![]() ![]() “It’ll just allow more eyes on it and have people fall in love with Flatch and with the people. And to get a chance to have people binge-watch this, it’s going to be terrific,” Bicks said. Look, nobody really watches linear alone anymore. ![]() But when Fox came to them with the idea of launching half of Season 1, which has already wrapped production, on digital platforms upfront to give the show its best chance to break through, Bicks says they were on board. At that time, Bicks says she and Feig never intended for “Flatch” to be dropped in this binge-able format. Originally set up at Fox in December 2019, “Welcome to Flatch” had just begun shooting its pilot when the COVID-19 pandemic brought the industry to a screeching halt in March 2020. And I think that’s why it probably appeals to you, if you like those other shows, because it has that certain feel of being in a little insular, odd world with these characters that you want to spend time with.” “It tends to either be lowest-common-denominator sitcoms or stuff that is put into categories for comedy at award shows that you kind of wonder, what makes it a comedy? This is very much a broad-spectrum audience, but that uses a certain tone that I think is slightly dry, ironic British. “There is a certain type of humor and a reliance on character-driven comedy that I don’t think we see that much anymore,” Bicks said. Bicks sees “Flatch’s” mockumentary humor and British comedic roots as something that will be enjoyed by fans of “The Office,” which counted Feig among its producers, and “Parks and Rec.” “With ‘Flatch,’ there’s a really specific tone and sensibility through the point of view of two self-centered, narcissistic characters who are very atypical in their age for a broadcast comedy,” Thorn said.īicks created “Welcome to Flatch” based on the BBC series “This Country” and executive produces it alongside Feig, who directs and wrote two of the episodes of the show from Lionsgate, BBC Studios’ Los Angeles production arm, Fox Entertainment and Feigco Entertainment. Jean (newcomer Justin Linville), Kelly’s frenemy and the head of the Flatch Historical Society, Nadine Garcia-Parney (Taylor Ortega), and Mandy Matthews (newcomer Krystal Smith) the town’s resident badass and entrepreneur. The rest of the key players in Flatch include Joseph “Father Joe” Binghoffer (Seann William Scott), the local minister who tries to guide Kelly and Shrub, and his former girlfriend, Cheryl Peterson (Aya Cash), who is the editor of the local newspaper, the Flatch Patriot, as well as Shrub’s obsessive friend Mickey St. The crew finds worthy subjects in young-adult cousins and best friends Kelly Mallet (Holmes, a newcomer actor who goes by that single name) and Lloyd “Shrub” Mallet (Sam Straley) who let the production in on their lives and local current events. “Welcome to Flatch” is told through the lens of a documentary crew exploring the lives of residents of the midwestern town of Flatch. The network hopes its patience and the rollout’s risk will be rewarded with “Welcome to Flatch” becoming the next “The Office” or “Parks and Recreation,” during a broadcast season that has seen comedies like CBS’ “Ghosts” and ABC’s “Abbott Elementary” score big Season 1 fanbases early on. That’s because the broadcast network is launching the first half of the 14-episode Season 1 via Hulu and other digital platforms at midnight on Thursday, and promises it’s not going to be giving much weight to “ Welcome to Flatch’s” Live + Same Day Nielsen ratings over those first seven weeks of airing, when the episodes will all be available for streaming well before they rollout weekly on Fox. But if “Flatch” doesn’t bring in the viewers with its linear premiere on Thursday at 9:30 p.m., Fox execs won’t be talking about cutting the mockumentary from the network’s midseason lineup Friday morning. Fox hopes to greet a big audience with its new small-town docu-comedy “Welcome to Flatch” when the Paul Feig and Jenny Bicks-produced show launches later this week. ![]()
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