• New York magazine, Thursday, August 16, 2012 2:46 PM

The four broadcast networks are reportedly in a "bidding war" over a sitcom being developed for former "Spin City"/"Back to the Future" star Michael J. Fox that could "go straight to series, something that hardly ever happens in broadcast TV anymore," or "at the very least, get an automatic pilot production commitment," according to anonymous sources cited by Josef Adalian.

The series, set for 2013, "will be inspired by Fox's own life," (presumably as a sufferer of Parkinson's disease) and will be directed by Will Gluck (who helmed the movie "Easy A") and writer Sam Laybourne (of "Cougar Town" and "Arrested Development"), writes Adalian.

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