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ABC has made its first comedy pilot pickups this season, ordering Man Up, from 100 Questions creator Chris Moynihan and an Smothered, from Friends alums Andrew Reich and Ted Cohen.
The ABC Studios/Tagline-produced Man Up stems from writer-actor Moynihan’s two-script deal with the studio. In addition to writing and executive producing, Moynihan is set to co-star in the project, a look at what it takes to survive as a modern man, as told through the eyes of three best friends and the women in their lives. Also executive producing are Tagline’s Ron West and Kelly Kulchak. Moynihan is with Rothman Brecher and Thruline. (This is not to be confused with Jack Burditt’s comedy script Man Up, also at ABC, which has Tim Allen circling.)
The Warner Bros. TV-produced Smothered is based on Reich and Cohen’s real-life experiences and centers on a young couple who find themselves smothered by their two very different sets of parents whose only thing in common is that their children are married to each other. Reich and Cohen are with WME.
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100 Questions was awful, Moynihan was awful in it, and he was terrible in Coupling, too. Shameless insert into his own script since no one else will hire him. Though he was decent in For Your Consideration.
I thought Man Up was a Jack Burditt put pilot/Tim Allen vehicle at ABC. Are we sure Moynihan’s pilot is called Man Up?
Unt Chris Moynihan right now, working title prob.
There was a SPIKE TV project, very funny, called MAN UP! as well. There’s a lot of “three guys” stuff floating around and MEN OF A CERTAIN AGE really deserves more visibility. Tagline tends to do very derivative stuff, but who doesn’t right now?
“…Tagline tends to do very derivative stuff, but who doesn’t right now?”
Totally agreed. Straight down the middle, boring stuff.
Smothered. Young couple smothered by their wacky parents. Innovative, forward thinking… can’t wait. More brilliant TV. We really do this better than anybody, don’t we?
Yes! marriage-based sitcom, wacky parent characters. never been done before! What will they think up next?
Great for ABC I have worked with Andrew and Ted and they are really talented. Can’t wait for this show!
Hey man, audiences don’t want innovative and forward thinking in their comedies. If they did more people would watch shows like Community and Outsourced. What they want is to laugh. That’s why Chuck Lorre is so rich and nobody cares about shows like Better With You. Give it to them straight up the middle, cast it well and hire funny writers — mostly men but only because most women can’t make other women laugh (sorry but it’s true. we’ve been trying to make women laugh in order to get laid since puberty so we have more practice. Even Tina Fey realizes this truth). Anyway, do that and the audiences will show AND stay. The current crop of ineffective development execs who made their bones by rising through the assistant ranks may be starting to understand this.
Chuck Lorre is rich because he has a talent for knowing what makes unsophisticated, moderately intelligent people laugh while half-paying attnetion. This is what the networks want. It’s also want the movie studios want, the book publishers, etc. These shows sound bland and probably will be but then very few shows are really special or well done. ABC has produced one truly good comedy in the past decade– Modern Family. NBC has produced 2– 30 Rock and The Office. CBS nothing since Everybody Loves Raymond. Fox only The Simpsons and Arrested Development in its history. One final thought: Man Up is already passe in the cultural vocabulary. It’s like the NBC show titled Friends With Benefits. Cutting edge in 2006. With all the high-priced talent, you’d think they could come up with something better.
Bring back ALF!
That would be a better start to pilot season than picking up this contrived nonsense.
Good for Andrew and Ted. Nice guys.
Isn’t “Better with You” pretty standard fare? You make it sound like it’s cutting edge stuff people can’t wrap their heads around. I don’t think its much more “innovative” than any Lorre show.
I think it comes down to casting. Chuck Lorre’s talent may be having a knack for knowing what actors americans will respond to. His shows might be successful DESPITE the shitty writing, not BECAUSE Of.
If it were as easy as networks knowingly putting crap on the air, there’d be a lot more hits out there.
You are spot on I’m a Writer and that’s why you Have a Job!
Went and read for Christopher Moynihan for his pilot”MAN UP”. I guess he forgot what it is like being an actor because he couldn’t of been less interested in given us a fair chance. He basicley was running people through like cattle. Clearly they have offers out and he was just going through the motions.
I don’t think so “Anonymous” … I think you might have just sucked in the audition. Bitter party of one .. your table is now ready.