[03/07/24 - 09:00 AM] Dinner Is Served! Amazon Freevee to Premiere New Comedy Series "Dinner with the Parents" on April 18 The first four episodes will be available to stream exclusively on Amazon Freevee in the U.S. beginning on Thursday, April 18, with two additional episodes available each Thursday until the finale on May 9.
[via press release from Amazon]
Dinner is Served! Amazon Freevee To Premiere New Comedy Series "Dinner with the Parents" on April 18
The series features an all-star cast including Michaela Watkins, Dan Bakkedahl, Carol Kane, Henry Hall, Daniel Thrasher, and Jon Glaser
CULVER CITY, California - March 7, 2024 - Today, Amazon Freevee announced the official April 18 premiere date and released the trailer for the new single-camera comedy series, Dinner with the Parents, about a weekly family get-together that always devolves into chaos. Every Friday evening, the closely-knit Langers prove that it takes those we love best to bring out our worst. On tonight's menu: pranks, schemes, unwelcome neighbors, childhood crushes, at least one felony, many very bad decisions, and a scrumptious, freshly-baked apple crisp. The first four episodes of Dinner with the Parents will be available to stream exclusively on Amazon Freevee in the U.S. beginning on Thursday, April 18, with two additional episodes available each Thursday until the finale on May 9.
Dinner with the Parents stars Michaela Watkins (Tiny Beautiful Things, Casual) as Jane, Dan Bakkedahl (Veep) as Harvey, Carol Kane (Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt) as Rose/Nana, Henry Hall (Curb Your Enthusiasm) as David, Daniel Thrasher (YouTube @DanielThrasher) as Gregg, and Jon Glaser (Life and Beth) as Donnie. The guest stars also include Rob Delaney (Deadpool), Christine Adams (Hijack), and Mircea Monroe (The Rookie). The show is based on the U.K.'s Channel 4 award-winning series Friday Night Dinner, created by Robert Popper. The series has been cemented as one of Channel 4's most successful comedies following record-breaking viewing figures.
The series is produced by CBS Studios with Big Talk Studios. Jon Beckerman is the showrunner as well as an executive producer. Tristram Shapeero (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Community) also serves as executive producer. The series is executive produced by Kenton Allen and Saurabh Kakkar from Big Talk Studios, as well as Robert Popper for Popper Pictures, and Caroline Leddy.
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Big Talk Studios is one of the world's leading scripted television production companies, led by Chief Executive Kenton Allen. It has an unparalleled reputation for producing genre-defining British comedy and tonally distinctive, character-driven international drama.
Recent successes include The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin starring Noel Fielding, Hugh Bonneville and Tamsin Greig for Apple TV+, and Stephen Merchant's BBC / Amazon series The Outlaws, whose eagerly anticipated third series is currently in post-production.
Renowned for both championing new talent and attracting the biggest names in UK television alike, Big Talk has recently started filming Ludwig, a new BBC One 6 x 60' crime dramedy starring David Mitchell as the eponymous accidental detective, and is gearing up to launch the second series of hit BBC Three comedy Peacock starring People Just Do Nothing's Alan 'Seapa' Mustafa and Steve Stamp.
Other recent productions include a 90' movie of apocalyptic alien comedy We Are Not Alone created by Ghosts co-creators Larry Rickard and Ben Willbond for UKTV channel Dave; two series of BAFTA-nominated Timewasters for ITV; the conclusion of Stefan Golaszewski's critically lauded and BAFTA award-winning comedy Mum starring Lesley Manville for BBC Two; and two series of Back, the "world class" (The Guardian) dark comedy starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb and created by Simon Blackwell for Channel 4.
Big Talk's illustrious history spans multiple film and TV hits over almost three decades and includes BAFTA award-winning comedies Rev. and Him & Her, and the revival of the much-loved Cold Feet. Winning 'Production Company of the Year' in 2018, a mainstay in Broadcast's 'Best Places to Work in TV,' and collecting multiple awards from BAFTA, Rose D'Or, RTS, Edinburgh TV Festival, and the Writers' Guild among others, the company is again and again rewarded for being at the forefront of UK television. In turn, Big Talk is committed to increasing diversity and access while continuing to deliver unrivaled scripted content of all shapes and sizes for audiences around the world.
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