Jon Heder lands Comedy Central show

July 09, 2009 The network has ordered 10 episodes of a new multicamera comedy starring Heder as an out-of-work computer IT specialist who returns to his small hometown and moves in with his parents and younger brother. If the initial 10-episode run meets a ratings threshold, the network has agreed to order 90 more episodes from Gary Sanchez Prods. and distributor Debmar-Mercury, setting up the project for eventual syndication. The deal is the same unusual structure that Debmar wrangled for Perry's hit TBS sitcoms "House of Payne" and "Meet the Browns," both of which started off with 10-episode orders followed by massive renewals for total orders of 126 and 80 episodes, respectively.

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