Elizabeth Banks and Fox have been working on an aminated sequel for The Flinstones for three years. However, today, TV Line said that, like the Stone Age, Bedrock is a thing of the past.
The series was supposed to catch up with the Flintstone family two decades after the original, with Fred on the brink of retirement and 20-something Pebbles embarking on her own career. As the Stone Age gives way to a shiny and enlightened new Bronze Age, the residents of Bedrock will find this evolution harder than a swing from Bamm-Bamm’s club.
Banks was going to voice Pebbles.
I just want to say this was a smart decision on the network’s part.
Fox announced their Fall schedule for 2024-2025, and I am not happy about it. Family Guy and Animal Control are not on it. And some unfunny animated shows, Universal Basic Guys and Krapalosis, are. Seriously, the latter show lives up to the first part of its title.
On a positive note. Denis Leary is returning to TV with Going Dutch. His comedy will be paired with Animal Contol in 2025. So, at least Fox is bringing the funny on one night of the week.
Fox has made the renewal decision for four of the shows, and three of them got good news. Alert: Missing Persons Unit and The Cleaning Lady were picked up for one season, and The Floor got a two-season order.
That is the good news. Housebroken’s heart is broken because the animated series with talking animals has been silenced.
In 1997, the world fell in love with The Full Monty. It is a movie about a group of men who decide to do a striptease to make money.
Twenty years later, ITV decided to turn that film into a reality special where several celebrities took all of their clothes to raise money for charity. The Real Monty was such a huge success that it has become an annual special in the UK and has been replicated worldwide.
Later this year, it is coming to America on Fox to raise awareness for prostate and testicular cancer testing and research.
During the two-hour special, The Real Full Monty’s male celebrity talent will train and rehearse for the most revealing performance of their careers, culminating with a big strip-tease dance in front of a live audience. Leading up the final disrobing, the men will push their limits of comfortability, modesty, and brotherhood with a series of rehearsals and experiences, both private and public, designed to build confidence and remove them far from their comfort zone and strengthen their bond as a group. Along the way, each of the celebrities will share their personal stories of how cancer has impacted their lives.
“Sadly, cancer continues to impact millions of people throughout the world; and while science has made great progress in developing a cure, it’s so important that we keep fighting the battle against this horrible disease,” said Allison Wallach, President of Unscripted Programming at FOX Entertainment. “Through The Real Full Monty, we are leveraging the immense reach and power of broadcast to air this important call-to-action to educate viewers about cancer. If The Real Full Monty saves even one life, then having these brave men sharing their personal and poignant experiences with cancer will have been worth it.”
This sounds like it is going to be the show of the year. And we should start stocking up on tissues now. Something the men on the show will not be able to use because we will know if they do!
I told my actor friend, who will be living with cancer for the rest of his life, to apply to be on the show. I hope he gets it. Although, I don’t know if I want to see him SFW naked.
We are exactly one month away from the season 2 premiere of Animal Control. And Fox is not going to wait to give the highlarious sitcom another season. Therefore, today, they announced the show about an Animal Control team in Seattle will be back for another charming season.
“Animal Control is an incredibly irreverent series that expresses everything viewers expect from a FOX comedy,” said Thorn. “It has an amazing amount of momentum behind it, and we’ve been so impressed by the work Joel [McHale, Bob [Fisher], Rob [Greenberg], Dan [Sterling], Tad [Quill], Jake [Fuller], and the entire cast [Michael Rowland, Vella Lovell, Ravi Patel, Grace Palmer, and many different types of animals] are delivering for Season Two we wanted to reward them with the opportunity to deliver even more of this special show to fans next season.”
If you haven’t seen the first season, then you can watch it on Hulu and Fox.com. I promise you are going to love seeing all the animals they get to appear in the comedy, which is truly a comedy.
