Fox orders a new live-action comedy series, ‘Mammoth,’ developed by Christopher Lloyd and Danny Zuker, the duo behind ‘Modern Family.’ Deadline and other outlets report the series receives a production commitment for the 2027-28 television season, with Fox’s first live-action comedy series in more than two years.
The program is based on a British comedy series of the same name by Mike Bubbins that aired on BBC Two. Variety describes the premise, including Coach Tony Mammoth, a high school gym teacher whose life is “put on ice,” while the reporting across outlets focuses on the format adaptation for U.S. television. Lloyd and Zuker are listed as producers and writers, reflecting their creative involvement from development through series production.
While the outlets differ in emphasis—Deadline highlights Fox’s broader scheduling context and the series order as an exclusive, and Hollywood Reporter and Variety focus more on the creative team and source material—they collectively agree on the series title, the British origin, the show’s lead premise elements, and the target premiere window of 2027-28.
