Fox is rapping the holidays with an early pickup of a comedy starring Method Man and Redman from writer Kell Cahoon and Regency TV. [...] ABC has given the green light to a Secret Service drama from "Alias" executive producers Alex Kurtzman-Counter and Roberto Orci and Touchstone TV. The two also are attached to topline an untitled comedy at New Line Cinema described as an urban version of "The Producers" and Miramax's remake of the South Korean comedy "Jail Breakers" (HR 4/8).

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