NBC Is Making a Comedy About the Detroit Auto Industry
“American Auto” is due out in the 2021-2022 season. NBC
A new TV comedy series about the Detroit auto industry will debut this fall when “American Auto” arrives on NBC.
Hollywood has tried to depict the car industry before, with semi-disastrous results. Consider the 1986 movie “Gung Ho” about the relationship between American union auto workers and Japanese carmakers. That flick has a 33-percent rating (out of 100) on Rotten Tomatoes. Roger Ebert called it “a disappointment” and gave it two stars. Consequently, Tim Allen set his highly successful TV show “Home Improvement,” which featured a hot rod, at least, in Detroit. Ed Asner’s “Thunder Alley” was peripherally about the car industry and lasted two whole seasons. Many a History Channel documentary has approached the topic of the U.S. car industry on a more serious, historical basis. And there are myriad shows depicting small hot rod shops with an
NBC Comedy Coming This Fall Promises Hilarity in The Motor City
“American Auto” is due out in the 2021-2022 season.
It’s a workplace comedy in the executive suites of a U.S. carmaker.
Producer has solid creds, so it could be boffo.
A new TV comedy series about the Detroit auto industry will debut this fall when
American Auto arrives on NBC.
Hollywood has tried to depict the car industry before, with semi-disastrous results. Consider the 1986 movie
Gung Ho about the relationship between American union auto workers and Japanese carmakers. That flick has a 33-percent rating (out of 100) on Rotten Tomatoes. Roger Ebert called it “a disappointment” and gave it two stars. Consequently, Tim Allen set his highly successful TV show