A group of friends hang out in a bar. It’s a typical sitcom setup. But “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” has never been typical — and FX Entertainment president Eric Schrier can attest to that. He was one of the executives “laughing our asses off” a decade and a half ago at a screening of the show’s pilot.
“I think what was so great about it was that it was an alternative version of a sitcom, where you had these crazy characters that said and did all things totally politically incorrectly,” he says. “But there was a smarter understanding behind the show. They were dealing with societal issues, so there was this great combination of a highbrow side of it masked with a very broad-based lowbrow side.”
The single-cam series, which debuted in 2005 on FX, will air its 14th season this month. In doing so, it will tie...
“I think what was so great about it was that it was an alternative version of a sitcom, where you had these crazy characters that said and did all things totally politically incorrectly,” he says. “But there was a smarter understanding behind the show. They were dealing with societal issues, so there was this great combination of a highbrow side of it masked with a very broad-based lowbrow side.”
The single-cam series, which debuted in 2005 on FX, will air its 14th season this month. In doing so, it will tie...
- 9/5/2019
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
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