Thomas Schlamme is creating an American version of a popular Canadian series called The Tournament. The comedy series is done mockumentary style (think: The Office) about a group of misfit youth hockey players and their quest to win the championship tournament. Actually, it sounds similar to the premise of Christopher Guest's Waiting for Guffman. Schlamme is Americanizing the show by making it about a youth baseball team instead of hockey. Three of the people behind the original Tournament will write and executive produce the Fox version. The Tournament had two seasons on CBC and so far Fox has given script commitment.Schlamme is the executive producer of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip and he also EP'd The West Wing and SportsNight. He's also married to actress Christine Lahti.
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11-09-2006 @ 4:34PM
Carissa said...
Unfortunately nothing about baseball or it's players are nearly as entertaining as hockey. Too bad.
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11-09-2006 @ 8:04PM
Captainmicahp said...
I like The Office, and I like Christopher Guest movies, but why cant we get some god old fashioned 3 camera sitcoms.
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11-10-2006 @ 9:06AM
Veruka said...
I saw the first season of "The Tournament" and most of the second season and even with three of the same writers, I'm not sure how this Americanized series could come close to the perfection of the original.
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11-10-2006 @ 9:34AM
Ken said...
The Tournament is a great show. They aired it on OLN (now Vs.) last spring during the NHL playoffs. The performances were excellent. I can see it being baseball-ized. The fun/horror of youth sports is universal.
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