Goat Man Returns...?

Some news from NBC, via Variety.com

Saturday Night Live alum Jim Breuer is back at NBC, developing a sitcom project based loosely on his own life.

Multi-camera comedy, which has been given a script order by NBC, stars Breuer as a father who decides to stay home and raise his three daughters -- and at the same time take care of his elderly parents.

Jim Breuer was fantastic in Half Baked...and that's it.  His horrible stint on SNL combined with the equally lame Pizza Hut commercials of late makes this new project (which sounds like every other sitcom) a head-scratcher.  I am setting the over/under of episodes aired at 6.  Sorry Jim.

MacGruber!!

Some fun television/film related news, the Saturday Night Live “MacGruber” skit which portrays Will Forte as a bumbling, conflicted caricature of Richard Dean Anderson’s MacGyver, will be getting the feature film treatment. According to Variety.com:

Will Forte's bumbling spy MacGruber is headed for the bigscreen as the latest in a long line of "Saturday Night Live" characters to make that transition.

Although the success rate for SNL skits made into to a motion picture are way below the Mendoza line, I am excited for this one. There's already talk about Val Kilmer and Ryan Phillippe to co-star and looks like one of the Lonely Island boys (Jorma Taccone) will be working on the script, which is a plus. I think Will Forte is one of the top 3 talents on the show and this will be his opportunity to shine. If you haven’t seen the MacGruber skit yet, here’s a peek: