Creator Gail Lerner Fired As Showrunner Of NBC Sitcom
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Key Points:
- Gail Lerner, co-creator and original showrunner of NBC’s sitcom Newlyweds, has been fired due to "creative differences," as she announced on Instagram ahead of the show's October 23 premiere.
- Newlyweds, starring Tèa Leoni and Tim Daly, is currently filming its eighth episode out of a 13-episode order, with a planned production hiatus next week to find a new showrunner.
- The series, produced by Universal Television and featuring Jamie Lee Curtis as both co-creator and executive producer, centers on a later-in-life romance between a free-spirited woman and a buttoned-up professor.
- Lerner expressed pride in the first six episodes produced under her leadership and encouraged viewers to watch the show despite her departure, while praising the cast and crew for their work.
- The show had a long development process, initially conceived during the pandemic, and Lerner highlighted NBC’s renewed commitment to multi-cam sitcoms before her removal from the project.
