 In 2012 , Scully co @-@ produced and co @-@ wrote an animated TV version of the film Napoleon Dynamite , which was canceled after six episodes . That May , Scully signed a seven @-@ figure , multi @-@ year overall deal with 20th Century Fox Television to develop several projects . He served as co @-@ executive producer on the single @-@ season NBC sitcom The New Normal ( 2012 – 2013 ) , alongside Allison Adler and Ryan Murphy . Scully held the same title for Fox 's Dads ( which debuted in 2013 ) . 
