Someone somewhere stumbled upon the script for the new Jason Biggs/David Cross CBS comedy I’m In Hell. 

I expressed my opinion about this show a while back, and having read the script, I don’t know that I can say I think any differently about it.  While there were moments when I did find myself chuckling, primarily at Cross’s character Scott and the grungy roommate Fisher, Hell just seems to come off as CBS’s answer to My Name Is Earl.  And it’s not a very good answer. 

With Earl, the whole motivation is that Earl is trying to make up for his past mistakes.  But I’m not even sure where Hell is heading.  Is Nick going to spend his time trying to convince the people he meets to change their ways?  Is the whole premise that he’s trying to pursue this girl he meets, which is also in the Hell on Earth program?  Or is the whole show just an excuse to beat up on Jason Biggs?  Because the pilot hits on all of these, but never really establishes specifically where it’s going.

Go check it out for yourself, then come back and let us know what you think!

Hollywood Reporter posted a story earlier today about Erika Cristensen (ABC’s Six Degrees) and David Cross being signed on to co-star in the Jason Biggs comedy “I’m In Hell” this fall.  The premise seems gimmicky, but different.  Biggs plays a trader on Wall Street who perishes in a car accident, and, since Hell is at full capacity (what an original idea!), is sent to Hell on Earth, where he must attempt to survive without the benefits of his former existance.  Christensen is the love interest who is also in the Hell on Earth system, and Cross plays Lucifer himself.

Here’s my question…can a show with ‘Hell’ in the title really become a mainstream hit?  I mean, if I’m talking to my grandmother about what I’m watching, I could easily tell her about Lost or The Office, but I don’t think I could very well tell her that I’ll be watching a show called ‘I’m In Hell’.  She’d keel over right there.

I wish the premise showed more promise (and I wish that sentence didn’t sound so goofy, but I’m leaving it).  It would be interesting to watch the progress of a show with a somewhat controversial title like this and see if it could be successful.