By Fred Topel
“I want to be the quirky guy that sings Brown Eyed Girl in a church” – Christopher Moynihan
You haven’t heard of Christopher Moynihan yet, but I was sufficiently impressed when I met him at the Television Critics Association summer press tour. He created and wrote the pilot for Man Up, in which he also stars. That’s the kind of self-motivated upstart I can get behind.
Man Up isn’t what it sounds like either. The testosterone heavy title is ironic. These men are 30-something suburbanites who play lots of video games and want healthy relationships with their wives and families. Craig (Moynihan) is the idealistic romantic who tries to stop a wedding to win the girl of his dreams.
Theresa (Teri Polo) and Will (Mather Zickel) are the happily married couple, but Theresa’s brother Kenny (Dan Fogler) still has woman troubles. Mainly that his ex-wife Brenda (Amanda Detmer) is still friends with his sister and brings her new boyfriend Grant (Henry Simmons) to make him crazy.
Shot in the single camera style without a studio audience, the style of Man Up will be familiar to fans of shows like 30 Rock and Modern Family. Man Up premieres October 18 on ABC and Moynihan tells us how he’s going to explore relationships, beautiful ladies and video games in the most product placement heavy interview I think I’ve ever done.
Read our exclusive interview with Christopher Moynihan on SuicideGirls.com.
