I am – Hercules!!
Way back in March we learned self-described right-wing writer-producer Joel Surnow, co-creator of Fox News’ “Half-Hour Comedy Hour” (pitched as the conservative answer to “The Daily Show”) and Fox’s “24,” was shopping a 10-hour miniseries about the liberal Kennedy political family.
Variety described Surnow’s premise:
"The Kennedys" will explore "the soiled and crooked steps" the family took to get to the White House.
The History Channel just greenlit the project as an 8-hour miniseries, but now the entire project will be scripted by “24” vet Stephen Kronish, who describes himself as a liberal.
Surnow remains on the project as one of its executive producers.
Said to be budgeted at north of $20 million, “The Kennedys” is described by The Hollywood Reporter as the channel’s first scripted effort, though I suspect the channel’s many documentaries also employ scripts.
Find all of The Hollywood Reporter’s story on the matter here.
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