Mick Jagger To Headline In A New Sitcom?

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26jaggSounds bizarre, but it’s true.  He signed a deal with ABC.

Now before you start kvetching, the idea doesn’t sound that bad.  Jagger will be the focus of the sitcom, and it will be named after him (it is tentatively titled "Let’s Rob Mick Jagger"), but he won’t necessarily have a lot of on-screen time:

As [producer Rob] Burnett outlined the tale in a telephone interview, he and [his partner Jon] Beckerman "wondered if there was a way do a serialized comedy — something like a comedy version of ‘Lost’ or ’24.’ "

Hatched in numerous meetings, the concept centered on a janitor for a prominent New York building, to be played by the character actor Donal Logue. Down on his luck, the janitor sees a celebrity on television wallowing in his wealth during a tour of his new Manhattan penthouse. Enlisting a crew of similar ordinary but frustrated accomplices, the janitor conceives a plot to rob the big shot’s apartment, a story line that would unfold over a 24-episode television season.

Okay.  Kudos for innovation.  We’ll wait and see.