NBC has just signed a deal to produce a new single-camera comedy that will bring Michael J. Fox back to weekly TV. While the project was sought after by FOX, ABC and CBS (who came the closest among the other contenders), it was Peacock chief Robert Greenblatt who eventually won over Fox, who will produce and star.
As Vulture reports, the big selling point from Greenblatt was that he gave the project a full 22-episode order -- Not many shows get an order to go to series before they shoot a pilot, and 22-episodes is an especially rare upfront commitment. Current plans are to film the Sony Pictures Television series in New York, which also happens to be where Fox worked on Spin City. The half-hour show will be a family comedy loosely inspired by Fox's own life, presumably incorporating his real-life battle with Parkinson's disease.
While Fox's project is now targeted for fall 2013, it's likely that the pilot will be shot well in advance of that, taking advantage of the longer lead time.
The still untitled comedy is created by Cougar Town writer Sam Laybourne and the pilot will be directed by Will Gluck (Easy A).
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