‘Up All Night’ To Do 1 Multi-Camera Episode
EXCLUSIVE: We will get a glimpse of what a multi-camera Up All Night would look like after all. I have learned that NBC plans to film one multi-camera episode of the sophomore comedy without star Christina Applegate, who departed the series on Friday. I hear the episode will be directed by master multi-camera 
helmer James Burrows, who is doing three pilots this season. When NBC in October decided to turn softly rated single-camera comedy Up All Night into multi-camera, the network ordered five episodes to be shot in front of a live audience. That order has now been cut to one. It is unclear whether Applegate will be replaced; there had been rumors that NBC was eying other actresses, including Friends alumna Lisa Kudrow. The future of Up All Night is still up in the air while co-stars Will Arnett and Maya Rudolph are getting pilot offers. NBC had no comment.
The multi-camera version of Up All Night is being shepherded by Linda Wallem, the show’s third showrunner following Jon Pollack and Tucker Cawley. Up All Night creator/executive producer Emily Spivey left the show last month. At TCA last month, NBC Entertainment president Jennifer Salke called the multi-camera revamp “a bit of an experiment”, but “we think it’s really one worth taking.”
In its original incarnation, Up All Night was a family comedy about new parents played by Applegate and Arnett, which was inspired by Spivey’s real-life experiences going back to work soon after giving birth. The workplace element was expanded and switched from a PR firm to an Oprah-like talk show when Rudolph was cast as Applegate’s boss, and there has been speculation that the series will shift even further in that direction when it becomes multi-camera.
Just let it go.
– xoxo, everyone.
I cannot believe they are continuing to waste money on this when it seems obvious that the show is dead. If they want the actors to stay at NBC, offer them new projects that might actually be successful.
Pull the plug.
They’re going to have more cameras than they will episodes.
Ohhhhhhh…..Sweet
So, essentially, they’re doing a “front” door pilot to see if there’s any interest in going forward with multi-cam’s new premise?
This is just another example of a failed show on NBC where they’re trying anything they can to save it from the chopping block. This show is done as NBC should just CXL it while they can save face.
It really is time to take Up All Night to live on a farm in the country where it can spend its days chasing rabbits and running wild and free.
You just gave us our new hit show. Thanks Britta!
Running Wilde! That was an underrated show.
What??! Why?? What’s the point?
Maya Rudolph with a show tailor-made for her? Surprised it hasn’t happened already…but it will. She can do it all and with the right combination could boost any network any night of the week. Bittersweet, funny, cute, special.
Right???!!!
The show should become all about Maya’s character. Write Christina and Will off.
Weird.