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Eli Jorne
After approximately 148 years on air, the fat lady has finally sung for American Idol, leaving a giant gaping 2-hour hole in Fox’s weekly schedule. This could be a boon for comedy showrunners, drama showrunners, or both. Let’s find out what’s in the pipeline with our preview of Fox’s 2016 Comedy Pilots.
This Friday, we’re releasing the 2015 Young & Hungry List, our compilation of the new voices making names for themselves in Hollywood, as voted on by industry professionals. In preparation for its release, today we’re taking a look back at the 2011 Young & Hungry List writers–where they’ve been, and where they are today.
The series follows an animated Barbarian who finds that reconnecting with his moody, live-action teenage son Alan and ex-wife while suffering a mundane office job and the banality of suburban life is harder than waging actual war in his distant, animated world.
Logline: A gritty action comedy with heart and more tonally in line with McDonald’s novels than the Chase movies.
One final appetizer before the new Hit List drops!
See how some of the writers are doing after just 2 years.
A list of the top 100 up-and-coming writers currently gracing the new wave of Hollywood shortlists!
40+ TV Sales, Attachments, Renewals, Cancellations, Attachments, and Greenlights!
Logline: When you can’t hire a hit man… hire a hassle man.
Logline: An R-rated comedy set against the backdrop of the Jersey Shore. A waxed, bronzer-toned Jersey shore local must choose between his excessive life of tanning, fist-pumping and Bon Jovi, and the yuppie girl he falls for from picturesque Stone Harbor.