Fox’s ‘In Living Color’ Reboot Officially Dead: TCA

COMMENTS (13)

• I don’t get it, they shot one and it sucked so they are burying it? I figured the cost of paying the cast would ultimately be problematic.

  Comment by Homey the Clown — Tuesday January 8, 2013 @ 12:54pm PST  Reply to this post

• What light through yonder window breaks… it is the sketch comedy light that shineth upon Fox and causeth them to be blinded. This is failed attempt #3 in 3 years at a sketch comedy show. Obviously, this is not their forte.

  Comment by Holly Hobby — Tuesday January 8, 2013 @ 12:56pm PST  Reply to this post

• this would have been better as an hourlong reunion special with as much of the original cast as possible and new material.

  Comment by Terrence — Tuesday January 8, 2013 @ 1:12pm PST  Reply to this post

• at the same time, the “head up their ass” network execs need to stop looking to the past and to movies and to foreign markets for new projects to develop.

  Comment by terrence — Tuesday January 8, 2013 @ 1:14pm PST  Reply to this post

• Wow Fox cannot get it together can they? What’s the problem with their comedy department?

  Comment by INterested Observer — Tuesday January 8, 2013 @ 1:27pm PST  Reply to this post

• I find that mainstream network TV can’t really do variety/sketch comedy shows anymore, and haven’t been able for a long time. Also, calling it In Living Color may have been a strategic mistake. People’s memories of sketch comedy shows create a near impossible standard to match because folks tend to remember only the best bits.

  They might have been better off developing a completely new show for a cable channel like FX, with a new title, and make sure to mention that it’s from “the creators of ‘In Living Color.’”

  Comment by Furious D — Tuesday January 8, 2013 @ 2:10pm PST  Reply to this post

• Again, makes no sense. Anyone old enough to remember the show won’t watch a show like this. Weird.

  Comment by The Right Coast — Tuesday January 8, 2013 @ 4:17pm PST  Reply to this post

• this was doomed from the start. bitter infighting, creative indecision, lack of will at the network level to make things happen. Oh, and it wasn’t funny.

  Comment by in the know — Tuesday January 8, 2013 @ 5:36pm PST  Reply to this post

• They should have never cancelled Mad TV. That at least had consistent ratings. All this other crap they have tried to develop with Todd Yasui and these other clueless people has been a total waste of time and money.

  Comment by not funny — Tuesday January 8, 2013 @ 6:50pm PST  Reply to this post

• Fox is so stupid, it’s not as if their schedule is full of hits and they don’t have the room for it. They found a time slot and money to order more of the AWFUL Bob’s Burger’s, but not In Living Color. If the pilot sucked, just hire new writers and cast members, it’s not that difficult people.

  Comment by Justin — Tuesday January 8, 2013 @ 7:02pm PST  Reply to this post

• The last two sketch attempts by Fox were being run by people who don’t know what sketch comedy is in today’s landscape. You can do an urban sketch show, but that means you need urban SKETCH talent, not some random stand-up or someone who was in the game 30 years ago. There are A LOT of great people out there today, but the people running the ships on this reboot and previous Affion Crocket show don’t know it when they see it. Some smart person needs to get the best writers/performers from UCB, Groundlings, Second City, and put them under one person or a sketch group with a fresh but strong vision. A la Chapelle Show or Key and Peele, or even In Living Color in the old day (All the Wayans). You need a core, then build on that. If SNL is any indication, it’s REALLY hard to get a great ensemble from a bunch of random sketch comedy performers, that’s why it’s so bad ensemble-wise and why we just have breakout performers and rarely memorable SNL seasons.

  Comment by not good enough — Tuesday January 8, 2013 @ 9:52pm PST  Reply to this post

• Disappointed !! I was so looking forward to this !!! There hasn’t been a great sketch show on tv since Chappelles show. I’m guessing Fox tried screwing Keenan yet again like they did years ago…..That sucks !

  Comment by Diss appointed — Tuesday January 8, 2013 @ 9:59pm PST  Reply to this post

• LET ME SHOW YA SOMETHIN’!

  Comment by Fire Marshal Bill — Wednesday January 9, 2013 @ 12:09pm PST  Reply to this post