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May 25, 2012

FOX picks up Rob Corddry's new comedy

by Anna Johns, posted May 14th 2006 8:39AM

rob corddry; the daily show; comedy central; the winnerAccording to The Futon Critic, FOX ordered six episodes of The Winner, starring The Daily Show correspondent Rob Corddry, effectively wiping Comedy Central clean of all Corddrys (little bro Nate is on Aaron Sorkin's new show at NBC). The Winner is about a successful man who looks fondly back at 1994, when he was 32 and a slacker living at his parents' home. It was co-created by The Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane. It's a bummer to see Corddry go, but hopefully that means we'll get to see more John Hodgman.

FOX also picked up 13 episodes of Happy Hour, a comedy that sounds like a modern-day Odd Couple about two thirty-something roommates.

Not surprisingly, FOX also has renewed The O.C. for a fourth season. Those crazy Orange County kids will be going off to college, but it appears the writers may be breaking with teen-angst drama tradition and sending them to different colleges in different towns. FOX also picked up 13 more episodes of The Loop and more of The War at Home, though it's not clear how many episodes it ordered.

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ChrisM70

Boy, The Daily Show has become a victim of its own success.

They have lost/are losing:

• Steve Carell (Hollywood & TV's The Office)
• Nancy Walls (Carell's wife went with him)
• Stephen Colbert (his own show)
• Rob & Nate Cordrry (TV)
• Matt Walsh (New show on Comedy Central)
• Rachel Harris (in MANY commercials and VH1 "I love _____" shows)

That leaves them with:
• Ed Helms
• Samantha Bee
• Bee's Husband Jason Jones
• Dan Bakkedahl
• John "PC" Hodgman
• Demitri Martin
• Dave Gorman (Poll Smoking)

Perhaps we will see more of some of these minor contributors, or a couple of new "reporters" will be added.

May 22 2006 at 2:19 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Matt

It's always nice to see "The TV Squad" mention "The Seth McFarlane" shows like "The American Dad" and this new one starring "The Rob Corddry."

What? No, really? Then why do the you keep friggin calling the McFarlane's hit show "The Family Guy?"

The show's name is Family Guy. Not "the" anything, not "Family Guys," not "Mumi." IMDB says so. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0182576/) Fox says so (http://www.familyguy.com/). Adult Swim says so (http://www.adultswim.com/shows/familyguy/).

Please get this one thing right before the end of 2006. Thank you.

(me? grumpy? nah.)

May 14 2006 at 6:11 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Josh

Don't remember where I read this so I can't link to it, but I do recall reading an article a few weeks ago that stated Corddry has no intention of leaving TDS, even if this new sitcom did get picked up. It doesn't seem totally impossible; Colbert did TDS while also doing "Strangers with Candy" and "Harvey Birdman." Not sure if Corddry can really pull that off, being in a starring role, but he may at least try to make occasional appearances. In the meantime, I would imagine the "lead" correspondent duties would go to Ed Helms by default.

May 14 2006 at 2:41 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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