NBC's upcoming DC Comics office sitcom "Powerless" thread

[Rekkapryde]

Producers outsourced it to NBC? Interesting......

 

[steadyrighteous]

Tudyk + Pudi =

First fall show I'm interested in.

 

[satam55]

Eric on his reaction to the new DC Comics sitcom, about regular office drones in a world of superheroes.

 

[satam55]

IGN cast interview at SDCC:

Vanessa Hudgens, Danny Pudi, Ron Funches on the new NBC comedy series set in a world where the Justice League exist.

TVLine interview:

Michael Ausiello chats with the "Powerless" cast in the TVLine Comic-Con studio presented by ZTE.

MTV interview:

Alan Tudyk, Danny Pudi, Vanessa Hudgens, and Ron Funches of Powerless visit with Josh Horowitz to chat about their characters on the new series, Powerless.

 

[satam55]

There has been a change at the helm of the new DC Comics-themed NBC comedy series Powerless. The show’s creator/executive producer and showrunner Ben Queen is exiting. Start of production on the midseason series, which had been slated to begin in two weeks, is being postponed as a search is underway for a new showrunner. The delay will not impact the launch of Powerless as NBC has yet to set its midseason scheduling plans.

Queen’s departure was a mutual decision among the writer-producer, NBC andPowerless producer Warner Bros. TV stemming from creative differences. Getting a high-concept comedy off the ground is always tricky. In April, Son of Zorn co-creator/co-showrunner Eli Jorne quit the innovative Fox live-action/animated comedy series, which is one of the network’s hottest prospects for fall, landing a spot in the network’s Sunday comedy block.

The single-camera workplace comedy Powerless –– the first comedy series set in the universe of DC Comics — stars Vanessa Hudgens as a spunky young insurance adjuster specializing in regular-people coverage against damage caused by the crime-fighting superheroes.

Powerless was one of the hottest half-hour pitches last summer, landing at NBC with a big commitment and sailing through the pilot process as a front-runner for a midseason series order. It marked a second consecutive series for Queen at WBTV, where he also created 2015’s A to Z. Queen will continue to work at the studio under his overall deal there.

Powerless‘ cast also includes Danny Pudi, Alan Tudyk and Christina Kirk.

 

[satam55]

 

[Norrin Radd]

NBC’s DC Comics comedy ‘Powerless’ now takes place at a Wayne Enterprises company

Writers got so little faith they gotta tie Batman into it

 

[Mr. McDowell]

When the creator/adapter Ben Queen was fired from this show in the summer, I lost all interest. Not to mention Ron Funches is attached to that Lebron-produced gentrification comedy. Maybe this defies the odds and gets good ratings, but being behind Superstore, mid-Spring, seems dubious at best.

 

[satam55]

 

[steadyrighteous]

Better Off Ted, anyone? Or is it just me?

 

[Hejdå]

Script seems corny. Where's "Damage Control?"

 

[Jello Biafra]

Seems like they have taken the show away from the Damage Control/The Office influence and making it more like the short-lived (but pretty awesome) sitcom Better Off ted.

 

[Won Won]

Damn, they totally switched up the show

 

[satam55]

Seems like they have taken the show away from the Damage Control/The Office influence and making it more like the short-lived (but pretty awesome) sitcom Better Off ted.

I never watched or cared about "Better off Ted". What was that show about?

 

[the next guy]

vanessa hudgens is a sitcom star now huh?