Sunnyside In The Media

[Lady Calypso]

New upcoming NBC comedy picked up to series, produced by and starring Kal Penn

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Sunnyside stars Penn as Garrett Modi, a former New York City councilman who lost his way and got busted for public intoxication. Now he’s been “hired by a diverse group of hopefuls who dream of becoming American citizens and believe he can help — giving him a new sense of purpose and a chance for redemption, as long as he remembers where he came from,” per the official synopsis. Penn also serves as co-creator, along with Matt Murray (The Good Place, Brooklyn Nine-Nine), as well as an EP.

[Lady Calypso]

Sunnyside is slated to premiere in the fall, on Thursdays at 9:30pm, after The Good Place.

[bros402]

This trailer was interesting - the stupid asian trope was a big grating, but this feels like The Good Place meets Community - I think Mike Schur is one of the only showrunners who could pull this off.

[biakbiak]

31 minutes ago, bros402 said:

This trailer was interesting - the stupid asian trope was a big grating, but this feels like The Good Place meets Community - I think Mike Schur is one of the only showrunners who could pull this off.

I am pretty sure it’s an Abby’s situation where he is just an executive producer and won’t be the showrunner. It was created by and will be exec produced/starring Kal Penn.

[CRT]

The show's other creator/showrunner, Matt Murray, has written for Parks and Recreation, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and The Good Place. 

[bros402]

23 hours ago, biakbiak said:

I am pretty sure it’s an Abby’s situation where he is just an executive producer and won’t be the showrunner. It was created by and will be exec produced/starring Kal Penn.

Yeah, but even Abby's has its charms - he hasn't had a really bad show yet

[biakbiak]

5 hours ago, bros402 said:

Yeah, but even Abby's has its charms - he hasn't had a really bad show yet

My point was that he didn’t write any episodes of Abby’s and wasn’t involved in the day to day so crediting him with the success or failure of Abby’s or Sunnyside isn’t accurate. He was much more responsible and has written multiple episodes of B99 but it’s really Dan Goor’s baby and he is mostly responsible for it but because of Mike’s awesomesauceness Dan often gets over shadowed in favor of Mike and Mike’s connection to this show is minuscule in comparison.

Edited May 19, 2019 by biakbiak

[bros402]

18 hours ago, biakbiak said:

My point was that he didn’t write any episodes of Abby’s and wasn’t involved in the day to day so crediting him with the success or failure of Abby’s or Sunnyside isn’t accurate. He was much more responsible and has written multiple episodes of B99 but it’s really Dan Goor’s baby and he is mostly responsible for it but because of Mike’s awesomesauceness Dan often gets over shadowed in favor of Mike and Mike’s connection to this show is minuscule in comparison.

Yeah, but him executive producing it means it at least has his/his production company's "seal of approval" (for lack of a better term) - since I do not think he has executive produced anything bad. Let me look at wikipedia

He has executive produced:
The Office
Parks & Recreation
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Master of None
The Good Place
Abby's

and now Sunnyside

[biakbiak]

Just now, bros402 said:

Yeah, but him executive producing it means it at least has his/his production company's "seal of approval" (for lack of a better term) -

Right but the two he hasn’t had significant involvement with Abby’s and based on the trailer Sunnyside have been week. Even Masters of None he was much more involved with even though it was Aziz and Yang’s baby.

[Guest]

Media!

[Lady Calypso]

Sunnyside becomes this season's first casualty. Remaining episodes will air online

[incandescent]

2 hours ago, Lady Calypso said:

Sunnyside becomes this season's first casualty. Remaining episodes will air online

Yeesh, not even a weekend burn-off!?

[BusyOctober]

Maybe "Perfect Harmony" will be close behind.  Neither show is worthy of "Must See" NBC Thursday lineup IMO.  Some individual bright spots in "Sunnyside", but not enough to keep me watching beyond Ep. 3.  I gave up on "Perfect Harmony" after Ep 2.

[Guest]

Boo! 😞

[MoreCoffeePlease]

When this happens it makes it easier to clean out my overloaded DVR.

[Vanderboom]

Too bad. I wanted to like this show more than I did. Maybe it'll be less awkward without network tv considerations? 

[meatball77]

Well, that was fast. . .

[Annber03]

Shame to hear about the show's end :(. .

[msrachelj]

On 10/16/2019 at 7:29 AM, BusyOctober said:

Maybe "Perfect Harmony" will be close behind.  Neither show is worthy of "Must See" NBC Thursday lineup IMO.  Some individual bright spots in "Sunnyside", but not enough to keep me watching beyond Ep. 3.  I gave up on "Perfect Harmony" after Ep 2.

Oh i hope not, I like Perfect Harmony..This show was pretty bad..

[Lady Calypso]

Huh. Something I didn't catch the first time around, Sunnyside actually gained an extra episode, bringing the total up to 11:

The show will finish on digital platforms and they're shopping it around. It hasn't been officially cancelled either.

[possibilities]

There's a new episode up at Hulu-- I liked it. I imagine that if they get enough streaming views, the show might get picked up, but if not, then bye-bye.