
On Thursday, HBO announced that it had picked up a new series, “Family Tree,” created by Christopher Guest and Jim Piddock. The series will be presented in a documentary-style format and star Chris O’Dowd (“Bridesmaids”) as Tom Chadwick, a 30-year-old man on a journey of personal discovery. Guest, is a writer, director and star of comedies like This Is Spinal Tap, Waiting for Guffman and A Mighty Wind. HBO described the storyline: “Having recently lost his job and girlfriend, Tom has a rather unsure sense of his own identity. But when he inherits a mysterious box [...]