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.
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Logline: Kept under wraps.
Logline: In the tone of “Zombieland” and “Superbad,” story follows two best friends who have to go on the run when one of them wakes up as a super hot chick.
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Logline: A male driven romantic comedy that follows a commitment phobic womanizer, a newly divorced doctor and an over-sexed smooth-talker, as they navigate the one-night stands, and the all night parties of New York City.
Logline: Story, which takes place in a near futuristic Los Angeles, centers on Chris Black, aka: the Raven, a man who discovers he has “superpowers”, and that those powers may be the only thing that can take down the current ruling dictatorship.
Logline: Story centers on a man back from serving his time in the Air Force, who now must do everything in his power to settle a debt his family owes, before they are harmed.
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.
