From Twitter to TV: Sh*t My Dad Says Gets CBS Deal

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Barb Dybwad
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From Twitter to TV: Sh*t My Dad Says Gets CBS Deal
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The author of the account, Justin Halpern, simply tweets the quips and funny off-the-cuffs from his live-in 73-year-old dad. The results are hysterical enough to have already landed him a book deal, and now with a CBS option deal the concept will be finding its way to the other small screen, the television.

The creators of Will & Grace, David Kohan and Max Mutchnick, are already on board to executive produce the show, planned as a family comedy. Halpern will co-write the script with Patrick Schumacker.

The show will join "Texts from Last Night" as the second internet meme to get picked up by a broadcast network this season, both intended as half-hour series.

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