Josh Cooke has been added opposite Alan Tudyk to the still untitled ABC comedy from David Kohan and Max Mutchnick, according to the Hollywood ReporterCooke, who recently starred on CBS's comedy pilot My Best Friend's Girl, plays the straight lifelong best friend and business partner of Tudyk's gay character. Cooke has previously worked with Kohan and Mutchick on Four Kings. — Adam BryantRelated:• Will & Grace Creators Score New Pilot for ABC
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Will & Grace creators David Kohan and Max Mutchnick are joining the post-strike rush of pilot orders with their greenlit comedy for ABC.The as-yet-unnamed show (which was written on spec prior to the strike), features two best friends and biz partners — one straight, one gay — who have to navigate their relationship when they each find romantic partners at the same time. The comedy's likely inspired in part by the writers' real friendship and longtime working relationship. In addition to Will & Grace, the two have shared credits on Four Kings and Good Morning Miami, among others.Although the pair also produced a pilot for CBS last year, the new one is unrelated, although thematically similar. — Anna Dimond
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But this time it's a comedy about a gay guy and his straight male friend. Variety reports that David Kohan and Max Mutchnick, the creators of NBC's long-running sitcom, have landed a pilot commitment at CBS for a new series centered on two male friends of different sexual orientations. The prospective series is said to mirror the real-life friendship between Mutchnick, who is gay, and Kohan, who is straight (not that there's anything wrong with that).
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Four Kings, the new NBC comedy (premiering tonight at 8:30 pm/ET) from Will & Grace creators David Kohan and Max Mutchnick, treads Friends-ly territory with the story of four lifelong buds — Barry (Seth Green, the Austin Powers movies; Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Ben (Josh Cooke, Committed), Bobby (Shane McRae) and Jason (Todd Grinnell) — who inherit an improbably fantastic New York City apartment when Ben's grandmother passes away. With a quartet of young actors onboard, the backstage shenanigans probably rival what you'll see on screen. "One of the games we play, involving a blue fuzzy pillow being wi
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Four Kings, the new NBC comedy (premiering Thursday at 8:30 pm/ET) from Will & Grace creators David Kohan and Max Mutchnick, treads Friends-ly territory with the story of four lifelong buds — Barry (Seth Green, the Austin Powers movies; Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Ben (Josh Cooke, Committed), Bobby (Shane McRae) and Jason (Todd Grinnell) — who inherit an improbably fantastic New York City apartment when Ben's grandmother passes away. With a quartet of young actors onboard, the backstage shenanigans probably rival what you'll see on screen. "One of the games we play, involving a blue fuzzy pillow being w
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