Tag: SHITMYDADSAYS

Forget $h*! My Dad Says (and its abysmal reviews) -- ABC is turning the blog Awkward Family Photos into a TV series. We can't wait for a sitcom based on a bunch of other people's quasi-funny photos in which everyone's wearing cowboy hats or someone's pregnant behind a tree. Can't you just taste the Emmy? ...

'$#*! My Dad Says,' as we predicted, is probably the worst show on network television. As it turns out, though, the show's painfully flat series premiere hasn't discouraged CBS from pursuing another show based entirely on a comedic Twitter account. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the network has now inked a script deal to produce a new series based on the Twitter account ...

When the Twitter account @shitmydadsays became a prime-time TV show, the name had to undergo a little surgery. But there's an unforeseen problem; many DVRs can't recognize the characters in the title "$#*! My Dad Says." That's made searching for the show a bit difficult -- so difficult, in fact, that CBS felt compelled to release a guide to recording the show on your DVR. ...

We were initially pretty skeptical about the idea of turning the endlessly hilarious ShitMyDadSays Twitter account into a television show. Then we heard that Bill Shatner had signed on to play the cantankerous father that inspired the account, and we got a little excited to hear Captain Kirk spit out little bits of wisdom like, "Waking up when you got a baby, you feel like you drank a bottle of ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... While other companies have been providing movie-streaming services for several years, Nintendo managed to get in the game this March, and now Best Buy appears finally set to jump on board, as well. The electronics distributor recently acquired the rights to the familiar and established CinemaNow name, and will initially provide ...

Plans to turn the one-liner rich ShitMyDadSays Twitter account into a TV show are moving forward, and creator Justin Halpern has scored a major star for the pilot. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Transformed Man himself, Mr. William Shatner, has signed on to star in the CBS comedy. With a legitimate TV legend as its star, the creators of 'Will & Grace' its producers, and a script ...