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You might not recognize the name Mitch Rouse, but if you're a fan of Reno 911! and Strangers with Candy, you'd probably recognize his face. He's appeared on Reno 911! as the handsome lead firefighter in a few episodes, and has also shown up on Strangers with Candy playing a cop (he's also a co-creator fo the show along with Amy Sedaris, Paul Dinello and Stephen Colbert). In fact, his character has the first speaking role in the very first Strangers episode. Also, he's written a couple episodes for the series.

Strangers with Candy is one of my top three favorite shows of all time, and Reno 911! ain't too shabby, either, so I'm intrigued about The Factory, a new comedy Rouse is developing for Spike. The series has not been picked up yet, but Variety reports that it's close.

Unfortunately, the only information I can find on this developing series is in the aforementioned Variety piece, and even that offers no insight, other than describing it as a Curb Your Enthusiasm-style series that will be largely improvised. I think that style might be getting old, but Rouse has done enough stuff I've loved in the past I'm willing to give this show a fair shake, assuming it actually makes it to air.