Jeff Foxworthy, already a FOX staple with game show ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5TH GRADER, got an animation pilot greenlit from the network about a dysfunctional NASCAR family, per VARIETY.
Twentieth Century Fox TV will produce the pilot, which is yet untitled, from the comedian and Nancy Hower and John Lehr (10 ITEMS OR LESS), who will write and exec produce. Parallel Ent.'s J.P. Williams will also exec produce.
Foxworthy will give his voice to the show as well. This new blue-collar series could potentially replace Fox's long-running KING OF THE HILL when it eventually winds down. Foxworthy has voiced characters on THE FOX AND THE HOUND 2 and RACING STRIPES.
FOX's Sunday night animated lineup returns September 28 with new episodes of THE SIMPSONS (its 20th season premiere), KING OF THE HILL, FAMILY GUY and AMERICAN DAD. FAMILY GUY spinoff THE CLEVELAND SHOW and the beleaguered SIT DOWN, SHUT UP will debut in the spring.
