Bruce McCulloch


The new issue of trade mag Broadcasting & Cable weighs in on the new fall shows, and the report isn’t good for Carpoolers, the ABC rook that was going to show the world how much fun it really is to drive to work with a bunch of other guys from the nabe.

The mag asked the nation’s TV critics to weigh in on the best and worst of the new shows, and Carpoolers made the worst list. No, not even the comic stylings of Jerry O’Connell as divorced lothario “Laird” appears capable of keeping Carpoolers out of the breakdOn the bright side, the critics liked Carpoolers more than they did Caveman.

Commuters are slated to get their very own sitcom, as there’s a comedy pilot in the works at ABC called Carpoolers that follows the travails of four “very different men” who carpool to work together each day. It’s from Bruce McCulloch, who you may remember as one of the Kids in the Hall.

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Given the copycat nature of television, can the definite Metro-North sitcom be far off?