The primary episode of NBC’s latest sitcom, Prolonged Household, follows a middle-aged father’s wrestle to cowl up the dying of his daughter’s goldfish. In his anguish, he learns that his ex-wife and co-parent is engaged to the proprietor of the Boston Celtics.
Naturally, he wonders …how can I rating some ground seats?
I’ll let Wyc Grousbeck – real-life proprietor of the Celtics and a producer of the brand new present – clarify the premise of Prolonged Household:
“So my spouse, Emilia [Fazzalari], and her ex, George [Geyer], had a really amicable divorce quite a few years in the past, and so they did a factor known as nesting. That’s whenever you go away the children in place, within the household house, after which Mother strikes in for per week, and Dad strikes within the subsequent week,” he stated in an interview with Boston Journal in November. “I stated at one household dinner, ‘It is a sitcom. We’ve received three adults sharing an residence. Principally, it’s a twisted model of The Brady Bunch or Trendy Household.’”
The character based mostly on Grousbeck, Trey Taylor, is performed by Donald Faison, of Scrubs fame. Within the pilot episode, which aired final week, he finds himself counseling his fiancé’s ex-husband, Jim Kearney (Jon Cryer of Two and a Half Males), via the goldfish emergency. The 2 change snarky feedback whereas Taylor’s fiance, Julia Mariano (Abigail Spencer of Gray’s Anatomy and Mad Males), who shares two youngsters with Kearney, manages their egos. Hilarity ensues, or so NBC hopes.
Trey met Mariano, a public relations specialist, after insulting redheads in a public rant in regards to the Celtics’ poor efficiency.
“The Celtics are enjoying like crap, and if we don’t repair it, we’re going to be the redheaded stepchild of the NBA,” Taylor tells reporters within the pilot.
Mariano then is introduced in to handle the proprietor’s PR blunder, and so they hit it off.
Grousbeck, by the best way, actually did marry the ex-wife of a lifelong Celtics fan. As he outlined in Boston Journal, her identify is Emilia Fazzalari, his is George Geyer. Each be part of Grousbeck as government producers of Prolonged Household.
Fazzalari is Grousbeck’s real-life spouse – and the premise for Mariano’s character within the present. She is an entrepreneur and the CEO of tequila firm Cincoro, which she co-founded with Grousbeck, Michael Jordan, Wes Eden, and Jeanie Buss – all of whom are homeowners or former homeowners of NBA groups. Buss additionally served as a witness at Fazzalari and Grousbeck’s Las Vegas marriage ceremony in 2017.
We don’t get a number of Celtics content material within the first episode of Prolonged Household. However we do get the sense that Taylor is a spirited and concerned proprietor who isn’t petrified of calling out his gamers publicly.
Taylor even hints at a turnaround for his Celtics workforce within the final scene of the primary episode, saying Mariano and Kearney are his “good luck charms.”
Episode two of Prolonged Household will air tonight on NBC tonight. For those who like sitcoms, you’ll respect its cuteness and light-hearted humor. For those who don’t, although, you may watch only for the Celtics references.