The biggest surprise on next season's CBS schedule is a sitcom tentatively called "Bleep My Dad Says," was inspired by a page on Twitter. It stars which stars William Shatner as the title's dad, Sam
Halpern, a 70something doctor exasperated with his 20something slacker son. The CBS show inspired by a popular Twitter page -- whose actual name is decidedly more profane than the "Bleep" title -- is
an old-fashioned, multicamera, studio audience comedy, in the mold of CBS' "Two and a Half Men" and "The Big Bang Theory."
Son Justin started the Twitter page in August at the insistence of
a friend. More than 1.3 million people subscribe to the page, which inspired a book and now this show. Thanks to his dad's rude witticisms, Halpern is now a best-selling author and a co-creator of a
network sitcom.
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