Yes, yes, we all know that Hollywood is utterly bereft of ideas and just about any execrable refuse has a chance of being made. But today's news is stunning, even by the very low standards The Show Business has created for itself:
Not only is Texts From Last Night being made into a TV series (on Fox, natch); so is Shit My Dad Says.
Let's take the last one first. SMDS isn't even a website or a blog; it's a fucking Twitter stream. It's like making the ESPN crawl at the bottom of the screen into a series.
(HANG THE FUCK ON, I just got an idea and I have to call my agent. We'll cast Gilbert Gottfried as "PPD RAIN" and Jenn Sterger as the Florida State - Florida score).
Anyway, SMDS makes sense on CBS, where it's apparently found a home, since CBS is watched pretty much exclusively by 72-year-olds, like the eponymous "Dad." Now, I will be the first to admit that the SMDS stream is chuckle-inducing, but you can't just trot Jerry Adler out onto a set and have him read a fucking Twitter stream. Or maybe you can; I don't know. I'm not in TV.
Similarly, I guess, Texts From Last Night, what? It's a collection of made-up 140-character anecdotes about nights frat boys wish they had had. What's the series?
SETH GREEN enters stage left.
SETH GREEN: I thought it was weird that her dad told me to finish and get out after he walked in on us. I like him.
LEAH REMINI: Just caught grandpa beating off in the living room!
(LAUGHTER)
Oh, God, you know what? Now that I see that typed out, it's not so different from any other FOX sitcom.
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I will totally watch the Pilot for this show. Have your people call my people and we'll get this ball rolling.
I hear CBS is renaming it "CSI: Dad." I think they've got another hit on their hands.
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