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Replacement for BOT

posted 15 years ago by brianinnh
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Can you say 'dead in the water' before it launches??

"Mr. Sunshine"

What it is: The manager of a run-down sports arena (Matthew Perry) turns 40, takes a look at his life and decides he doesn't like what he sees. It's a comedy.

Why we're interested: Perry does comedic self-loathing extremely well, and he's got an excellent cast around him in Allison Janney, "Better Off Ted's" Andrea Anders and his "Studio 60" co-star Nate Torrence. It should look good too, since "West Wing" and "Sports Night" veteran Thomas Schlamme is directing the pilot. (It's not an Aaron Sorkin show, by the way; it just involves a lot of people who've worked with him.)

(To be honest this reminds me a little of the Britcom 'The Brittas Empire' and I doubt it will be even as funny as that.)

[–] Osova 15 years ago

"Mr. Sunshine"? Oy vey...

[–] mousalope 15 years ago

"The manager of a run-down sports arena (Matthew Perry) turns 40, takes a look at his life and decides he doesn't like what he sees. It's a comedy."

In other words a rehash of The John Larroquette Show, moving the locale from a run-down bus station to a run-down sports arena. Well season one of Larroquette was pretty good, but the dark elements of the show scared the network into a season two bland revamp. Depends which season's scripts they copy.