The IT Crowd may not air on NBC
Writer/director Graham Linehan has a blog in which he recently discussed his television show The IT Crowd. In the US, NBC has been working on an American version of this hit TV show from the UK, but according to Linehan it may never air.
News reached me a while back that there may not be a US version of The IT Crowd. Apparently, there’s been a change of management at NBC and they’ve gone off the idea. I found this out on the Internet, which is how I find out all my information on the US IT Crowd.
It doesn’t sound like NBC is communicating at all with Linehan which I find odd. Stranger still, is that the US pilot is an exact copy of the British pilot.
Zap2it reported back in September that NBC May Unplug ‘IT Crowd’. The site also mentioned that the female lead, Jessica St. Clair was no longer part of the show. The show still isn’t in production and with only a pilot in the can, things don’t look very good.
If you’re a fan of the show then you’ll want to read Notes on the U.S. IT Crowd on Linehan’s blog.
Stumble It!Posted in Television at 9:44 PM
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I read about this in the hollywood reporter. Looks like they shut it down; when production on a mid-season replacement is stopped it’s pretty much over. With regards to the US pilot being a clone of the UK pilot, that’s the same approach The Office took. It took them a few episodes to finally diverge from the original series which I guess you have to do when your season has 20+ episodes as opposed to 6. Hopefully the BBC gives Linehan a season 3.
Posted by: Ryan on October 24, 2007 9:53 AM
Sounds like the strategy they took with The Office. I heard that almost the entire first season of the US show were just remakes of the UK episodes. I don’t see the point of that, but I’m glad the American version has found its feet. What channel does the UK version of The IT Crowd show on?
Posted by: James McNally 
on October 24, 2007 10:36 AM
Channel 4 in the UK.
http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/I/itcrowd/
I have the first two seasons if you want them. Great stuff.
Posted by: jay 
on October 24, 2007 11:13 AM
