Oct 15 2008 Jerry Blank, Mr. Jellineck Working on New Show

You liked the groundbreaking Comedy Central series Strangers with Candy, right? Of course you did; you aren't a FOOL. That's why you'll be pleased as punch to hear that Strangers stars/writers Amy Sedaris and Paul Dinello are working with 20th Century Fox and Worldwide Pants on a new television project. From THR:

One of the most sought-after comedians, Amy Sedaris, has inked a deal with 20th Century Fox TV to create, write and star in a comedy series project.

Sedaris will pen the script with her writing partner Paul Dinello, who also is attached to direct.

The single-camera project will be co-produced by David Letterman's Worldwide Pants, which has a first-look deal with Sedaris, a longtime friend of Letterman's and a frequent guest on his "Late Show" on CBS.

Sedaris and Dinello are "fleshing out" the premise for the show, which is based on an idea Sedaris came up with about six years ago.

Now who wants to see a compilation of all the Strangers with Candy end-of-episode dance sequences as a celebration?

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Oct 15 2007 Some Other Crap That Happened

- Strangers With Candy creators Amy Sedaris and Paul Dinello are working on a pilot for HBO? That makes me moister than a snack cake, I say, cleverly referencing the aforementioned show. [Cleveland Scene]

- Lionsgate is working on an Albert Einstein biopic that will cover the physicist's early years, but won't star Yahoo Serious. [Variety]

- Matt Dillon is in final negotiations to play Leonard Chess, the legendary founder of the South Side Chicago blues label Chess Records, who is not, as I had suspected, the man who invented chess. [Hollywood Reporter]