The Odd Couple has been tried several times before in TV and movies, with pairings including Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon, Tony Randall and Jack Klugman, Ron Glass and Demond Wilson, and even more recently, in a way, with Charlie Sheen (later Ashton Kutcher) and Jon Cryer on Two and a Half Men.
Matthew Perry and Thomas Lennon are the oddly matched pair this time around.
Look for the show at midseason. Here’s how CBS describes it:
ODD COUPLE stars Matthew Perry as endearing slob Oscar Madison and Thomas Lennon as uptight neat freak Felix Unger, two former college buddies who become unlikely roommates after the demise of their marriages. It’s not long after Oscar lets Felix move in that Oscar fears he’s made a monumental mistake. However, despite how exasperated they make each other, these mismatched friends agree they can help each other move on from their divorces and somehow make this crazy living arrangement work. Wendell Pierce and Lindsay Sloane also star. Matthew Perry, Emmy Award winner Joe Keenan, Bob Daily, Sarah Timberman, Carl Beverly, Eric Tannenbaum and Kim Tannenbaum are executive producers for CBS Television Studios.
Here are some promotional images:
THE ODD COUPLE
â��Pilotâ� -- THE ODD COUPLE stars Matthew Perry as endearing slob Oscar Madison and Thomas Lennon as uptight neat freak Felix Unger, two former college buddies who become unlikely roommates after the demise of their marriages. Pictured left to right: Matthew Perry and Thomas Lennon. Photo: Cliff Lipson/CBS �©2014 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved
