We work hard for the money here at TVWriter™. Long hours, a brutal boss (Oh, hi, LB!), and all that reading and watching. It’s enough to drive a person mad, I say. Mad!
The other night, however, while slaving away at You Tube, searching for nuggets of gold amidst the dancing cats, we found this scary bit of video witchcraft, and it made everything worthwhile:
Unfortunately for people with any kind of taste or love for the television medium, Amazon Studios (AKA The Least Talented Executives in Town) has announced that it’s picked up not one, not two, not even three, but a veritable slew of 5 turdburgers to turn into steaming streaming series for Amazon Prime Instant Video.
(Don’t believe our assessment? Check out LB’s review of all the Amazon Studios pilots.)
…To which we can only respond:
MELISSA AND JOEY? It’s a show? On the air? Watched by human people?
Let’s be frank here. We don’t know Dan Harmon, and we never really watched COMMUNITY all that much (the sight of Chevy Chase makes us gag), but Harmon’s our hero because:
According to HollywoodWookie.Com, which judging from this report is a far cooler website than its name would imply, in a recent podcast Harmon told the audience that he’s been asked to return to the show he created and ran for 3 seasons on NBC. The article goes on to add that “He jokingly said that he would only return if they brought Chevy Chase back too but even he couldn’t stop laughing at that idea.”
We might have written all this off, but guess what? The Showbiz Bible AKA HollywoodReporter.Com said yesterday that it had confirmed the news, but “Details on just what role the former showrunner would have remain unclear.”
Wanna know something cool? The Bros will be back at Midnight, June 2nd. That’s exactly 1 minute after TVWriter™’s People’s Pilot and Spec Scriptacular contests close this year. The perfect way to celebrate.
Here’s the latest trailer from Adult Swim. All 4:53 of it.