Former ’N Sync-ers will be new TV odd couple

‘Out of Sync’ is a hybrid of reality and comedy starring Fatone and Bass

	Joey Fatone, right, and Lance Bass are developing a new series about their lives for UPN described as a modern-day "Odd Couple," said Dawn Ostroff, the network president, Thursday, Jan. 19.
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updated 8:46 p.m. ET Jan. 19, 2006

PASADENA, Calif. - There may be life after ’N Sync for Lance Bass and Joey Fatone — as television stars.

The former boy band members are developing a new series about their lives for UPN described as a modern-day “Odd Couple,” said Dawn Ostroff, the network president, Thursday.

Fatone is Oscar, the slob. Bass is Felix.

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Tentatively dubbed, “Out of Sync,” and planned for this fall, it’s a hybrid of reality and comedy, she said.

“They came to us,” she said. “Joey and Lance are such fun, interesting people and they truly are an odd couple — even if you sit in a room with them, it’s Felix and Oscar in many ways.”

It’s a classic kind of story that could resonate with a new generation, Ostroff said.

’N Sync ruled the music world at the turn of the decade, until Justin Timberlake’s departure sent them tumbling into obscurity.