Fox Midseason Sunday 8:30pm
	debuts Midseason, TBA
	concept from From Emmy Award-winning writer Mitchell Hurwitz ("Arrested Development") and Eric and Kim Tannenbaum ("Two and a Half Men") comes Sit Down, Shut Up, an animated comedy that focuses on the lives of eight staff members at a high school in a small northeastern fishing town (Go Baiters!) who never lose sight of the fact that the children must always come second. We watch them grapple with their own egos, needs and personal agendas, their petty insecurities and prejudices, unrequited loves, and ruthless battles for power - and that's just at the staff meeting. With a distinctive new look - a combination of animation against a live-action backdrop - Sit Down, Shut Up is a series for the young and old at heart. It lampoons modern society while exposing the dreams, flaws and struggling humanity of our first and most formative authority figures: teachers.  stars Will Arnett (Arrested Development), Maria Bamford (Stuart Little 2), Jason Bateman (Juno, Arrested Development), Will Forte (Saturday Night Live), Tom Kenny (SpongeBob SquarePants), Nick Kroll (Best Week Ever), Cheri Oteri (Saturday Night Live), Kenan Thompson (Saturday Night Live), Henry Winkler (Arrested Development, Happy Days) producers Mitchell Hurwitz, Eric Tannenbaum, Kim Tannenbaum, Bill Oakley, Josh Weinstein studio Sony Pictures Television, 20th Century Fox Television, Granada America, Tantamount

my take Arrested Development meets Who Framed Roger Rabbit and The Simpsons set in Boston Public. Forgive the easy Arrested comparison -- but it's hard not to: The voices of Jason Bateman, Will Arnett and Henry Winkler star while Mitchell Hurwitz is the EP. Funny, biting cartoon? Absolutely, with a twist. The latest information about the show tells us they are going to have a combination of animation with a "live-action backdrop." Sounds like a perfect fit for Fox Sunday. (It makes me wonder about the Arrested movie?!?)

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