Amazon Freevee has announced that its new docu-style comedy series will premiere Friday, April 7.
Jury Duty tells about the inner workings of an American jury trial through the eyes of one particular juror, Ronald Gladden. What Gladden doesn't know is that the whole thing is fake, that everyone but him is an actor, and that everything that happens, in court and beyond, is carefully planned.
Produced by Amazon Studios, this genre-bending comedy series consists of eight episodes, with the first four episodes premiering Friday, April 7. There will then be two new episodes every Friday until the finale on April 21.
The series is produced by David Bernad (The White Lotus), Lee Eisenberg (WeCrashed), Ruben Fleischer (Superstore), Nicholas Hatton (Who Is America?), Cody Heller (Dummy), Todd Schulman (Who Is America?), Gene Stupnitsky (The Office), Jake Szymanski (Saturday Night Live), and Andrew Weinberg (Master of None). Eisenberg and Stupnitsky co-created the series, with Heller serving as showrunner and Szymanski directing.
"Jury Duty originated with a question: Was it possible to make a sitcom like The Office about a trial, populate it with brilliant comedic performers, and put a real person at the center of the show who doesn't realize he's surrounded by actors?" said executive producer Todd Schulman. "We honestly had no idea but when we pitched it to Freevee we pretended like it was a sure thing. Thank God we pulled it off."
