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| SMOTHERED (ABC)
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DEVELOPMENT
HISTORY:
1/7/11
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7/5/11
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STATUS:
previously in development (2011-2012 season) |
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
ordered to pilot |
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
films on friday, march 18 |
DESCRIPTION:
(from ABC's press release, April 2011) Love isn't a competition. No, wait; that's exactly what it is for Zack's (Kyle Howard) and Gillian's (Brooke D'Orsay) parents, who swoop down on L.A. for their granddaughter's first birthday. Zack and Gillian are about to learn that "family" can sometimes be a four-letter word. Zack's parents (Marcia Gay Harden and Adam Arkin) are wealthy East Coast Jewish and Gillian's (Julie White and John C. McGinley) are small-town Southern charm, but Zack and Gillian have a great relationship despite their different upbringings. Of course, with their parents visiting, Zack and Gillian realize that the best they can realistically hope for is not to turn on each other - and they can only manage that for less than a day. They're constantly pushed to the edge of an emotional breakdown as they struggle to keep any of a hundred flare-ups between their parents from becoming an uncontrollable firestorm of passive-aggression and personal attacks. Whew, talk about exhausting! Even before the visit, Zack and Gillian are counting the minutes until their parents' visit is over ... but then they learn that it never will be: both sets of parents are moving to L.A. From Friends alums Andrew Reich and Ted Cohen comes the hilarious multi-camera comedy, Smothered, a delightfully skewed look at navigating the challenges of having your parents be a part of your child's life - without letting them completely take over. |
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Adam Arkin as Alan
· Brooke D'Orsay as Gillian
· John C. McGinley as Skip
· Julie White as Patty
· Kyle Howard as Zack
· Marcia Gay Harden as Fran
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CREW INFORMATION:
· Andrew Reich as CRTR/EP
· Andy Ackerman as DIR (Pilot)
· Ted Cohen as CRTR/EP
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GENRE(S):
· comedy (all)
· comedy (multi-camera)
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STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Warner Bros. Television
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