hostile > > > planets, meets alien life-forms, and tries to have sex with each other > in > > > their tiny, metal bunk beds," FX said. > > > > > > "Alabama" is created by and stars "Reno 911" veterans Thomas Lennon and > > > Ben Garant and, just like the former Comedy Central series, will be > > > part-scripted and part-improvised. Garant and Lennon are executive > > > producers along with Peter Principato and Paul Young. > > > > > > In addition, FX has renewed the Louis C.K. comedy "Louie" for a > 13-episode > > > second season. > > > > > > The pickup comes about five weeks into the show's run, with the comedy > > > performing fairly modestly -- averaging about 1 million viewers per > week. > > > > > > The announcements were made at the Television Critics Association's > press > > > tour, where FX had the longest presentation in the network's history, > > > scheduling nearly a full day of panels. > > > > > > FX's entertainment president John Landgraf said he hopes to expand the > > > network's burgeoning lineup to a dozen shows, including 6-8 comedies. > > > > > > After that, Landgraf said, the network will reach a saturation point, > > > unable to expand further due to the marketing costs associated with > > > promoting so many shows. > > > > > > FX has already hit its goal to get on the comedy map, with veteran > "It's > > > Always Sunny in Philadelphia" steadily improving in the ratings and > > > freshman animated series "Archer" becoming a surprise breakout. Along > with > > > "Louie" and "The League," the network has four functioning half-hour > > > comedies. > > > > > > Critics noted FX's paucity of Emmy nominations, and Landgraf noted that > TV > > > Academy favorite "Damages," which is shifting to DirecTV, is set in the > > > upper echelons of elite Manhattan society compared to the network's > array > > > of blue collar protagonists. > > > > > > "Emmys live in their own separate universe," he said. "Of the shows > that > > > qualified for an Emmy, 'Rescue Me,' 'Justified,' 'Sons of Anarcy' and > > > 'Damages' … all accured as much acclaim universal acclaim based on > their > > > Metacritic scores ... We the tendency to do the literature of the > common > > > man and common woman … I don't think there's a lesson in personal > grooming > > > to be taken from 'Sons' ... Does that effect the Emmys? I don't know." > > > > > > Landgraf also said that, for actors, in recent years it has become more > > > prestigious to land a cable show. > > > > > > "It's become a status symbol for an actor to have a cable show," > Landgraf > > > said. "A lot of being a movie star is being in a latex costume in front > of > > > a green screen wearing guide-wires and learning to do karate." > > > > > > Wrapping up the session, Landgraf noted, "I haven't said anything > > > Tweet-worthy," then announced: "Peter Rice told me I could deny that > Steve > > > McPherson is becoming a judge on 'American Idol.'" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody > hell > > wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik > > > > > -- "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
