Sources say the series, which has not yet been officially greenlit, was preparing at Sunset Gower Studios in Hollywood. Six scripts were ready out of the planned eight episodes with principal shooting scheduled for later this spring. Workers were told earlier this week that production was suspended and that they would be laid off at the end of the week.
Unstable is the last scripted series to be discontinued. It was previously announced that the NBC comedy series Night Court (2023) will stop its second season and series such as Netflix's Cobra Kai, Starz' Power Book III: Raising Kanan, Showtime's Yellowjackets and ABC's Abbott Elementary have all closed their writers' rooms.
Rob Lowe himself was at the strike earlier this week. Outside of Paramount, he told Deadline that he stands in solidarity with the writers because "we're only as good as the writing we get."
Unstable follows an introverted son (John Owen Lowe) who goes to work for his highly successful, wildly eccentric father (Rob Lowe) to save him and his successful biotech company from disaster. It is inspired by Rob and John Owen Lowe's social media relationship, in which John Owen often humorously trolls his father.
Rob Lowe's Ellis Dragon is a widely admired, eccentric, narcissistic biotech entrepreneur who wants to make the world a better place. He is also in an emotional free fall. His son Jackson Dragon is... none of these things. So the question is: Can Jackson save Ellis and company and salvage their estranged relationship while also doing the impossible: escape the shadow of his larger-than-life father?
The series was conceived and produced by Lowes and Victor Fresco. Marc Buckland serves as executive producer. The cast also includes Sian Clifford, Aaron Branch, Rachel Marsh and Emma Ferreira.
Watch the trailer for the first season of Unstable below.
