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Due to his battle with Parkinson鈥檚 disease, Michael J. Fox hasn鈥檛 been acting as much as he might want. However, that hasn鈥檛 stopped Fox from making fantastic, Emmy-nominated, guest turns on series like The Good Wife, Curb Your Enthusiasm and Rescue Me -聽the latter of which actually won him the coveted TV award. Now it sounds like the actor is ready to get back on the small screen full time.

Vulture has learned that Fox is developing a new comedy series at Sony Pictures Television with Easy A director Will Gluck and writer Sam Laybourne (Cougar Town, Arrested Development) on board to get the show ready to launch in 2013.

Plot details on the series are slim, but it鈥檚 reportedly inspired by Fox鈥檚 own life. Word on the street is all the major networks are going crazy in a bidding war to get ahold of this series, and a automatic pilot production deal is very likely. But even more crazy is the buzz that it might be big enough to get a straight to series order, something that is a rarity on network television these days.

The kind of attention surrounding the new comedy isn鈥檛 all that surprising considering that Fox鈥檚 career on television is almost as big as his film career. Spin City was a revered comedy in its heyday, and it actually earned Fox an Emmy nomination four years in a row, with a win to wrap up his final season on the series. In addition, Fox was a staple of the classic family sitcom Family Ties, not to mention other phenomenal guest spots on Scrubs and Boston Legal.

The question is just how much of Fox鈥檚 real life will be injected into this series. I wouldn鈥檛 be surprised to see a show about a father struggling with the afflictions of Parkinson鈥檚 disease, and it might even be a fictionalized version of himself, working in entertainment. This is all speculation, but knowing how much work Fox has been doing with his own foundation to help find a cure for the debilitating disease 鈥� including writing several memoirs that deal with his condition 鈥� the series could be very personal.

Personally, I can鈥檛 wait to see what Fox brings to television. Spin City was one of my favorite comedy series in the 鈥�90s, and the actor just has so much charisma and great comedic timing combined with solid dramatic chops, so I can鈥檛 help but love anything he does.聽Teaming with a director like Will Gluck, who made a teenage comedy reminiscent of John Hughes, and a writer who worked on a cult comedy like Arrested Development聽(and the sleeper hit comedy series Cougar Town) sounds like a great move for Fox鈥檚 return to TV. I鈥檓 betting his fans of all ages are eager to see him back in the acting game on a more regular basis. Stay tuned for more information as it becomes available.

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