That's the Christina Applegate/Will Arnett show that wasn't doing well, and then to "save it" they were going to change from single camera to multi-cam.
A month or two ago, rumors were going around about the crazy ideas "Up All Night" was going to incorporate when they made this switch. Many sounded too insane to be true, and a lot of us were excited about them actually going forward with the show just to see how it would work.
However, it won't happen. Because Christina Applegate saw these new ideas and immediately bailed out. You should read the article, but here are a couple of changes they were thinking about making:
Ultimately 11 episodes were shot and aired by December; NBC wanted to produce five more for this spring. Cawley left the show, replaced by Linda Wallem (Nurse Jackie), a childhood friend of NBC Entertainment chairman Bob Greenblatt.
Wallem and the writing staff began brainstorming ideas for the multi-camera version. One pitch placed a portal between the two worlds — the single-cam and multi-cam versions — that only baby Amy could see. Another idea put Wallem and her real-life partner, Etheridge, in front of the camera, perhaps with the action taking place in their living room.
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They sound like fucking idiots who don't understand that story is maybe, y'know, almost half as important as one actor doing well in a completely unrelated project.
Reminds me of the time that Don Westlake completely reworked his Parker character because Robert Parker struck gold with Spenser. Makes perfect sense.
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I have never seen an episode of Up All Night. I don't like shows with babies. (I like how you tagged this post with the word "portal" for the future, you know, when portal shows are as ubiquitous as vampire shows. It will be very convenient for reference.)
Interesting article. What a bizarre, unnecessary train wreck. I feel bad for the creator of the show, too. I watched this in the beginning. I really like Christina Applegate and Will Arnett, and I thought that's where the focus should have been. Although I like Maya Rudolph, I did not like her character/storyline for the show. They really should have given her a show of her own, and went with somebody else, with the workplace more of a side thing. I look forward to seeing them all in other good shows, though.
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