Dudley Riggs veteran gets greenlight from Fox

Peter Tolan may return to network TV

January 26, 2011 at 10:55PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
(Brian To/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Peter Tolan

Dudley Riggs veteran Peter Tolan, one of favorite writers and smart alecks, has finished FX's "Rescue Me," leaving time for him to consider a return to network TV. He hasn't done a network sitcom since "The Job" in 2001. Earlier today, Fox announced it has greenlit a pilot for a single-camera comedy based on Bruce Feiler's book, "A Council of Dads," about a terminally ill foather who prepares for his daughters' futures by getting his pals to help raise them. No word yet on casting. (What about Denis Leary????).

I haven't read the book. Any thoughts on who might fit in as the dad?

about the writer

about the writer

nealjustin

More from No Section

See More
FILE -- A rent deposit slot at an apartment complex in Tucker, Ga., on July 21, 2020. As an eviction crisis has seemed increasingly likely this summer, everyone in the housing market has made the same plea to Washington: Send money — lots of it — that would keep renters in their homes and landlords afloat. (Melissa Golden/The New York Times) ORG XMIT: XNYT58
Melissa Golden/The New York Times

It’s too soon to tell how much the immigration crackdown is to blame.