Michael J. Fox will head to NBC for his new show
It鈥檚 hard to believe that it鈥檚 been 30 years since Michael J. Fox launched his entertainment career as Alex P. Keaton on the hit NBC series Family Ties. Now Fox is heading back to his former TV home with a new comedy series.
Inspired in part by the actor鈥檚 real life, the new show follows Fox as a husband and father of three from New York City dealing with family, career, and challenges, including Parkinson鈥檚 disease (something we predicted last week ).
The new show has a full series order for 22 episodes.聽听诲颈谤别肠迟辞谤 Will Gluck 补苍诲听聽补苍诲听Cougar Town聽writer Sam Laybourne are on board as executive producers and co-creators with the former also directing the pilot.
Chairman of NBC Entertainment聽Robert Greenblatt听蝉补测蝉:
鈥淭o bring Michael J. Fox back to NBC is a supreme honor and we are thrilled that one of the great comedic television stars is coming home again. From the moment we met with Michael to hear his unique point of view about this new show, we were completely captivated and on board. He is utterly relatable, optimistic, and in a class by himself, and I have no doubt that the character he will create 鈥� and the vivid family characters surrounding him 鈥� will be both instantly recognizable and hilarious. Being in business with him is a supreme pleasure.鈥�
Fox couldn鈥檛 be more thrilled with the prospect of getting back to TV in a leading role, saying, 鈥�I鈥檓 extremely pleased to be back at NBC with a great creative team and a great show. Bob Greenblatt and all the folks at the network have given me a warm welcome home, and I鈥檓 excited to get to work.鈥�
This is easily the best TV news I鈥檝e heard in a long time. There are few talents who are as dedicated, modest, charismatic, and talented as Fox, and to see that he鈥檚 returning to the network where his career began is truly wonderful. As a fan who has read all of Fox鈥檚 memoirs, starting with Lucky Man, I can鈥檛 wait to see how much of Fox鈥檚 life ends up on display in the comedy series.
It鈥檚 pretty bold and brave of Fox to put even more of his personal life out there, especially in a comedic capacity, but as someone who has always humbly dealt with his disease in the public eye, it shouldn鈥檛 prove to be very difficult. I can鈥檛 wait to see how this new series turns out.
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