Episodes

humanji

This has probably been mentioned before, but I just heard of it now. It's a new 6 part series that's being made by the BBC and Showtime in the US. Here's the blurb from the Daily Mail online (I don't normally read that, but I saw the link from the A-Team article!!!):

I honestly don't read the Daily Mail wrote:

Former Friends actor Matt LeBlanc is returning to TV screens - to star as himself in a send-up of the television industry.

The 42-year-old heart-throb will appear in a six-part series called Episodes next year on BBC2.

Shooting in London and Los Angeles, the programme tells story of an unsuspecting British couple who try to recreate their UK comedy hit in the lion's den of American TV, with disastrous results.

Episodes was penned by Friends co-creator David Crane and Jeffrey Klarik, whose credits include Mad About You.

The new show is a co-production with US broadcaster Showtime and also involves Hat Trick Productions.

LeBlanc joked: "I am also so glad I got the part; seeing someone else playing Matt LeBlanc would have been devastating."

Jimmy Mulville, who is a producer on the show, said: "These are some of the best scripts I've read in a long time by two writers at the top of their game.

"To have the opportunity to make a show with David Crane and Jeffrey Klarik, with Matt LeBlanc playing a hilarious version of himself, and then to make that show for both Showtime and the BBC, whose combined portfolios of comedy are second to none, is both a thrill and a great privilege.

"Episodes promises to be one of the great comedy treats for 2010."

I'm generally not a big fan of sitcoms, but the premise sounds like it could be fun if done well, especially if you've ever witnessed US remakes of British shows (like Red Dwarf, Coupling or Fawlty Towers).

Then again, it could fall flat on it's face.

Richard Dower

Didn't Lisa Kudrow have a similiar type show that tanked?

JP Liz

I can only see Matt LeBlanc as Joey

humanji

Yeah, me too. I remember watching him in the Lost In Space film, and just couldn't take him seriously.

J-blk

Well he does have hands-on experience of trying to repeat the magic of a previous comedic hit and failing miserably so he is the obvious choice for the part .

Also Starring LeVar Burton

It could be good. I'll keep an eye out for it anyway.