NBC Wins Bid for Michael J. Fox Sitcom
by Dave Trumbore Posted: August 20th, 2012 at 5:43 pm

Well that didn’t take long! It was only last week that we reported on TV networks buzzing over a new sitcom from Michael J. Fox, with director Will Gluck (Easy A) and writer Sam Laybourne (Arrested Development). Now reports have NBC winning a big bidding war to land the project, which Fox will star in. This bodes well for NBC, which finished third at the end of last season’s network ratings. The deal is even sweeter for Fox, as the network has committed to a 22-episode run before a pilot has even been filmed. Hit the jump for more details on how the deal went down and what this means for Fox fans in the future.
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