The Charlie Sheen multi-cam sitcomization of the Adam Sandler/Jack Nicholson hasn't even started on FX (that would be in June), but one Jason Shuman is suing producer Joe Roth, who made the movie and owns the TV series, claiming he was cut out of the series, although he says he set Roth up with Lionsgate and their Debmar-Mercury syndication arm with "Are We There Yet?", another Roth film turned into a multi-cam sitcom for TBS: http://www.deadline.com/2012/04/producer-files-50-million-lawsuit-against-joe-roth-over-charlie-sheen-comedy-anger-management/ The amount he's throwing around is potential, if the series is picked up past its initial 10-episode run. The Debmar-Mercury model, aka "The Tyler Perry model," is that the series has a 10-episode cable test run and if it does well goes into an assembly-line style 90-episode order (up to three episodes made a week) so that it can go into syndication within two years instead of the traditional four-to-five years after its initial network premiere. Debmar-Mercury created the model for Perry's "House of Payne" on TBS and syndicwation and rode it into 228 episodes in five years. Perry's "Meet the Browns" did 140 episodes in two years, while "Are We There Yet?" stalled out at 44 episodes in one year, although TBS has picked up the show for a third season this year. The latest Perry series, the one-camera "For Better or Worse," is currently shooting a 35-ep second season for TBS and Debmar-Mercury.
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