It's something out of Grimm's fairytale: The fox and the peacock team up to steal the mouse's gift of laughter. At least that's the idea that seems to be propelling crafty old King Murdoch in his green-lighting of the tentatively titled dramedy, Georgia and the Seven Associates. At the show's helm are producers Chris Brancato and Bert Salke, whose previous work includes NBC's The Office, and who say they got the idea after looking out from their offices overlooking the Disney.

As NBC cuts down dramatically on their comedy fare for the upcoming season, Fox is jumping at the bit to fill up their prime time schedule with Jeff Foxworthy cartoons and Georgia, which is billing itself as "The Devil Wears Prada meets Taxi set in Los Angeles' legal circles."

Could go either way in the ratings (will it be the station's next Alli McBeal orArrested Development?) but it's nice to see that even when they're idea-poaching, Fox still sees some business in being funny.