NBC’s The Grand Crew Returns for Season 2 on March 3rd, 2023!
Los Angeles, CA – NBC’s hit comedy series The Grand Crew is back with a brand new season! Premiering on March 3rd, 2023, the show promises to bring even more laughs and hilarious moments to viewers across the country. Created by Phil Augusta Jackson, the show follows a group of friends who bond over their love of wine and navigate the ups and downs of life in their 30s.
The first season of The Grand Crew was a critical and commercial success, earning rave reviews for its sharp writing, talented cast, and relatable characters. Season 2 promises to build on that success with even more witty banter, zany antics, and heartwarming moments. Fans of the show can expect to see their favorite characters return, including Wyatt (Justin Cunningham), Noah (Echo Kellum), Anthony (Aaron Jennings), and Nicky (Nicole Byer).
To celebrate the new season, we sat down with creator Phil Augusta Jackson and the cast of The Grand Crew for interviews. Wyatt (Justin Cunningham), Noah (Echo Kellum), Anthony (Aaron Jennings), and Nicky (Nicole Byer) shared their thoughts on the show’s success, their favorite moments from filming, and what viewers can expect in Season 2. Their candid responses are sure to get fans even more excited for the new season.
The Knockturnal: Do you find yourself at any point— you know, you mention, uh, the production challenges. Do you think that has ever gotten in the way of when your writing— and maybe there’s a particular situation or scene that you want to put the characters in— do you ever feel like there’s, like, an obstacle holding you back from doing that because of production?
Phil Augusta Jackson: No, no, no. I— We’ve been really fortunate on this show to show the stories that we told would have all been stories that I wanted to tell. Um, there are production challenges, uh, on any show, just given budget, given how many pages you have to film, and there’s a myriad of challenges no matter what show you’re dealing with, but that hasn’t gotten in the way of, um, the creativity of the show, even though, a lot of times, um, you know, something does come up and you’re unable to do one set piece that you had in mind. It forces you to get more creative about how you do something just as good, if not better, with the resources and the time that you have. But, um— but, yeah, no, I feel really fortunate with, um, the creative collaboration, um, uh, amongst everybody that’s working on this show and it’s been, uh— The challenges are all normal challenges, um, and I think it’s been a really good dynamic so far, yeah.
Phil Augusta Jackson: For sure. So, given that this is a hangout show, um, and, in so much of what I think, uh, makes a hangout show work is wanting to hang out with the characters that you’re watching. So Season One, to me— I like to describe it as, like, setting the table, you know, letting everybody that watches the show know what characters you’re going to be interacting with from week to week, um, what makes them unique and special, and what makes the, uh, um, pairings amongst the different characters work and what makes them dynamic as well. And so, Season One, to me, is, um, you know, obviously the show needs to have jokes, it needs to be funny, and you need to have good storylines, but, to me, Season One was about ‘okay, let me show you who these characters are and, to me, Season Two is about ‘alright, let’s really, really dive in and have some fun with it now’ and so, I really do feel like Season Two, um, is, uh, just pushing the funny more, pushing the heart more. We’re not leaning away from moments of, uh, compatibility, passion, and heart, but also I think we’re also not leaning away from moments of comedy. So we’re trying to just really, really expand on both and make the show even more fun than Season One was. Connecting Season One was really fun.
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