jj-abrams-medical-sitcom

J.J. Abrams is obviously a creative force in Hollywood right now. He created “Lost” and directed Star Trek, both of which are excellent. He’s responsible for “Fringe,” which isn’t really my style but a lot of people like it. And he produced The Blair Godzilla Project Cloverfield, for which he deserves to be punched in the genitals. All of these projects have appealed to more genre-savvy fans (read: geekwads), but Abrams is bucking that label by developing a medical comedy for Fox.

Fox has given a presentation order to a half-hour project from J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Prods. and Warner Bros. TV. Bad Robot is keeping mum on the details of the untitled show, which is described only as a “medical comedy.” Mike Markowitz ["Becker"] is penning the script and will exec produce along with Abrams and Bad Robot’s Bryan Burk. [Variety]

The medical drama field is crowded with stalwarts “Grey’s Anatomy” and “House” as well as “Private Practice” and newcomers “Trauma,” “Miami Trauma,” “Mercy,” “Three Rivers” and “Hawthorne.” But there is room for medical comedies, with ABC’s veteran “Scrubs” and Showtime’s freshman dramedy “Nurse Jackie” the only players. [THR]

I don’t know… I guess I should be hopeful that Abrams takes this tired-ass genre in a new direction. But I swear to God, if there’s a sassy nurse who knows better than the doctors I’m going to break J.J.’s stylish spectacle and ram ‘em up his ass. My suggestion: Matthew Fox reprises his role as Dr. Jack Shephard. It’s funny because he has a drinking problem!