"Surviving Jack" - Meloni - on our TVs!

[trillingstar]

FOX has ordered five new comedies, including something with the working title of "Surviving Jack," based off of Justin Halpern's book "I Suck at Girls," which is a coming-of-age story about a boy and his father in '90s Southern California.

Tidbits:

Christopher Meloni stars as the father, while "Scrubs" and "Cougar Town" favorite Bill Lawrence is on-board as executive producer.

Add'l cast includes Alex Kapp Horner, Connor Buckley, Claudia Lee, Kevin Hernandez, Tyler Foden.

Team: W/EP Justin Halpern, Patrick Schumacker (S#*! My Dad Says); EP Bill Lawrence, Jeff Ingold; D Victor Nelli
Studio: Warner Bros. Television, Doozer Productions
Format: Single-camera

Well... it's been a long time since I've seen Meloni be comedic on purpose so... yay! And Bill Lawrence is a happy bonus, and I look forward to lots of face-pulling and fatherly chats. snort


Also, take a look this bit of hilarity regarding SVU's 'supposed jab' at Meloni regarding that house in CT that he's trying to unload. I mean, Bill Butler even gets in the mix ;)

Comments

[vanillalime]

I have to confess my disappointment with the change in the title of the show. "I Suck at Girls" had such snark potential. *sigh* :D

I wonder if Meloni already had some kind of unofficial commitment when he signed on to do the pilot. Putting the CT house up for sale and leasing the one in Beverly Hills seemed like a pretty big step just for something that "might" happen, especially if you take into consideration his kids and how much he (supposedly) loves NY.

That thing with SVU is realllllly weird. I know he walked away from his contract negotiations rather abruptly, but there had been noise of him wanting to leave for a long time. It's one of those things I would normally think is some kind of good-natured, private joke, except that clearly no one is laughing.