The Money Pit is inspired by the 1986 feature starring Tom Hanks and Shelley Long. Amblin Television, the TV division of Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment, which produced the movie with Universal Pictures, is producing with Universal Television. Former The Office writer-producer Justin Spitzer, who is under an overall deal at Uni TV, wrote the adaptation and executive produces with Amblin TV’s Justin Falvey and Darryl Frank. The movie, written by David Giler and directed by Richard Benjamin, starred Hanks and Long as a couple who are tricked into buying a distress-sale mansion that becomes the proverbial “money pit,” requiring an endless string of repairs. The NBC adaptation centers on a newlywed couple that navigates the challenges of modern romance while their house crumbles around them.
Fifth Wheel, from ABC Studios and studio-based The Mark Gordon Co., was written on spec by Heidi Niedermeyer & Elena Crevello, best known for their viral video S**t People In L.A. Say. It an ensemble comedy of a tight-knit group of friends that centers around a young woman who confronts her new reality after her last single friend gets engaged. Gordon and Andrea Shay executive produce, with Niedermeyer and Crevello as supervising producers.
Fifth Wheel, from ABC Studios and studio-based The Mark Gordon Co., was written on spec by Heidi Niedermeyer & Elena Crevello, best known for their viral video S**t People In L.A. Say. It an ensemble comedy of a tight-knit group of friends that centers around a young woman who confronts her new reality after her last single friend gets engaged. Gordon and Andrea Shay executive produce, with Niedermeyer and Crevello as supervising producers.
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I wonder if NBC will try to mix up multicams and singlecams yet again or if these will go somewhere on their own if picked up.
ReplyDeleteMulticams again NBC?
ReplyDeleteYou're not CBS, you built a small but faithful public with niche comedies (except The Office, which became a hit) and you blew it.
Of course every year this experiment fails it means we get more Community and Parks and Rec at least but yeah multicams just don't work outside of CBS.
ReplyDeleteThe Money Pit is such a classic... I can't see them doing it justice.
ReplyDeleteCommunity and Parks and Rec aren't exactly hits either...
ReplyDeleteThey need to find a Modern Family or something.
Oh I know they are tiny shows but they keep on surviving because of NBC continuing problems much like how Chuck got 5 seasons.
ReplyDeleteComedies just seem to be a hard genre for networks, ABC does fine with Modern Family and the Middle but struggles with its other comedies, Fox is fine with its animation block but shows like Mindy Project are failing. I really don't know what any of them can do but the big board comedy approach doesn't seem to work either.
In fact, they need to find a specific public for their comedies.
ReplyDeleteAll networks (including ABC) have tried to find the next Modern Family, all of them have failed, familiar sitcoms are really saturated.
Fifth Wheel sounds really similar to Friends With Better Lives.
ReplyDeleteMaybe networks need to look at what makes Modern Family and The Big Bang Theory likable and/or relate able to the public.
ReplyDeleteSomeone on neogaf said they're hoping NBC gets away from looking "nostalgic" comedies. Maybe start from there?