HarveKarbo: Coen Brothers Getting New TV Show

From Zooey Deschanel and Christina Ricci to Dustin Hoffman, Ashton Kutcher and Jeff Daniels, TV has taken in an unusual number of established movie stars this year. Now, the small screen will be getting one of the big screen's most dynamic, decorated behind-the-camera teams, too.

Joel and Ethan Coen, the Oscar-winning brothers behind "No Country For Old Men," "Fargo," "True Grit" and "A Serious Man," are bringing their wit and strange poignancy to television, with a new hourlong, single camera comedy called "HarveKarbo." Deadline reports that it will focus on a seedy LA private investigator who works in the gross underbelly of celebrity.

The pair won three Oscars for "No Country," taking home best picture, best original screenplay and best directing. They join Martin Scorcese and Steven Spielberg amongst the major auteurs who have branched out into television; Scorsese with "Boardwalk Empire," for which he won an Emmy, and Spielberg with "Terra Nova."

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Comments

[bcdiet]

03:28 AM on 10/06/2011

Kyra Sedgewick's The Closer is one of the best shows with a movie star.

[jyates1936]

11:45 PM on 10/05/2011

Most endings to many of today's movies make no sense. Take "No Country for Old Men" does anyone get the ending? I didn't. There are quite a few other movies with no-sense endings. Back in the old days most movies ended with the man getting the girl and ended with everyone happy. Maybe Hollywood should try that sometimes. But evidently today's generation would not understand a happy ending.

[littlebrowngirl]

11:37 PM on 10/05/2011

Cool.

[scorpian777]

10:11 PM on 10/05/2011

I really hope these brothers do well on TV love their work!!!

[dengate6]

06:28 PM on 10/05/2011

Ashton Kutcher, a movie star, did I miss something between him being Kelso and Mr. Demi Moore.

[SimonBao]

08:51 PM on 10/05/2011

Apparently, yes.

Kutcher has FAR more film credits than TV credits, more than 20 films. He even has more producer credits than TV credits.

I think he's woefully untalented, I think he's very nearly unwatchable, and "The Ashton Kutcher Academy of Dramatic Arts" is a punchline in search of a joke - but one still recognizes that, like it or not, the man is a Movie Star.

[scorpian777]

10:09 PM on 10/05/2011

Is he really??

[scorpian777]

10:06 PM on 10/05/2011

lol I don't think so. Trying to give him a big boost!!

[beatmoses]

03:33 PM on 10/05/2011

TerraNova is a bloated piece of crap. Too bad.

[Euphoria123]

02:20 PM on 10/05/2011

This sounds amazing!!

[Red45]

01:57 PM on 10/05/2011

Ashton Kutcher is an "...established movie star"?? Really? I wholeheartedly disagree. He appeals to teen age boys and peter pans and his humor is so juvenile, but not outdone by his lack of acting ability.

[scorpian777]

10:06 PM on 10/05/2011

Gee! I said as much!!

[Spackler]

12:23 PM on 10/05/2011

If it means one less reality show on TV I'm all for it!

[scorpian777]

10:08 PM on 10/05/2011

Oh! "wow" Someone agrees with me thank you!! !NO!! Reality shows!!!

[INCREDABUCKS]

11:24 AM on 10/05/2011

i see this becoming a trend some what big hollywood names coming to tv..it works i guess

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[viking1969]

08:55 PM on 10/05/2011

There are only so many comoc books to spend hundreds of millions on.

[livelongerandprospermore]

11:03 AM on 10/05/2011

I could live with seeing the Dude once a week on TV. His beard is getting long. Hey, Jeff? What's with the beard Dude? Can't see your face anymore. What gives?

[PiperSniper]

10:16 AM on 10/05/2011

Thanks for the ad HP

[Fencik45]

10:10 AM on 10/05/2011

This could be the greatest news in television history!