Michael Strahan Lands Comedy Pilot At Fox

Former football player Michael Strahan is set to star in the comedy pilot Brothers (working title). Also set to star in the pilot are Daryl Mitchell. Ted Wass is attached to direct. Brothers will star Strahan as a retired NFL player who returns to his hometown and starts working to reconnect with his family – especially his brother (Mitchell), who is confined to a wheelchair following a car accident.

In real life, Mitchell was paralyzed in a 2001 motorcycle accident; he played a paralyzed bowling alley manager on Ed. Prior to his accident, he also starred in Veronica’s Closet and The John Larroquette Show. As for Strahan, although the sitcom world is new to him, he appeared in a Web series, a commercial for Snickers and starred in a humorous advertisement for Right Guard. Strahan hosted Spike TV’s Pros vs. Joes and the DIY Network series Backyard Stadiums, and he has guested on series such as NBC’s Chuck.