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LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The Fox network, which has been aiming to bring back the family-comedy-with-a-twist genre of TV series, is developing "The New McToms," a hybrid multi- and single-camera half-hour executive produced by Salma Hayek.


Fox has a track record of success with that sort of show, having scored with the multicamera "Married ... With Children" and single-camera "Malcolm In the Middle."

Written by Boyce Bugliari and Jamie McLaughlin, "McToms" centers on a conservative matriarch who must face the reality of her three children's ethnically diverse marriages.

ABC Studios, where Hayek's Ventanarosa has an overall deal, is producing the project.

"McToms" carries the trademark ethnic flavor that is featured in most projects on Hayek's TV slate, including the ABC comedy-drama "Ugly Betty," which she executive produces.

On the reality side, Hayek is developing a wedding-themed reality series with Merv Griffin Entertainment.

Reuters/Hollywood Reporter

Link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080926/tv_nm/us_mctomsustv;_ylt=AuB1zwkhVs4pVa6pBuP3yP9xFb8C)

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The Fox network, which has been aiming to bring back the family-comedy-with-a-twist genre of TV series, is developing "The New McToms," a hybrid multi- and single-camera half-hour executive produced by Salma Hayek.


Fox has a track record of success with that sort of show, having scored with the multicamera "Married ... With Children" and single-camera "Malcolm In the Middle."

Written by Boyce Bugliari and Jamie McLaughlin, "McToms" centers on a conservative matriarch who must face the reality of her three children's ethnically diverse marriages.

ABC Studios, where Hayek's Ventanarosa has an overall deal, is producing the project.

"McToms" carries the trademark ethnic flavor that is featured in most projects on Hayek's TV slate, including the ABC comedy-drama "Ugly Betty," which she executive produces.

On the reality side, Hayek is developing a wedding-themed reality series with Merv Griffin Entertainment.

Reuters/Hollywood Reporter

Sounds like an interesting premise!!!

Sounds like an interesting premise!!!
It does! And I like Selma Hayek, but the show will be on FOX and we all know what usually happens to most new shows on that network....

It really does sound good, and television definitely is in need of a good family sitcom. It sounds like it belongs more on ABC, though. I'm not even sure if I should give it a chance, since it's on FOX at all. What doesn't sound so good is the hybrid single-multi camera thing. That sounds to me like a single camera comedy with a laugh track.