Michael J Fox Returns to TV - Really!

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Michael J Fox to make full-time TV return

Twelve years after giving up full-time acting to focus on fighting Parkinson's disease, Michael J Fox will star in a new TV comedy based on his illness.

The Back to the Future star will play a father of three dealing with the degenerative nervous system disorder.

NBC television called Fox "utterly relatable, optimistic, and in a class by himself".

In recent years, Fox gradually returned to TV with recurring roles in the likes of Boston Legal and The Good Wife.

However, the new 22-episode sitcom marks his first long-term commitment to a show since he left political comedy Spin City in 2000.

"I have no doubt that the character he will create - and the vivid family characters surrounding him - will be both instantly recognizable and hilarious," said NBC Entertainment Chairman Robert Greenblatt.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19329468

I have to say that's pretty amazing. Good on him for raising awareness - such a well loved guy will do so much for highlighting the plight of sufferers.

My mum has Alzheimers, so if someone did the same for that, I'd be pleased - although it might not work quite as well... a TV show consisting of "What am I doing here. who am I, who are you" etc.. might get a bit dull.

If this should be in the Entertainment folder, can mods please move it.

Good to see him shaking it off and prove the world that he still can act.

He's really good in The Good Wife. Great to see him returning, seems like a genuinely nice guy.

He was great in Curb too.

It's fantastic that he's willing to do more TV to raise awareness of the illness. It'll be great to have him back on the screen :wub:

He was awesome on Scrubs too.

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I red the article on the Mail website. It said he is able to act because he can better keep his shakes under control because of a new drug Regimen. I don't know how good it is must make a significant difference. I remember watching a tv interview on a US chat show where he got the shakes real bad. I know someone on the forum said they also suffer.

I really hope it does improve his quality of life. Obviously I don't the man but he always comes across as down-to-earth and unpretentiously charismatic. I wish him well.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2191289/Michael-J-Fox-play-father-dealing-Parkinsons-disease-new-sitcom-network-bidding-war.html

Wedgie wrote:Good to see him shaking it off and prove the world that he still can act.

I'm going to hell for laughing at that.

:lol:

Michael J Fox Returns to TV - Really!

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