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Pop Culture Happy Hour

Reboot

Pop Culture Happy Hour

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4.510.6K Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2022

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

The new Hulu show Reboot follows a fictional behind-the-scenes attempt to create a gritty update of a TGIF-style family sitcom. The effort is led by Hannah (Rachel Bloom) who is constantly clashing with the show's original showrunner Gordon (Paul Reiser). The reunited cast is played by Judy Greer, Keegan-Michael Key, Johnny Knoxville, and Calum Worthy. Reboot was created by Modern Family alum Steven Levitan.

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We've all seen reboots on television, new takes on everything from full house to saved

0:09.2

by the bell to the fresh prints of Bel Air.

0:12.0

The new Hulu show reboot is the fictional behind the scenes story of one of those efforts.

0:17.9

Featuring a cast full of ringers like Rachel Bloom, Keegan Michael Key, Paul Reiser and

0:22.4

Judy Greer, reboot follows the attempt to create a gritty update of a TGIF-style family sitcom.

0:28.8

I'm Glen Weldon.

0:29.8

I'm Linda Holmes and today we're talking about reboot on pop culture happy hour from NPR.

0:38.8

Joining us today is, oh, what do you know?

0:41.4

It's pop culture happy hour producer Candice Lim.

0:44.3

Welcome back Candice.

0:45.7

Hello guys.

0:46.7

Hey.

0:47.7

Candice is so often with us, but just maybe not on this side of the mic.

0:51.3

I'm so excited.

0:53.4

So in reboot, Rachel Bloom plays Hannah, the writer of a well-regarded edgy festival movie

0:59.3

whose new idea is to offer a streaming service, a darker new take on step right up, a fictional

1:05.8

sitcom from the early OTS that looks in clips just like a lot of real family sitcoms.

1:11.8

The cast that reunites for this effort includes Judy Greer as Bre, who once played the mom,

1:16.8

Keegan Michael Key as Reed, who played her husband, Johnny Knoxville as Clay, who played her

1:22.2

ex, and Kalamworthy as Zach, the adult man who hasn't outgrown his past life as a child

1:27.8

actor, playing Bri and Clay's kid.

1:30.7

Paul Reiser plays Gordon, the show's old showrunner who weasels his way into Hannah's

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