‘Til Death is one of the few young comedy shows that was picked up for another season, and series star
Brad Garrett believes the show's success is due to its realistic portrayal of married couples and their less-than-perfect life.
“What makes [
‘Til Death] funny is that we're really trying to mirror what married couples have in common,” Garrett said. “The key in any comedy is to hit a chord or a nerve that makes people relate to it… What we're doing is… taking it to a level of a little more reality. It isn't bliss, it isn't the white picket fence, it isn't all great. It's a work in progress, any marriage is, be it new or old.”
Created by husband-and-wife team Josh Goldsmith and Kathy Yuspa,
‘Til Death follows the story of two married couples who live next-door to each other. Brad Garrett and
Joely Fisher play Eddie and Joy Stark, a couple who has been married for more than 20 years and have one daughter. In contrast,
Eddie Kaye Thomas and
Kat Foster play newlyweds Jeff and Steph Woodcock.
The series debuted last September, and although it flailed in the ratings initially, a timeslot change in March boosted its popularity. In May, the show was renewed for a second season, which will begin airing tonight at 8:30pm.
In the new season, Fisher said viewers can expect to see the characters focusing more on what they have in common than what makes them different.
“I think what's happening to all the characters and the interaction between them is that it's getting to be more about marriage and things that happen to married people everyday and less about the difference between these couples,” Fisher said. “They're actually starting to reflect one another quite a bit.”
Brad Garrett said that while Eddie will remain “sarcastic” and “sardonic” in the second season of
‘Til Death, he will become more “vulnerable and flawed”.
“He's really a big kid. [He] lives with a woman who understands that… [she] doesn't try to change him, but just tries to raise him, if you will,” Garrett said.
Foster says the second season will further delve into her character's past.
“I started out very sort of prim and proper and excited about being married and being newlyweds, and I think that stayed, but what we learned is that I had done a lot of naughtier stuff in my past. We learned about all the men I've been with, all of the drugs I'd done, all sorts of things,” she said.
-Lisa Claustro, BuddyTV Staff Columnist
Source: FOX
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