TCA: 'I Hate My Teenage Daughter' Creators Believe Multi-Cam Sitcom Can Work On Fox

Diane Haithman is contributing to Deadline's TCA coverage. After todays TCA panel on Foxs new multi-camera comedy I Hate My Teenage Daughter about two high school nerd-girls who grew up to be the mothers of the kind of popular mean girls that they envied and hated in high school the shows executive producers, Sherry Bilsing-Graham and Ellen Kreamer, talked with me about how their multi-camera comedy might fit in at Fox, which has struggled to successfully launch a multi-camera sitcom. The show stars Katie Finneran and My Name is Earl cast member Jaime Pressly as the moms and Australian Aisha Dee and Kristi Lauren as the snotty teenagers. I think audiences really appreciate multi-camera comedy you watch the big success of Two and a Half Men and The Big Bang Theory and you feel good when you watch it theres something very comforting about it, I cant explain why, said Kreamer. It [harks back to] The Honeymooners and I Love Lucy -- the history. Its a little bit slower-paced than some of the single camera comedies, with the jump cuts and stuff. Sherry and I come from Friends, and we love that. Bilsing-Graham added that she thinks a multi-camera comedy fits well with Foxs programming, more known for reality and animation than situation comedy of any kind. I think reality television actually helps multi-camera; it has the same energy, she said. Speaking of interaction with an audience, both producers are big fans of the audience reaction on Deadline. I love the commentstheyre brutal! Kreamer enthused.