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EXCLUSIVE: NBC has pulled the plug on midseason comedy series Next Caller. The network in May had given the Dane Cook-starring project a six-episode order. After filming four of them, I hear network brass had decided that creatively the series was not going in the direction they had hoped for. Production on the series, produced by Lionsgate TV and Universal TV, has stopped, and the produced episodes won’t air. Created and executive produced by Stephen Falk, Next Caller stars Cook as a foul-mouthed satellite radio DJ forced to share the mic with a chipper NPR feminist (Collette Wolfe). Jeffrey Tambor, Joy Osmanski and Wolé Parks co-star. NBC recently gave two of its freshman comedy series, Go On and The New Normal, full-season pickups, while fellow freshmen Guys With Kids and especially Animal Practice, have been struggling. The network has two other comedy series on tap for midseason, 1600 Penn and Save Me.
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I’m so sorry for Collette Wolfe. I hoped this show could be her big break.
There are no gay charcters, it had to go.
duh people. see if you can connect the dots…the show was about a rude satellite DJ. a rude satellite DJ is already on an NBC show. ta da…………. howard stern shut this down.
Am I missing something here? Isn’t this project a perfect vehicle for ethnic talent? The Howard Stern vs. NPR thing is relevant to a shrinking slice of the population. Think of the comedic possibilities between Spanish talk/urban vs. NPR/Mancow. At least it would be NEW.
I hate Dane Cook as much as the next guy, but they were well over halfway in to this project. After spending the bulk of the money and getting through the casting and writing and all the rest of development, was it financially responsible to not just shoot the last two episodes and run ‘em? Especially since this is NBC?
I doubt these episodes will air. They’re just going to be written off. Who will want them? And who wants a half baked story? To bother with promotions will just cost more money and they’ll just have to pay all involved a lot of money… Ad for what?
The Farm is DOA.
It happens to lots of shows. This is the first show since Mr. Dugan in 1979 that was cancelled before it aired. That’s like quitting your job before your first day.
I remember a few years ago when frat boys were going CRAZY over Dane Cook, now people claim that they never liked him.
Isn’t “Go On” about a sports radio guy? It would have been “30 Rock” and “Studio 60″ (both shows about backstage at SNL during the same season) all over again.
Agree with a previous poster that NBC is making good decisions once again.
THANK GOD