LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Almost two decades after his breakout stint on "In Living Color," Oscar winner Jamie Foxx is back at Fox with another sketch-comedy show.
The network has ordered a pilot for an untitled project executive produced by Foxx and two of his fellow "Color" writers, "MadTV" creators Fax Bahr and Adam Small, with "Wild 'N Out" alumnus Affion Crockett attached as one of the stars.
The pilot is the result of merging two projects. Foxx wanted to do a sketch-comedy series with an urban twist and paired with Bahr and Small to pitch the idea to Fox.
Separately, Sony TV-based production company Tantamount was working on a sketch-comedy project starring Crockett, probably best known for his spoofs of Russell Simmons, Kanye West, Chris Brown, Drake and Jay-Z. Crockett was to co-write the project with Carl Jones, a producer of Sony's animated comedy "The Boondocks," on which Jones voiced characters alongside Crockett and also served as a producer.
After hearing both pitches, Fox Entertainment president Kevin Reilly proposed marrying the projects.
Small, Bahr, Jones and Crockett are writing the show.
Foxx, who co-created, produced and starred in "The Jamie Foxx Show," had another sketch-comedy show with Bahr and Small in development last year at MTV.
Small and Bahr's series credits also include "Chocolate News" and "Blue Collar TV."
Crockett recently launched a Web comedy series with Simmons
Source: ABCNews
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