NBC has renewed Night Court for a second season following the airing of the revival’s first four episodes.
15.01.2023 - 22:47 / deadline.com
Court is officially back in session.
The cast of NBC’s Night Court will count with many guest stars in Season 1 including SNL‘s Melissa Villaseñor, Pete Holmes, Johnny Weir, Tara Lipinski, Lyric Lewis, Kurt Fuller, and Stephanie Weir. They joined previously announced Faith Ford who will portray Abby Stone’s (Melissa Rauch) mom.
A revival of the original series created by Reinhold Weege, the multi-camera Night Court centers on unapologetic optimist judge Abby Stone, the daughter of the late Harry Stone (originally played by Harry Anderson), who follows in her father’s footsteps as she presides over the night shift of a Manhattan arraignment court and tries to bring order to its crew of oddballs and cynics, most notably former night court prosecutor Dan Fielding, with John Larroquette reprising his role.
Executive producer Dan Rubin was much more tight-lipped as to whether or not the show would like to bring back any of the surviving cast, during Night Court‘s TCA presentation on Sunday.
“We’re obviously huge fans of the original and it’s an incredible privilege to get to work in this world and tell stories with these characters. But it’s also a challenge to keep this show its own thing and have it stand on its own two feet,” Rubin said. “So anytime we bring people back, we always wanted to help the story of the current Night Court,” he added.
Larroquette teased the original series had so many actors who would go on to have successful careers, there might not be a budget in place right now to afford them.
“I get a lot of calls about Brent Spiner in particular coming back as Bob Wheeler,” Larroquette shared. “I don’t think the principal budget is there. It is 30 years later and I shouldn’t be there either but I am. We
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