![]() ![]() The show’s first vignette centers around Matt Short (Thomas Sadoski) and his adventures one night, post-date, to find a sufficient place to hook up with his new girlfriend. Life in Pieces is occasionally humorous and well-acted, but in searching so desperately for a reason to appear different, it only distinguishes itself as one of the most unmemorable sitcom debuts so far this fall. Or, in more obvious terms, it’s Modern Family with title-card act breaks. ![]() Every week.” In layman’s terms, this is a micro-anthology with overarching familial connections between each character. The new CBS series proclaims it will focus on “one big family. Last year, we got Manhattan Love Story, which assumed the world wanted to know what two brain-dead twenty-somethings thought about everything. This show can be referred to as “the gimmick” – it’s a sitcom in which everything is by-and-large normal and traditional until the show’s candy-coated calling card is introduced, meant to upend expectations and revitalize the format (but that at the end of the day ends up doing neither). Most are by-the-books takes on classic tropes that, if nothing else, abide so closely to formula they end up entertaining because of it (Fox’s Grandfathered, for example), but each year there’s usually one outlier. Photo: Smallz / Raskind / CBS Broadcasting Inc.Every fall, a handful of new sitcoms emerge, eager to bump out returning classics with a new slate of wacky, irreverent characters in wackier and more irreverent situations. New episodes will then premiere every Friday, within 24 hours of their US debut. That will start on Thursday 27th October, with the first episode arriving on Amazon Prime Video on Friday 28th October. Life in Pieces first aired in September 2015 in the US and was renewed in May 2016 for a second season. Superwoman, will also appear in a guest role. The show stars James Brolin (Catch Me If You Can), Dianne Wiest (Edward Scissorhands), Betsy Brandt (Breaking Bad), Dan Bakkedahl (The Heat, Get Hard), Thomas Sadoski (Wild), Angelique Cabral (Friends with Benefits), Colin Hanks (Fargo TV series and son of Tom Hanks) and Zoe Lister-Jones (Salt). Their parents are Joan, the family’s adoring matriarch who would do anything for her kids – as long as she agrees with it – and John, the gregarious patriarch who’s searching for ways to soften the blow of turning 70.Īs the family’s lives unfold in four short stories each week, they try to savor these little pieces of time that flash by but stay with you forever, because these moments add up to what life’s all about. ![]() Of the three siblings, middle child Matt may have just found his true love, his co-worker, Colleen his coddled youngest brother, Greg, and his wife, Jen, are overwhelmed by the birth of their first child and the eldest, Heather, and her husband, Tim, are dreading their impending empty nest so much, they’re considering having another baby. The CBS family sitcom was snapped up by Amazon as a UK exclusive earlier this year, joining a number of programmes also acquired through deals with CBS Studios International.Ĭreated by Justin Adler, the single-camera comedy follows one big happy family and their sometimes awkward, often hilarious and ultimately beautiful milestone moments – with each one retold from multiple perspectives in each episode. Life in Pieces Season 2 will premiere exclusively on Amazon Prime Video in the UK this month. ![]()
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