Its disheartening news, as Mission Control sounded like a nice offbeat series for NBC to win some laughs with. Executive produced by Adam McKay and Will Ferrell, with a script from Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia writer David Hornsby, the workplace comedy was to be a heightened story in the vein of Anchorman. Ritter would have played a strong-willed woman in the 1960s that enters a battle of the sexes (and a race to the moon) with a macho astronaut played by Tommy Dewey ( The Mindy Project). Also set to star were Leah Renee ( Satisfaction) and a Better Off Ted reunion for actors Jonathan Slavin and Malcolm Barrett.
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