CBS Developing Another Sitcom Based on a Twitter Account
by Chris Harnick, posted Sep 27th 2010 5:00PM
CBS got a taste of Twitter with new sitcom '$#*! My Dad Says,' and liked it. A lot. So much so that the network has another comedy based on a Twitter feed in development.According to The Live Feed, Ashton Kutcher and CBS are teaming up to bring the Twitter account @ShhDontTellSteve to television. The account could just as easily be named '$#*! Steve Says,' since it's comprised of things a twentysomething guy named Steve utters, as Tweeted by his roommate without his knowledge.
The CBS version in development is about a man who deals with an immature roommate. Tweets from the feed include such gems as: "Steve, just now, yelling from our bathroom: 'Total Asparagus pee bro! Come smell!'" and "Steve on TV Premiere Week: 'You are not making me watch the Dancing Washed Up Stars results show. We're watching NCIS.'"
CBS and Katalyst will produce the project, with Andrew Waller and Mike Gagerman as writer-executive producers and Ashton Kutcher and Evan Goldberg also serving as executive producers.
In other CBS development news, the network has a deal in place for 'Murses,' a comedy that follows two male nurses, from writer-executive producers Jake Lentz and David Weinstein.
Is it just us or @ShhDontTellSteve not really that funny? It's not particularly witty. At least the '$#*! My Dad Says' Twitter account has some originality. 'Steve,' on the other hand, just seems like a list of things you'd overhear in a frat house.
Tell us: Do you think 'Don't Tell Steve' would make a good series?

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