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Development's Hurwitz ports Britcom

By Colin Mahan - TV.com
October 27, 2006 at 11:25:00 AM | more stories by this author

Mitchell Hurwitz and Arrested Development writer will team for US remake of British hit.

Mitchell Hurwitz

Mitchell Hurwitz

The Bluth teller is back.

Arrested Development creator Mitchell Hurwitz and Development writer Richard Day will develop a US version of the British sitcom The Thick of It, about inept politicians. The British series follows members of Parliament, so presumably the US version will be about Washington DC bureaucrats.

The British version won Best New Comedy at the British Comedy Awards. The US version is being developed for Sony TV.

Day will write the pilot script and will coexecutive produce along with Hurwitz. In addition to Development, Day has written for NBC's Good Morning, Miami and HBO's The Larry Sanders Show.

Arrested Development told the story of the highly dysfunctional Bluth family. The show ran for three seasons on Fox, earning two Emmys and a tidy fan base but never becoming a ratings star.

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12 Comments

 
JohoPepe
Tobias: Oh, this is joyous news!

The Thick of It was great, and I couldn't stop thinking how good an American version could be.

(Also, Arrested Development won 6 Emmys.)
Posted 11/02/2006 4:57pm
Phayzier
The Thick of it was brilliant, and the same kind of understated/underhand humour as AD - I think it could potentially be hillarious.
Posted 11/01/2006 5:50am
Jamin_Jamin
interesting
Posted 10/29/2006 10:52pm
Gilmoreism
I wonder how he will do with working on a show he didn't create. I figure it'll be good, sounds like a fun time, and btw to the guy who said he was surprised they didn't think twice cause an actor on the original is charged with kiddie porn charges, why does that matter? If the show is still funny then that's all that matters.
Posted 10/29/2006 4:33pm
rklrkl
I'm surprised that this story about the lead actor of The Thick Of It didn't make them twice about this one. Mind you, I guess a US remake of the show is probably better than airing the UK original, the latter of which is now somewhat tarnished.
Posted 10/28/2006 5:10pm
DFisher2005
I hope the show's not on FOX. ABC or CBS would be good contenders.
Posted 10/28/2006 12:21pm
krazy4crack
Shoudl be amazingly funny
Posted 10/28/2006 9:47am
patient_x
I didn't think he would be back this quick after what he had gone through with Arrested Development.I'm pretty sure it'll be a great show and i hope this doesn't share the same destiny with AD.
Posted 10/28/2006 4:44am
jcm72
What network is this going to be on? I want to know how fast this will be cancelled.
Posted 10/27/2006 2:14pm
ThatGuyTy
If this were math this article has the formula to equal one of the greatest/funniest shows to come!
Posted 10/27/2006 2:05pm
m0nkEy89
That's good that they're working on it. It just hurts my pride that this is an import.
Posted 10/27/2006 12:16pm
boomgnade
This sounds promising. Hopefully it will be as funny as Arrested Development
Posted 10/27/2006 11:37am

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