Cavemen is an upcoming American television comedy created by Joe Lawson and set in Atlanta, Georgia. Inspired by the popular GEICO Cavemen advertisements made for the American vehicle insurance company GEICO that were written by Lawson, the show is described by the network as a "unique buddy comedy that offers a clever twist on stereotypes and turns race relations on its head".
Produced by ABC Studios and Management 360, the series is currently scheduled to air beginning on October 2, 2007 on Tuesday nights at 8:00/7:00c on ABC, leading out fellow freshman comedy, Carpoolers.
Conception
In March 2007, ABC gave a pilot order to a script written by Joe Lawson which was inspired by the GEICO Cavemen advertisements. It was also reported that Lawson would executive produce alongside Guymon Casady, Josh Gordon, Daniel Rappaport and Will Speck. Gordon and Speck were also the directors of the pilot. Later in the same month, Bill Martin and Mike Schiff joined the staff as executive producers. ABC gave the series an early pick-up and a thirteen-episode order on May 11, 2007. The series is currently undergoing some major creative changes.
Casting
When the pilot was greenlit by the network in March, it was unclear if the original actors, Jeff Daniel Phillips and Ben Weber, who played the cavemen in the advertisements, were going to be part of the series. This wasn't to be when it was later reported that Nick Kroll, Kaitlin Doubleday, and Bill English had all landed roles in the series in the same month.Dash Mihok and Stephanie Lemelin were respectively cast in April as Jamie, Joel's younger brother, and Thorne, a party girl. John Heard rounded up the regular cast when he was chosen to play Trip in the same month. Mihok was replaced by Sam Huntington and the character of Jamie was re-named Andy in July. Tony Award winner, Julie White, was also promoted to a regular cast member as Kate's mother in the same month.
It has since been announced that Jeff Daniel Phillips has, indeed, been cast for the series.
Reception
Since the show's announcement at ABC's 2007-2008 upfront presentation on May 15, 2007, the show has been referenced by many late-night shows, such as Saturday Night Live and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. The show has not been directly lampooned, but rather jokes are made of other shows that will be forced to compete with it, such as Jay Leno explaining that "the show isn't original, they already have a show on CBS about cavemen. Isn't it called 60 Minutes?" and Amy Poehler announcing NBC's new drama 1-800-Mattress will compete with Cavemen during the Weekend Update segment. An early review of the pilot in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution stated that the show was "not terribly funny."
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