Shit My Dad Says TV show

Sep 28, 2010 10:19 AM CDT

Twitter Gets Another Sitcom

It's sort of like the roommate version of $#*! My Dad Says

(Newser) - Fresh off the premiere of its first Twitter-based comedy, CBS is developing another. The network acquired a script deal for Shh … Don’t Tell Steve, based on a Twitter feed about a guy secretly tweeting everything his slob of a roommate does (sample: “Steve, just now, yelling from...

Prime-Time
Swearing?
Who Gives
a $#*!?

May 31, 2010 5:41 AM CDT

Prime-Time Swearing? Who Gives a $#*!?

CBS comedy bares eroding concern about profanity

(Newser) - When the prime-time comedy $#*! My Dad Says hits CBS this fall, most viewers and advertisers won't give a $#*! about the title—a sign of just how far attitudes about TV swearing have come since the days when Lucy Ricardo had to say she was "expecting" rather than...

Parents Council
Threatens CBS Over
$#*! My Dad Says

bleeping doesn't cut it

May 21, 2010 7:39 AM CDT

Parents Council Threatens CBS Over $#! My Dad Says*

Network just wants to offend people, prez says

(Newser) - Well, that didn’t take long: The Parents Television Council is, in a not entirely shocking move, protesting new CBS show $#*! My Dad Says. The decision to include an expletive—albeit a bleeped expletive—in the name of the sitcom demonstrates the network’s “contempt for families and...

5 Funny Family Blogs
That Made Good

Mar 28, 2010 2:45 PM CDT

5 Funny Family Blogs That Made Good

Maybe your embarrassing parents can help you land a TV deal

(Newser) - Easter and Passover are coming up, which means more embarrassing incidents at family get-together, plus a silver lining: You could potentially score a book deal. Chris Mathias, writing for Nerve , lists five blogs based on “familial eccentricities” that have scored their creators some cash—or at least some popularity:...

William Shatner to Play Dad
in Shit My Dad Says

Feb 19, 2010 4:11 PM CST

William Shatner to Play Dad in Shit My Dad Says

' Your wedding's just one more day I can't wear sweat pants'

(Newser) - Those dramatic readings of Levi Johnston's tweets may have doubled as an audition: William Shatner has been cast as the curmudgeonly dad in CBS' pilot based on Twitter sensation Shit My Dad Says . The pilot, to be executive produced by the creators of Will & Grace, will feature Shatner as...

'Shit My
Dad Says'
Heads to TV

TWITTER TAKEOVER

Nov 10, 2009 11:21 AM CST

'Shit My Dad Says' Heads to TV

Son's lucrative exploitation also includes book deal

(Newser) - Move over, Al Bundy: A project based @shitmydadsays, the Twitter feed engineered by the son of a cantankerous father, has been picked up by CBS. The creators of Will and Grace are on board as executive producers, with that selfsame transcriber of a son taking writing duties. The microblog’s...