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FX Picks Up Animated Comedy Series From ‘It’s Always Sunny’ Team With 13-Ep. Order

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday September 15, 2011 @ 11:42am PDTTags: (Rob McElhenney, Charlie Day, David Hornsby, FX, FX Productions, Glenn Howerton, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Unsupervised
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UPDATED: FX has found Archer a buddy. The cable network has given a 13-episode order to Unsupervised (working title), a new animated comedy series, created and executive produced by It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia‘s Rob Rosell, Scott Marder and David Hornsby. The show will premiere in January and will be paired with FX’s existing animated comedy Archer. Unsupervised hails from RCG, the production company of It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia masterminds Rob McElhenney, Charlie Day and Glenn Howerton. It is the first series to come out of the $40 million deal RCG signed with FX Prods. last month.

Unsupervised is a comedy about optimistic best friends Gary and Joel navigating the harsh landscape of teenage life and trying to do what’s right without any parental guidance whatsoever. Its voice cast includes Justin Long, Kristen Bell, Romany Malco, Kaitlin Olson and Alexa Vega, along with Rosell and Hornsby. “Having worked with David, Rob and Scott for many years on Sunny, it gives us great pleasure to see them make their own stamp on FX,” said FX’s EVP Nick Grad. “Unsupervised is a great addition to our comedy roster and, like all of our comedies, it’s smart and really funny.” Unsupervised is produced by FX Prods, in association with RCG Prods and Floyd County. The series will be animated by Archer executive producers Adam Reed and Matt Thompson. It marks the second series for Hornsby, who also created and is starring in CBS’ new comedy How To Be a Gentleman.

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TCA: This ‘Gentleman’ Prefers Leslie Moonves

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday August 3, 2011 @ 6:31pm PDTTags: CBS, David Hornsby, How To Be a Gentleman, Leslie Moonves, Mary Lynn Rajskub, TCA Press Tour, Television Critics Association

Ray Richmond is contributing to Deadline’s coverage of TCA.

It may have generated the single-biggest laugh of TCA to date this afternoon when David Hornsby, the creator, executive producer and star of the new CBS comedy How to Be a Gentleman, … Read More »

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The Over-Achievers Of This Year’s Upfront

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday May 19, 2011 @ 2:51pm PDTTags: 2011 Upfronts, Alloy, Andrew Reich, Andy Ackerman, Beth McCarthy Miller, Chernin Entertainment, Chris Moynihan, Chuck Lorre, Craig Zadan, Danny Cannon, David Hornsby, DreamWorks TV, Emily Deschanel, Fake Empire, Jessica St. Clair, JJ Abrams, Kapital Entertainment, Kevin Williamson, Lennon Parham, Neil Meron, Seth MacFarlane, Shonda Rhimes, Ted Cohen, Timberman/Beverly Productions, Whitney Cummings, Zooey Deschanel
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Here is the second-annual honor roll of the best and brightest at the broadcast upfront. First off, to all who got their pilots picked up to series — congratulations. You’re already winners. This is a list of those who took their upfront success to an extra level:

Whitney Cummings: The undisputed queen of Upfront 2011. She is behind two new comedy series that are among the highest-profile new half-hour entries next fall. She created, stars in and executive produces her eponymous comedy for NBC, which was assigned the network’s best comedy slot, following The Office. She also co-wrote on spec with Michael Patrick King the CBS comedy 2 Broke Girls, which broke records as CBS’ best-testing pilot (comedy or drama) ever. Both were the first comedy pilots to get a series order at their networks. Cummings, who also has a talk show in contention at E!, will serve as an executive producer on 2 Broke Girls but will be full-time on Whitney, which was in first position. I hope that doesn’t impact 2 Broke Girls, which King is expected to run/co-run, because the pilot indeed looks great. Honorable mention in the category of creators with multiple projects for Andrew Reich and Ted Cohen. One of their two ABC pilots, Work It, was picked up to series, while the other, Smothered, is very much in contention for midseason.

What a comeback for J.J. Abrams! After his high-profile NBC drama Undercovers went bust last fall, some questioned whether the networks will continue to bet on him. But bet they did this upfront, with both pilots he produced, CBS’ Person of Interest and Fox’s Alcatraz, going to series. Person of Interest instantly became one of the most anticipated new fall series when CBS made it its new Thursday 9 PM anchor. The network also said it was its best-testing drama pilot ever. And over at Fox, Alcatraz prevailed over several high-profile pilots to land one of only two drama series spots. Then, as icing on the cake, Abrams’ modestly rated but well-liked Fox sci-fi series Fringe got a renewal for next season, bringing the producer’s series for next season to three. Read More »

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Adam Chase Joins CBS’ ‘How To Be A Gentleman’ Comedy Pilot As EP

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday March 2, 2011 @ 10:18am PSTTags: CBS Pilots, David Hornsby, How To Be a Gentleman Pilot, TV, TV Deals, TV Pilots
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Former Friends executive producer Adam Chase has joined CBS’ comedy pilot How To Be A Gentleman, written by and starring It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’s David Hornsby. Chase will serve as executive producer/co-showrunner on the pilot alongside Hornsby. If the pilot goes to series, for Chase it would be in … Read More »

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Emily Rutherfurd, Rhys Darby Join CBS Comedy Pilots

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday March 1, 2011 @ 4:00pm PSTTags: David Hornsby, Emily Rutherfurd, How To Be a Gentleman, How To Be a Gentleman Pilot, The Assistants, The Assistants Pilot, TV, TV Casting, TV Deals, TV Pilots
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Emily Rutherfurd is set to co-star in Tucker Cawley’s comedy pilot for CBS The Assistants, a young ensemble about four assistants who work for celebrity couple Mike and Ali. Rutherfurd will play Ali’s friendly, a bit manic and socially awkward … Read More »

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CBS Picks Up Comedy Pilot Written By And Starring David Hornsby

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday January 28, 2011 @ 10:55am PSTTags: CBS, CBS Pilots, CBS Spec Scripts, David Hornsby, How To Be a Gentleman, How To Be a Gentleman Pilot, TV, TV Deals, TV Spec Scripts
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EXCLUSIVE: Spec scripts continue to be red-hot this January. CBS just snatched one from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia writer/co-executive producer/recurring guest star David Hornsby, which has been greenlighted to pilot. Hornsby wrote the project, How To Be a Gentleman, and is attached to star. Loosely based on John Bridges’ book How To Be a Gentleman: A Contemporary Guide to Common Courtesy, the show is described as a buddy comedy about an uptight guy learning to live his life with the help of his old high school classmate. Hornsby will play one of the two leads in the project, whose format (multi- vs. single-camera) is yet to be determined. Read More »

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