TV Bits: ‘Arrested Development,’ ‘Community,’ ‘Dracula,’ ‘Fringe,’ ‘Modern Family’
In this edition of TV Bits, your can see script pages, read about lawsuits, sickness and advertising. After the jump, read about the following:
Arrested Developmentis coming back and I couldn’t be more excited.Ron Howardfeels the same way. The narrator/executive producer just got the first script of the season’s first episode and it confirms what we’d heard, each episode will be character centric and episode one will focus on Michael, played byJason Bateman.Here’s his TwitPic. I hope next time he blurs out the phone numbers and stuff.Ghost Worldscreenwriter and comic book writerDaniel Clowesis developing a half hour comedy series with HBO calledThe Landlord, viaVariety. Here’s how they describe the show which is still very early:
Speaking at the Television Critics Association press tour, the head of NBCBob Greenblattspoke about the future ofCommunityand said that he feels it’ll still be the same show under new show runnersMoses PortandDavid Gurascio.He also said that despite the move to Friday night, ifCommunity’sfans return, it won’t necessarily be the series' last season. Here’s his quote, read more onScreenCrush:
I would love nothing more than for ‘Community’ to have a following on Friday and continue.
NBC is also developing a new show centered onDraculaand they’ve reportedly castJonathan Rhys Meyersin the show, which is described as “Dangerous LiaisonsmeetsThe Tudors.” Thanks toVulture.
DeadlinereportsThe CWis rebranding itself with a new ad campaign and logo, seen below.
The web seriesTiny Apartment, byJessie Cantrell, Mike O’GormanandPat Driscoll, got a pilot order by Comedy Central. Here’s one of the episodes below, thanks toDeadline.
The cast ofModern Familyis suing 20th Century Fox over their current contracts, hoping to get out of them and get a nice pay bump. That dispute is still on-going but, in spite of that, they all returned to work Thursday to do the first table read for the show’s fourth season. There’s still a chance actual filming might not happen but the cast, which includesJulie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Eric Stonestreet, Sofia VergaraandEd O’Neill,is working it out. Read more about the controversy at theHollywood Reporter.
Finally, production was underway on the final season ofFringewhen starJohn Noblewas diagnosed with a sleep disorder. To accommodate the actor, production has been placed on a two-week hiatus. It won’t effect the show’s premiere in September. Thanks toDeadline.
