In this June 15, 2012 file photo, Michael J. Fox speaks at the Middlesex Community College Celebrity Forum in Lowell, Mass. Fox is planning a return to series TV and will star in a sitcom that’s in development at Sony Pictures Television according to people familiar with the situation who spoke on condition of anonymity. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, file)FRAZIER MOORE
NEW YORK (AP) – NBC has made it official: Michael J. Fox is coming back to series TV more than a decade after he left to concentrate on fighting Parkinson’s disease.
His new comedy series, based loosely on his personal life, has a 22-episode commitment from NBC and is set to premiere in fall 2013, the network announced Monday.
The single-camera comedy, thus far untitled, will feature Fox as a husband and father of three from New York City who is dealing with family, career and challenges that include Parkinson’s, the network said. No further casting was announced.
The executive producers and co-creators are Will Gluck (“Easy A,” ”Friends with Benefits”) and Sam Laybourne (“Cougar Town,” ”Arrested Development”), with Gluck producing through his Sony Television-based Olive Bridge Entertainment. He also will direct the pilot.