Adam Pally and Yassir Lester begin messing with the human timeline tonight with the series premiere of Making History on Fox at 8:30PM.
By the way, we have a feeling that Pally and Lester might give Bill and Ted a run for their money as far as time traveling comedies go.
With this latest creation from Julius Sharpe and executive producers Phil Lord and Chris Miller, Fox is, show by show, continuing to be the home of network high concept sitcoms.
Making History is Fox’s latest comedy and will be premiering this Sunday, March 5th.
Just a few days before that, you can catch two episodes along with a Q&A with the cast and creator for free at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts.
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Phil Lord and Chris Miller continue to leave their high concept comedy mark on Fox with the arrival of Making History, written by Julius Sharpe (you probably know his work from Family Guy or Twitter).
Adam Pally, Yassir Lester, John Gemberling, Neil Casey, and Leighton Meester all join forces for this time travel comedy, which, from the newest trailer, looks like it could be a more grown-up, smarter version of Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure.
If you’re now or already on board, Making History just got a premiere date as well: Sunday, March 5th.
It looks like Phil Lord and Chris Miller are really rubbing off on Fox in the best way possible.
Two of the new comedies that were announced at Fox’s Upfronts presentation have Lord and Miller’s hands involved and those just happen to be two very enticing high concept comedies.
One, Son of Zorn, puts an animated He-Man type, voiced by Jason Sudeikis, into the 9-5 grind in the real world with Johnny Pemberton as a son, Cheryl Hines as an ex-wife, Tim Meadows as the ex-wife’s fiance, and Artemis Pebdani as his boss. Here’s the trailer.
The other involves Adam Pally as someone who has a time machine and has abused it. Thus, he enlists an accomplished history professor played by Yassir Lester to fix something he might have screwed up in the American Revolution. Here’s the trailer for Making History.
Both make Fox’s live action comedy line-up have a certain high concept sheen already laid out by Last Man on Earth and Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
To round out the new series, Fox has a show that is basically a Sweet Dee from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia standalone series. See for yourself in the trailer for The Mick starring Sweet Dee herself, Kaitlin Olson.
All in all, Fox has a lot of promise with this trio.
(via Deadline)
Fox is really feeling the high concept comedy vibe from Lord and Miller.
Already, Phil Lord and Chris Miller have Last Man on Earth at the network, which has proven itself a keeper for two seasons. Now, Fox is doubling down by having another pilot from the duo that mixes sci-fi and comedy, though dealing with time travel rather than what happens after the world ends.
Adam Pally will star in Making History as computer science professor that doesn’t seem to get along with family or students, but discovers time travel. He and two other friends will venture through time inevitably disrupting their lives in the present.
Oddly enough, Eliza Coupe, another Happy Endings alum, just got cast in a Hulu pilot that also deals with time travel.