If you happen to’ve ever puzzled: “why hasn’t anybody pitched a Curb Your Enthusiasm-style mockumentary sitcom about beloved Nineteen Eighties pop singer Huey Lewis through which the Information chief tries to determine what life appears to be like like after listening to loss with the assistance of his eccentric mates and clingy household?”
Nicely, your prayers are answered, as a result of in line with Deadline Fox has ordered the present No matter Occurred to Huey Lewis, through which Lewis will star and govt produce a half-hour sitcom and play a fictionalized model of himself. The only-camera comedy is a co-production of Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Leisure, late night time talker Jimmy Kimmel’s Kimmelot and Fox Leisure Studios; Kimmel and Lewis are longtime fly-fishing mates.
The present is being written and govt produced by Kirker Butler (Solely Murders within the Constructing) and the information comes six years after Lewis revealed important listening to loss on account of Ménière’s illness. It will mark the second time that Lewis’ life has impressed a spin-off manufacturing, approaching the heels of the transient two-month spring 2024 Broadway run of The Coronary heart of Rock and Roll, a jukebox musical revolving across the band’s catalog.
Along with being the voice of such indelible hits as “I Desire a New Drug,” “The Coronary heart of Rock & Roll,” “Energy of Love,” “Coronary heart and Soul,” Hip to Be Sq.” and “If This Is It,” Lewis has additionally dipped into the movie world, from his uncredited cameo in 1985’s Again to the Future, to appearances in Robert Altman’s 1993 Hollywood send-up Brief Cuts, in addition to a starring function in Duets with Gwyneth Paltrow. Lewis additionally performed the lead function of Billy Flynn in Chicago on Broadway in 2005 and 2007.
