Coming to Fox 2009-2010: Brothers, Sons of Tucson

Reports this past week indicate two new sitcoms will have a home on Fox during the 2009–2010 season and, wouldn’t you know, both sound infinitely better than ‘Til Death.

News of a pickup for the single-camera comedy Sons of Tucson broke first, on Tuesday, May 12, although the network won’t officially announce its newcomers until the broadcast networks’ upfront presentations next week.

Sons focuses on three brothers (Davis Cleveland, Frank Dolce, and Troy Gentile) who hire a hustler, played by Reaper‘s Tyler Labine, to pose as their wealthy father while the real deal is in prison for a white-collar boo boo.

Word of a second comedy pickup for the multi-camera sitcom Brothers came Friday, May 15. The series scored a 13-episode order to tell viewers about a retired NFL football star who returns to his Houston hometown in order to become close to his family, including his brother confined to a wheelchair.

Fox NFL Sunday commentator and real-life former NFL player Michael Strahan plays the first brother, while always entertaining Daryl “Chill” Mitchell (Ed, Veronica’s Closet, The John Larroquette Show), who’s pictured above and wheelchair-bound in real life following a 2001 car accident, plays the second sibling. Carl Weathers (In the Heat of the Night, Street Justice), CCH Pounder (The Shield, ER), and Colton Dunn (MADtv) round out the fine cast.