
The "Community" showrunner was fired from the critically praised show.
Ousted Community showrunner Dan Harmon may have found a new home at Fox.
The network that was home to Harmon’s 1999 pilot Heat Vision and Jack is near a deal with Harmon for a comedy pilot, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
As first reported by TV Guide, the project would likely be a multicamera effort, a departure from Community‘s single-camera model. Details about the premise of the project are being kept under wraps.
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Harmon, who was removed as showrunner on NBC’s critical hit but ratings challenged Community in May, is currently without a development deal. A deal with Fox’s studio counterpart 20th Television for the untitled comedy effort is in the works.
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Indeed, Port and Guarascio reassured fans earlier this month at Comic-Con, vowing that they weren’t “gonna screw it up.”
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In a recent interview, the former Community boss confessed that he was a “liability.”
“If 20 people call you a horse’s ass, you buy a saddle,” Harmon told G4’s Attack of the Show. “I feel like I am a good person and a professional, very able leader of men. I also feel like I’m 25. That slowly changed without me realizing it. Maybe I am just a jerk. To people who work above me, I am a liability that isn’t worth the benefit. A low-rated show that’s not generating much revenue.”
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