TV Bits: ‘Terra Nova’ Set Video, Comedy Central Orders Series By ‘Tosh.0’ Creator, ‘Will & Grace’ Star Develping Gay Family Sitcom, Fox Commits To New Pilot From ‘Locke & Key’ Scribe
By now, everyone knows thatTerra Nova’s premiere has been pushed back multiple times thanks in a large part to its effects. You’ll have to wait til the pilot airsSeptember 26on Fox to decide if the delays were ultimately worth it, but you can get a peek at the show’s overall look right now. A new video explores the show’s massive and really quite beautiful set. You can’t accuse the crew of lacking for ambition, and considering that snowballing production costs were one of the problems that plagued the series early on, it’s nice to know the money actually went somewhere.
I caught the first half of the two-hour premiere atComic-Con, and while there’s room for improvement on the story side, I wrote that “[i]f nothing else, the showlooksabsolutely gorgeous.” After checking out this clip, I think you’ll agree. Watch the video after the jump.
Also after the jump, read about new projects from Daniel Tosh, Sean Hayes andLocke & Keywriter Josh Friedman.
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Comedy Central has ordered 10 episodes of a show titledBrickleberryfromDaniel Tosh, creator and star of the network’s very popularTosh.0. The new animated series will center around a group of dysfunctional forest rangers who work to save a national park from closing, and will feature voice work by Tosh. Tosh will also serve as executive producer, along withStankervisioncreatorsWaco O’GuinandRoger Black. The series is set to begin shooting this fall to premiere in early 2012. [Deadline]
Sean Hayesis teaming up withRescue MecreatorPeter Tolanand his writing partnerMichael Wimerfor an as-yet-untitled family sitcom that will follow two gay men raising their 12-year-old kid. Hayes will star as one-half of the couple; the roles of his partner and child have yet to be cast. The series will likely premiere on NBC next year.
The series will mark a return to steady television work for Hayes, who gained recognition as Jack on the very popularWill & Grace, and will be Tolan’s next series afterRescue Meends its run September 7. (Hayes is also in the Farrelly Brothers' newThree Stoogesfilm; he plays Larry.) Though gay characters have become increasingly visible on television over the last several years, the new show will be somewhat unusual in focusing primarily on a gay couple, rather than featuring gay characters as part of a larger ensemble. [Entertainment Weekly]
Fans may still be sore over Fox’s decisionnot to pick upLocke & Key, but it looks as though writer/executive producerJosh Friedmanand the network have moved on. Fox has just committed to producing a pilot for a new hourlong drama by Friedman titledThe Asset, which will revolve around about a female agent working in the CIA’s New York office. The pilot is part of a three-year dealsignedbetween Friedman and Fox earlier this summer; Friedman previously created and executive producedTerminator: The Sarah Connor Chroniclesfor the network. [Variety]
