Icon Productions and Universal have placed a put comedy pilot at ABC, to be executive produced by Mel Gibson, producing partner Bruce Davey, and series creators Julie Thacker and Mike Scully. The half-hour comedy series is about a blue-collar single father who is raising five boys on his own, who range in age from 13-17. Former Simpsons writer Thacker and writer/producer Scully will serve as executive producers and writers/show runners. “There are no better comedy writers than Mike and Julie and we have been looking for a project to do together for some time.” said Bruce Davey. “Mike and I decided to do a comedy about five boys because we have five girls and, trust me, there’s nothing funny about that,” said Thacker. With Scully adding, “Julie’s a very lucky woman to be working with the sexiest man alive, and Mel Gibson.” Read More >>>
