TextsFromLastNight

For Justin Halpern, a guy who just a few months ago was unemployed and living with his 73-year-old father, Twitter has been a gold mine.

After selling a book based on his popular Twitter feed, 'Sh*t My Dad Says,' to Harper Collins last month, CBS is now getting into the 'Dad' game by developing it into a series, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

On his Twitter account, Halpern simply posts choice quotes that he heard around the house while he was still unemployed. Immediately, the feed boasted hundreds of thousands of followers, thanks to nuggets like "Son, no one gives a sh*t about all the things your cell phone does. You didn't invent it, you just bought it. Anybody can do that" and "You worry too much. Eat some bacon... What? No, I got no idea if it'll make you feel better, I just made too much bacon."

Edward Norton adopts 'Modern Family,' Ellen replaces Paula on 'Idol,' Augusten Burroughs' 'Sellevision' and the Internet's 'Text From Last Night' head to the small screen, and more of today's top TV headlines.

Don't worry, it's not what you think. It's not more of those Twitter-tastic reruns of Glee and Fringe from last week. Instead, FOX thinks they can turn the concept behind the website TFLN (Texts from Last Night) into a TV series. What TFLN does is showcase real texts people sent in the middle of the night, generally with regrets later. It's this generation's drunk dialing.

The problem is that writer Steve Holland (Rules of Engagement) says that while it will feature "crazy stuff from last night, it's a lot more about the group of friends and their lives." Which is great, but it then makes me wonder how it's a dramatic interpretation of the website? If the focus isn't on the regrettable texts, then it's just another comedy about young people.

He tries to reconnect the site by saying, "The show is about twentysomethings in that post-college, pre-the-rest-of-their-lives limbo trying to figure out what to do, and texting is a large part of that." Yes, it is. But so is social networking. Are you going to spin-off a show based on Facebook next?