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FOX Unleashes 'Big Fat Obnoxious Boss'
« on: Oct 6th, 2004, 7:10pm » |
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FOX Unleashes 'Big Fat Obnoxious Boss'
(Wednesday, October 06 09:29 AM)
LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) Critics may have hated FOX's "My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance," but after its January premiere, the well-orchestrated reality prank averaged more than 16.6 million viewers. Never a network to rest on its laurels, FOX is trying again, lampooning shows like NBC's "The Apprentice" with "My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss."
Shot in extreme secrecy this summer, "Obnoxious Boss" features 12 overachieving young business professionals who arrive in Chicago ready to impress N. Paul Todd, the founder and CEO of IOCOR, a multi-billion dollar company. They're prepared to do whatever business tasks are necessary to score a plumb job and earn a $250,000 cash prize.
Apparently the contestants are willing to do everything possible except do their research. Mr. N. Paul Todd is actually William August, an actor who wants nothing more than to confuse, humiliate and unnerve the 12 contestants.
At the end of each week's phony tasks, the players will be called to the boardroom and one will be eliminated. Although they all think that N. Paul Todd is making the decisions, it turns out that the real boss is a mystery. FOX isn't ready to spoil that surprise just yet, but the network promises that "in an eye-opening, jaw-dropping turn, the identity of the real boss will be the biggest surprise of all."
"What 'My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance' did for romance-reality, 'My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss' will do for business-reality," says FOX Entertainment President Gail Berman. "When we saw the footage, we realized it belongs on the funniest night on television, FOXs Sunday night."
"Obnoxious Boss" will premiere on Sunday, Nov. 7 in the 9 p.m. ET time slot originally slated for the legal reality show "The Partner." In an interesting twist, if FOX delays "The Partner" for too long, NBC could actually trump the network by getting its own unscripted legal show "The Law Firm" on the air first.
FOX had best hope that "Boss" producers at Rocket Science Laboratories do a better job of replicating the success of "Fiance" than Rocket Science did with the second season of "Joe Millionaire." Jean-Michel Michenaud and Chris Cowan serve as executive producers.
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