Wednesday July 16, 05:39 PM

Fox developing "Letters from a Nut" satire

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Ted L. Nancy's "Letters From a Nut" books are getting a second shot at the small screen.

Fox is developing "Sincerely, Ted L. Nancy," a partially scripted comedy pilot based on the series of books that feature introductions by Jerry Seinfeld.

Nancy's identity has never been revealed, but the speculation has been that Seinfeld and/or his friend, comedian-writer Barry Marder, might be the real authors of the tomes, which include Ted's ridiculous customer service letters to real companies and the companies' equally absurd but real responses.

"Sincerely" centers on a regular guy who, after suffering through too many faulty products and customer service mishaps, decides to take on the corporations by writing letters that "seek to avenge the consumer frustrations of people everywhere."

Armed with the written responses from the companies he targets, Ted goes on missions filmed in a "Borat"-like mockumentary style, featuring him doing outrageous stunts involving regular people.

"Letters" was first developed seven years ago at ABC.

Reuters/Hollywood Reporter