EXCLUSIVE: It was fast. NBC’s new multi-camera comedy series arrives just four days, including a weekend, after the end of the SAG-AFTRA strike extended family Production began on Monday 13 November.
Mike O’Malley’s family comedy, starring Jon Cryer, Abigail Spencer and Donald Faison, shot six episodes before the strike. The scripts for the series from Lionsgate Television and Universal Television were ready, allowing the studios to get everyone in place within days of the actors’ work stoppage ending.
Lionsgate TV Chairman Kevin Beggs referenced the quick turnaround in Lionsgate’s earnings release last Thursday, November 9, the day the SAG-AFTRA strike ended.
“We will resume production immediately,” he said. “We have two network comedies that start filming again on Monday.”
Beggs did not mention any titles, but sources said he was referring to them extended familywhich began production Monday, and the indie studio’s single-camera comedy ghosts, It started on Monday with preparations for the start of production on December 11.
Multi-camera comedies require the least amount of lead time. The second-earliest post-strike return to production so far also belongs to a multi-camera NBC sitcom that was in the middle of filming when it was halted by the WGA strike. night court restarts tomorrow, November 15th.
extended family will produce a total of 13 episodes during midseason. The comedy was created as an off-cycle pilot film. The series was recorded in September 2022. The series follows Jim (Cryer) and Julia (Spencer) who, after an amicable divorce, decide to raise their children at home while they take turns deciding who they can stay with. they. Navigating the waters of divorce and child sharing becomes increasingly complicated for Jim when the owner of his favorite sports teams (Faison) arrives on the scene and wins Julia’s heart.
Finn Sweeney and Sofia Capanna also play the children.
O’Malley exec produces with Cryer, Tom Werner, Wyc Grousbeck, Emilia Fazzalari and George Geyer.
Source: Deadline
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