BEN LAWSON TO LEAD
NANA SITCOM PILOT AT ABC
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| Australian hunk Lawson is the new Nana lead |
NANA
The pilot for possible new sitcom centres on Alex (Ben Lawson), a fire chief in Indianapolis and an obsessive dad, who after the death of his wife, is forced to invite his brash and bawdy mother-in-law, Nana (Katey Sagal), into his home to help raise the two grand daughters she barely knows. Sagal recently had a very successful sitcom gig in delightful Superior Donuts next to comedy legend Judd Hirsch.
The pilot for possible new sitcom centres on Alex (Ben Lawson), a fire chief in Indianapolis and an obsessive dad, who after the death of his wife, is forced to invite his brash and bawdy mother-in-law, Nana (Katey Sagal), into his home to help raise the two grand daughters she barely knows. Sagal recently had a very successful sitcom gig in delightful Superior Donuts next to comedy legend Judd Hirsch.
'NO GOOD NICK' SITCOM
GETS 1ST POSTER WITH MELISSA JOAN HART AND SEAN ASTIN
Netflix has, meanwhile, issued first poster (sadly, no trailer yet) for their new multicam sitcom NO GOOD NICK which got April 15th date for the premiere
of its 20 episode first season!
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| No Good Nick starts in a month! |
Melissa Joan Hart and Sean Astin star as Liz and Ed, a hyper
competitive career mom and lovable but dorky “fun dad,” who unwittingly
welcome 13 year old Nick — short for Nicole (Siena Agudong) — into their
family of four before realizing she is a street smart con artist with a
secret agenda: She has infiltrated the family with the intention to get
revenge on them for unknowingly ruining her life. But as Nick gets to
know the family, she will find compassion for them and will struggle
with whether or not she can ultimately go through with the plan. Kalama
Epstein and Lauren Lindsey Donzis will play their kids in Netflix'
second multicam ever after The Ranch.
Orphans are not an easy subject for comedy stuff. I suppose the emphasis in "Nana", on the MIL as being "bawdy" is a hint to the nature of the comic factor in this series.
ReplyDeleteA widower needing the help of his MIL to raise his maternal orphaned kids is, sadly, an everyday reality. She'll usually do a fairly good job with the kids, but interfere in his personal life and even prevent him from remarrying. I say this from personal knowledge of a case.
Sitcom means half hour TV comedy, so, yes, it has a very strong comic factor :)
DeleteIt's true, about mothers in law,sadly.
I love Katey Sagal -- if anyone excels at playing brash and bawdy, she does!
ReplyDeleteshe was nice as the policeman in Superior Donuts but horrible in Bastard Executioner, the disgusting flop project of her bizarre husband.
DeleteNo Good Nick sounds like a winner. I do like Melissa Joan Hart. Sean Astin looks likes he's packed on a few pounds, no?
ReplyDeleteit will be very strange convincing us she's married to him after Joey :) But we will now have Australian hunk Ben Lawson, who is hot as hell, in that other sitcom! I do ever so love me multicams with hot leads. I still miss Ryan McPartlin from Living with Fran. I was hoping someone would cast Hunter Parrish but he just got a gig in some serious drama not comedy :(
DeleteYou just had to bring up Joey. Now my whole day is ruined since he's no longer gracing our screens :( Tell Hunter skip the drama and give us comedy. The world needs more laughter and cute boys.
DeleteI do think the new season might have more multicams than usual, but it all depends on how many of them will be picked up for series. This season also had more multicams than the previous years. I think I will be covered during summer with the ones I did not manage to watch over the year - Cool Kids, Fam, Happy Together, Fuller House etc.
DeleteFingers crossed!
Deleteand toes!
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