Peep Show, the award-winning British comedy that ended its 12-year run on Channel 4 last year, is being developed for a US remake on Starz. It was the longest-running comedy in Channel 4’s history.
The show’s original creators, Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong, will work as consulting producers on the new adaptation, according to Deadline. Eli Jorne, the co-creator of Fox’s forthcoming combined live-action and animated sitcom Son of Zorn, has been brought on as showrunner as well as executive producer. He will also be writing all the episodes.
“I’m grateful to Sam and Jesse for entrusting me with nine seasons’ worth of insightful, darkly hilarious material that I can hopefully pass off to American audiences as my own,” Jorne said in a statement.
This doesn’t mark the first attempt to mount an American version of the UK sensation: in 2005, Fox developed a pilot with Big Bang Theory star Johnny Galecki, while in 2008 Spike also tried to get one off the ground.
It’s unclear whether the new iteration of the series will mimic the original’s style by employing the first-person point of view that characterized the show – but given that the remake is employing the same title, it’s highly likely that will be the case.
The series will once again center around two dysfunctional and immature friends trying to adjust to the professional world.
Peep Show received two Bafta awards, two British Comedy awards and two Royal Television Society awards while on the air.
Starz has yet to announce a premiere date for the new series.
