I'll give NBC credit for trying. The fourth place network just keeps throwing what they can at the wall hoping they can get something ... anything ... to stick. Everybody knows that legal dramas work, but thankfully, this isn't yet another Law & Order spin-off. Unless it's Law & Order: Do It Yourself.
Rex Is Not Your Lawyer is a dramedy about an anxiety-filled lawyer who pushes his clients to represent themselves in court because he just can't handle it. NBC has given a pilot order to Rex Is Not Your Lawyer, which could just as easily be them wanting to know how the hell the creators are going to make this work.
Rex is a project from the winners of Bravo's 2005 competition series Situation: Comedy: actor Andrew Leeds and novelist David Lampson. The fact that it's an hour-long series means it's probably going to take its legal side at least somewhat seriously,...
Rex Is Not Your Lawyer is a dramedy about an anxiety-filled lawyer who pushes his clients to represent themselves in court because he just can't handle it. NBC has given a pilot order to Rex Is Not Your Lawyer, which could just as easily be them wanting to know how the hell the creators are going to make this work.
Rex is a project from the winners of Bravo's 2005 competition series Situation: Comedy: actor Andrew Leeds and novelist David Lampson. The fact that it's an hour-long series means it's probably going to take its legal side at least somewhat seriously,...
- 8/24/2009
- by Jason Hughes
- Aol TV.
NBC has handed a pilot order to the legal comedic drama "Rex Is Not Your Lawyer," from Universal Media Studios and BermanBraun.
Written by Andrew Leeds and David Lampson, "Rex" centers on a lawyer who suffers panic attacks and takes up coaching clients to represent themselves in court.
"Law & Order" veteran Barry Schindel has come on board as showrunner on the project. He will executive produce with Leeds, Lampson, Gail Berman and Lloyd Braun.
Actor Leeds and novelist Lampson got their break as TV writers in 2005 when their comedy script "Stephen's Life" beat out 10,000 other entries to win Bravo's reality series "Situation: Comedy."
"Rex" was one of the first projects Berman and Lloyd developed after the 2007 launch of their company. They originally sold it to NBC that year under their first-look deal with NBC Universal. It first was sidelined by the writers strike; then NBC brass passed on it.
But...
Written by Andrew Leeds and David Lampson, "Rex" centers on a lawyer who suffers panic attacks and takes up coaching clients to represent themselves in court.
"Law & Order" veteran Barry Schindel has come on board as showrunner on the project. He will executive produce with Leeds, Lampson, Gail Berman and Lloyd Braun.
Actor Leeds and novelist Lampson got their break as TV writers in 2005 when their comedy script "Stephen's Life" beat out 10,000 other entries to win Bravo's reality series "Situation: Comedy."
"Rex" was one of the first projects Berman and Lloyd developed after the 2007 launch of their company. They originally sold it to NBC that year under their first-look deal with NBC Universal. It first was sidelined by the writers strike; then NBC brass passed on it.
But...
- 8/23/2009
- by By Nellie Andreeva
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Oscar and Emmy-winning producer Arnold Shapiro and his company Arnold Shapiro Prods. have signed with ICM. Shapiro has produced 28 series, five telefilms and more than 90 primetime reality specials. His most recent credits include CBS' Big Brother, which recently wrapped its sixth season; Bravo's Blow Out and Situation: Comedy; TBS' Minding the Store; ABC's Brat Camp; and UPN's The Road to Stardom With Missy Elliott. Shapiro previously was at CAA.
- 9/21/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Megan Mullally has optioned the movie rights to Passing Strange, a novel by Sally MacLeod, to produce via her new as-yet-unnamed production shingle, hiring visual effects pro-turned-writer Martin Garner to adapt. Mullally is the latest Will & Grace vet to venture into producer territory, following the steps taken by Sean Hayes, who exec produced Bravo's Situation: Comedy, and Eric McCormack, who is exec producing Lifetime's Lovespring International. MacLeod's novel follows an ugly ducking woman who is persuaded by her husband's family to have major cosmetic surgery. When the couple move to the Carolinas, the woman embarks on an affair with their black yardman with dire consequences. MacLeod was inspired by many elements from her life, which included a stint as a model and living in North Carolina.
- 6/28/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NEW YORK -- Bravo will launch eight new series between now and Labor Day, its most aggressive season schedule ever, according to the network. Included are a reality series featuring singer Bobby Brown and his wife, Whitney Houston, titled Being Bobby Brown; separate comedy/reality shows featuring comedians Howie Mandel and Kathy Griffin; Situation: Comedy, a Sean Hayes-Todd Milliner 10-episode series that will follow two newcomers into the world of producing a sitcom; "Sports Kids Moms & Dads"; and a new reality series from Bravo and IMG titled "Battle of the Network Reality Stars," based on the 1970s-'80s series.Bravo is adding about 25% new original programming every year since NBC Universal purchased the network three years ago. The channel said there are more than 30 series and specials in development or production over the next 18 months.
- 4/27/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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