iiRC there was a show along those lines (even refered to as CSI:Ankh-Morpok) in development a few years ago that apparently went nowhere.

I interpret it as a reference to France getting big blockbusters a few days before the US, due to films being released on wednesdays.

It's what TVTropes calls a character based on an existing character despite being different enough to be called a different character.

Shawn Ryan's working as Executive Producer on this, so consider my interest piqued.

Minear ran Firefly. And Noxon ran Buffy the year before IIRC.

I see they kept the first movie's central theme of hiring vastly overqualified actors.

Gatiss has a sequel planned.

Did the end remind anybody else of this?

Jurassic Park!

Neither In The Loop nor Four Lions?
This list is objectively a turd.

Someone who was in Party Down sighting!

Also, Survivor's Remorse, which is great, and Blunt Talk, which is uneven, but has lots of charm.
And hopefully they get the monies to make Incursion one day.

I find the one just before, with Mark's stag and Jez eating the dog, is slightly better, but yeah, it's up there.

Yes, we can hear you Clem Fandango.

4) Have Matt Selman work as showrunner on 3 episodes per season, that way you get more vacation time, as well as a couple good episodes every year to argue your tenure isn't a complete sham.

IIRC Fuller always intended to work on more than one show at the same time, hence Mockingbird Lane, High Moon and American Gods all developed at times that would have made them run alongside Hannibal.

THE KILLER IS EMBEDDED IN THE COMMENT!

"Format: Multi-camera comedy"

Enjoyed it a lot.
Wasn't surprised to see Selman worked as showrunner on that one, his episodes tend to be a lot more disciplined than the regular Al Jean ones.
Hopefully he takes on the job on a more regular basis one of these days.

The less serialized approach is basically something Fox tells them to do, and not a deliberate choice from the writers, so it's unlikely to go.