After today?s TCA panel on Fox?s new multi-camera comedy I Hate My Teenage Daughter, about two high school nerd-girls who grew up to be the mothers of the kind of popular ?mean girls? that they envied and hated in high school, the show?s executive producers, Sherry Bilsing-Graham and Ellen Kreamer, talked with me about how their multi-camera comedy might fit in at Fox, which has struggled to successfully launch a multi-camera sitcom. The show stars Katie Finneran and My Name Is Earl castmember Jaime Pressly as the moms and Australian Aisha Dee and Kristi Lauren as the snotty teenagers. ?I think audiences really appreciate multi-camera comedy -- you watch the big success of Two and a Half Men and The Big Bang Theory and you feel good when you watch it -- there?s something very comforting about it, �I can?t explain why,? said Kreamer.� It [harkens back to] The Honeymooners and I Love Lucy -- the history. It?s a little bit slower-paced than some of the single-camera comedies, with the jump cuts and stuff. Sherry and I come from Friends, and we love that.? Bilsing-Graham added that she thinks a multi-camera comedy fits well with Fox?s programming, more known for reality and animation than situation comedy of any kind.� ?I think reality television actually helps multi-camera; it has the same energy,? she said. Speaking of interaction with an audience, both producers are big fans of ... Read More »
Saturday, August 6, 2011
TCA: 'I Hate My Teenage Daughter' Creators Believe Multi-Cam Sitcom Can Work On Fox
Diane Haithman is contributing to Deadline's TCA coverage. 
After today?s TCA panel on Fox?s new multi-camera comedy I Hate My Teenage Daughter, about two high school nerd-girls who grew up to be the mothers of the kind of popular ?mean girls? that they envied and hated in high school, the show?s executive producers, Sherry Bilsing-Graham and Ellen Kreamer, talked with me about how their multi-camera comedy might fit in at Fox, which has struggled to successfully launch a multi-camera sitcom. The show stars Katie Finneran and My Name Is Earl castmember Jaime Pressly as the moms and Australian Aisha Dee and Kristi Lauren as the snotty teenagers. ?I think audiences really appreciate multi-camera comedy -- you watch the big success of Two and a Half Men and The Big Bang Theory and you feel good when you watch it -- there?s something very comforting about it, �I can?t explain why,? said Kreamer.� It [harkens back to] The Honeymooners and I Love Lucy -- the history. It?s a little bit slower-paced than some of the single-camera comedies, with the jump cuts and stuff. Sherry and I come from Friends, and we love that.? Bilsing-Graham added that she thinks a multi-camera comedy fits well with Fox?s programming, more known for reality and animation than situation comedy of any kind.� ?I think reality television actually helps multi-camera; it has the same energy,? she said. Speaking of interaction with an audience, both producers are big fans of ... Read More »
After today?s TCA panel on Fox?s new multi-camera comedy I Hate My Teenage Daughter, about two high school nerd-girls who grew up to be the mothers of the kind of popular ?mean girls? that they envied and hated in high school, the show?s executive producers, Sherry Bilsing-Graham and Ellen Kreamer, talked with me about how their multi-camera comedy might fit in at Fox, which has struggled to successfully launch a multi-camera sitcom. The show stars Katie Finneran and My Name Is Earl castmember Jaime Pressly as the moms and Australian Aisha Dee and Kristi Lauren as the snotty teenagers. ?I think audiences really appreciate multi-camera comedy -- you watch the big success of Two and a Half Men and The Big Bang Theory and you feel good when you watch it -- there?s something very comforting about it, �I can?t explain why,? said Kreamer.� It [harkens back to] The Honeymooners and I Love Lucy -- the history. It?s a little bit slower-paced than some of the single-camera comedies, with the jump cuts and stuff. Sherry and I come from Friends, and we love that.? Bilsing-Graham added that she thinks a multi-camera comedy fits well with Fox?s programming, more known for reality and animation than situation comedy of any kind.� ?I think reality television actually helps multi-camera; it has the same energy,? she said. Speaking of interaction with an audience, both producers are big fans of ... Read More »
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