I was excited enough about the Louis CK sitcom and fantasy league show, but now they spring this on us:
Variety reports that FX has picked up drama project "March to Madness" from executive producer Don Cheadle. The series chronicles the glory and the seedy side of college basketball...It's "The Shield," set in college basketball. Can't wait. Posted by Stephen Silver at August 25, 2009 03:00 PM"March" will revolve around a corrupt college basketball program that cheats its way to the "March Madness" NCAA basketball tournament. The story will be told through the eyes of the college coach, whose idealistic approach to the job has slowly been eroded by the compromises he's forced to make.
This sounds a bit like Blue Chips too actually.
Posted by: JordanNY at August 25, 2009 06:17 PMI'm worried that it sounds like "Playmakers" - where ESPN had this great show that got into the underbelly of pro football until the NFL got pissed and made them take it off.
Hopefully if the show's any good the NCAA won't be able to pressure Fox into losing it, lest they jeopardize their ability to show mid-major games on the various Fox Sports regional channels.
Posted by: Gib at August 26, 2009 09:17 AM