
In a very competitive situation with all major networks bidding, I Suck At Girls, a single-camera comedy from Bill Lawrence and Warner Bros. TV, has landed at Fox with a pilot production commitment.
It is based on Justin Halpern’s book I Suck At Girls, the follow-up to his bestseller Shit My Dad Says that was based on his popular Twitter feed. The half-hour comedy will tell the story of a boy becoming a man, and a man becoming a father, in a time before coming of age was something you could Google. Halpern will write with his TV writing partner Patrick Schumacker, with Lawrence supervising.
Lawrence, Halpern and Schumacker will executive produce with Jeff Ingold, Lawrence’s development executive at his WBTV-based Doozer production banner. Warner Bros. TV and Bill Lawrence optioned the book in February, three months before it was published by HarperColins.
Halpern and Schumacker co-created the CBS series adaptation of the Twitter feed/book, $#*! My Dad Says, which also was produced by Warner Bros. TV. This is the second consecutive year that a Bill Lawrence comedy project lands at Fox with a pilot production commitment. Last year’s Like Father went to pilot. Lawrence and Halpern are with ICM Partners.
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$#*! My Dad Says was an awful TV show.
Great book. Great guys. Looking forward to this.
Awesome guys, fun title – this is great news!
Bill is a stud. It’s going to be a great show!
Bill Lawrence is FAR more talented than Max Mutchnick and David Kohan. Patrick and Justin were wise to partner with Bill. Good things to come.
You can combine all of Bill’s shows..All of his mediocre shows..”Spin Shitty”.. Scrubs
And that monumental Laugher Couger Town
And they will not come close to the Brilliance
and Enormous Financial success of “Will $ Grace
Here’s the difference between Bill Lawrence and the producing team of Kohan/Mutchnick: Bill has had multiple successful series covering a variety of comedic worlds… whereas Max and David hit gold with Will & Grace and have been trying to get that lightning to strike twice for the past decade, one failure after another, coming up with the worst shows on TV that get cancelled or don’t even make it to series. Also they’re assholes and Bill’s casts, crews, and writing teams will follow him to the ends of the earth.
These guys will succeed because they are funny, good dudes, and they love America.
LOVED this book. Very excited to see what they can do with this
Stop giving shows to this person. They are painfully unfunny (Cougar Town, Scrubs), and not hits. Time to give someone else a chance.
I really like Bill Lawrence. Great guy – smart and makes super-funny sitcoms. Cougartown is a gem.
Should be called “I Suck at TV” by Bill Lawrence.
When will people realize this guy is a hack?
One awful (and un-funny) show after another that always consistently drop whatever lead-in ratings it gets. Scrubs was a big sag on “must see TV” – Cougartown could never hold on to Modern Family – and you should see some of the garbage he attempted that thankfully didn’t make air.
Most boring most uninteresting writer around.
Justin and Pat might not be able to do as many push-ups as me, but they’re super talented writers and great guys. Mazel tov!