Los Angeles, USA: A new live-action comedy series called 'Mammoth' is in the lineup, and it comes from ‘Modern Family’ co-creator Christopher Lloyd.
Produced under Fox Entertainment Studios, Danny Zuker will serve as an executive producer and writer.The project is based on Mike Bubbins’ British sitcom of the same name, as per Variety.
According to the description, ‘Mammoth’ follows Coach Tony Mammoth, a larger-than-life high school gym teacher whose life is put on ice in 1983, when he’s buried in a freak ski avalanche. Forty years later, he thaws out to a world that has completely changed, but he’s convinced it really didn’t need to. Still clinging to life in the ‘80s – complete with his Burt Reynolds moustache and treasured Trans-Am –Mammoth returns to the job he loves, only to discover that today’s rules, relationships, and realities bear little resemblance to the world he once knew.”
The series is set to premiere on Fox during the 2027–28 season, marking the network’s first greenlight for a live-action comedy in more than two years.Mark Linsey and Angie Stephenson of BBC Studios Los Angeles, as well as Bubbins, are also executive producers.Excited about the show, Lyod said, "Tony Mammoth genuinely believes he mastered manhood the first time around, making his new reality the ultimate wake-up call and greatest challenge in an otherwise flawless life. He’s charming, wildly self-assured, hopelessly out of step and, despite his many blind spots, impossible not to root for.” ‘Modern Family’ was one of the most sought-after American sitcoms, starring Ty Burrell, Julie Bowen, Sofia Vergara, among others. The show ran for a total of 11 years, closing the curtains in 2020.