You may remember Andy Barker P.I. from last year's pilot season announcements, where it was being developed as a mid-season replacement for NBC and subsequently never spoken of again. Fortunately, it's been thrust back into being, premiering on March 15 while 30 Rock takes a short hiatus until April 19, at which point Barker will either jump to a new timeslot, or be tossed in the trash like the much-lamented Andy Richter Controls the Universe and the not-so-lamented Quintuplets.
Richter plays an accountant who moves into a mall office formerly occupied by a private investigator, and decides to indulge himself by taking on cases from the detective's belated customers. It also stars Arrested Development's Tony Hale, and most excitingly reunites Richter with former staring contest partner Conan O'Brien, who will serve as executive producer, and co-wrote the pilot episode with Jonathan Groff.
The show's website used to feature a clip, but it's been removed. We tried to do some detective work of our own to track it down, but the search was fruitless, so you'll just have to wait until March.
There's still no news on Conan's other pilot, Haskett's Chance, which would follow a seedy, dishonest politician who gets a second chance on life when he's killed and reincarnated as a homeless man. The (unproduced?) pilot features Cary Elwes, Dylan Baker, and Missi Pyle, with Tim Blake Nelson directing. It's also been announced as a drama, but between O'Brien involvement and Elwes' terrible acting, there's bound to be a few laughs in there.
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