Shaun Majumder's New Pilot

Fox TV has released details of shows on its development slate and a familiar local name has grabbed our attention. Shaun Majumder as "Dr. Bill". Here's a brief description from a press release.

RULES FOR STARTING OVER, THE
currently in development (2007-2008 season)
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
ordered to pilot
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Craig Bierko as Jack "Gator" Gately
· Johnny Sneed as Tommy
· Rashida Jones as Kate
· Shaun Majumder as Dr. Bill
· Bobby Farrelly as EP/DIR (Pilot)
· Peter Farrelly as EP (Cool. the Something About Mary guys! Also, Bobby owns (owned) a house on the south shore of Nova Scotia)


DESCRIPTION:
(from FOX's press release) Dating is like going to the farmers market if you get there early, there's plenty of fruit, all ripe, juicy and yours for the taking. That's dating in your 20s. But if you get there at closing time, it's a completely different story. What little fruit is left has been sitting in the sun all day. It's been dropped, squeezed and handled by a thousand different people. That's dating in your 30s. From the creatively fruitful minds of the Farrelly Brothers, THE RULES FOR STARTING OVER is a single camera comedy, set in Boston, about a group of newly single friends learning the painful lessons of starting over in their 30s. They'd all love to get re-married, if they could just find their true loves. JACK "GATOR" GATELY (Craig Bierko, "Cinderella Man," "Boston Legal") is a charismatic, optimistic leader who never expected to be single again. But now that he is, he's determined to make the best of it. He's going to sift through all the bruised, damaged, occasionally psychotic fruit until he finds "the one." Along the way, Gator and his buddies will chronicle their dating misadventures in a cautionary list of dating don'ts, such as: "if she's still nursing, it's too soon," "learn to identify gang tattoos" and "Pretty Woman' is not a documentary." Joining Gator in bachelorhood redux is his thrice-divorced best friend TOMMY (Johnny Sneed, "The Guardian," "Fever Pitch"). The founder and brewmaster of an upstart microbrewery, Tommy has a voracious appetite for everything food, beer and women. He falls in love easily and always disastrously, yet truly hopes his fourth starter marriage will be "the one." Also single again is Gator's college roommate BILL (Shaun Majumder, "24," "Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle"), a successful but hopelessly nave surgeon. Bill is probably the least equipped of the group to handle this life change. While he can execute a triple bypass in his sleep, he's all thumbs when it comes to the opposite sex. Rounding out the group is KATE (Rashida Jones, "The Office"), a smart, successful attorney who handled all three of the boys' divorces. Having just turned 30, Kate finds herself dumped after a seven-year engagement. She reluctantly joins the guys in negotiating the treacherous waters of dating after 29. Kate owns the brownstone next to Gator's. Over time, this pair may find that "the one" is just a brick wall away.