Fox News Channel has named contributor Meghan McCain as a permanent co-host of its weekday noon program Outnumbered. McCain joins panelists Harris Faulkner and Sandra Smith, along with one rotating male, described by the network as "lucky guy." Sen. John McCain’s daughter begins her new gig today. McCain joined FNC in…

Lucas Hazlett, a participant in CBS’ 2016 Diversity Sketch Comedy Showcase, is set to write and topline Outnumbered, a semi-autobiographical hybrid comedy for CBS. It is one of three projects sold to the network by Oscar-winning American Beauty producer Dan Jinks, along with cop drama Crusader, written by NCIS: New Orl…

ABC has put into development Outnumbered, a single-camera comedy written by Family Guy co-executive producer Cherry Chevapravatdumrong (aka Cherry Cheva). The project, from ABC Studios, centers on a woman in a male-dominated workplace — a theme relevant in TV writers rooms, often dominated by male scribes. Cheva is…

Fox News Channel finally announced the replacement program with which it will fill the void left when Megyn Kelly moved to primetime — Outnumbered. It’s kind of like The View, in that it’s a panel of women taking on the day’s top news/pop culture headlines — only with an FNC spin in that it’s got one rotating slot for…

UPDATE 9 PM: A Locke & Key limited series/miniseries was a stretch, and it seems that it is not happening. The show is now heading to the death pile. And yes, comedy Outnumbered is dead too. Surprisingly, multi-family comedy Little In Common starring Rob Corddry and Kevin Hart, which had stayed largely under the…

EXCLUSIVE: In what would be be his first comedy series gig in almost 20 years, Cheech Marin is set to co-star on Fox’s half-hour pilot Outnumbered. Meanwhile, Harry Hamlin has been tapped as a recurring on Lifetime’s Army Wives. Inspired by the BBC sitcom, Outnumbered, which is being directed by Larry Charles,…

EXCLUSIVE: Chicago-based theater actor Cliff Chamberlain has landed the male lead opposite Ana Ortiz in Fox’s off-cycle comedy pilot Outnumbered, which is being directed by Larry Charles. Inspired by the BBC sitcom, Outnumbered revolves around one set of parents (Ortiz, Chamberlain) who are often overwhelmed by their…

EXCLUSIVE: Ugly Betty alumna Ana Ortiz is set as the female lead of Fox’s off-cycle comedy pilot Outnumbered, which is being directed by Larry Charles. Inspired by the BBC sitcom, Outnumbered revolves around one set of parents who are often overwhelmed by their three children. Ortiz will play the mom, Sue Tulley, a…

Fox is taking a second stab at launching a U.S. version of the British comedy series Outnumbered. The network has handed out an off-cycle pilot order to the single-camera comedy from writers Barbara Wallace and Thomas R. Wolfe. It’s being produced by 20th TV, Chernin Entertainment, and Hat Trick Prods, the British…