Extended Family
SERIES PREMIERE
Saturday, Dec. 23, 8:30/7:30c, NBC
“WE’RE IN THE midst of a casting emergency. We’ve got to find a 7-foot-tall basketball player, and that’s tricky. A Serbian,” explains Jon Cryer as to why his phone keeps pinging during an interview. The actor, famous for 12 seasons of Two and a Half Men, was in a full-court press to get his new sitcom, Extended Family, running at full speed after a production pause due to the actors’ strike.
Cryer plays affable Jim Kearney, amicably split from dynamo). They’re proud “pillars of divorce society,” as Spencer says. Their kids, 13-year-old Grace (Sofia Cappana) and 11-year-old Jimmy Jr. (Finn Sweeney), stay at the house, called “the nest,” while mom and dad take turns living with them. It’s a slam-dunk setup until Julia announces she’s marrying Trey Taylor (Donald Faison, ), wealthy owner of the NBA’s Boston Celtics. Jim, a massive franchise fan, is suddenly spotting his wife in courtside seats.
