{"id":894486,"date":"2026-09-16T20:34:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T20:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/894486\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T20:34:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T20:34:11","slug":"how-to-survive-without-me-lands-series-order-at-hbo-max","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/894486\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018How To Survive Without Me\u2019 Lands Series Order At HBO Max"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tHow To Survive Without Me<\/a>, the family drama starring Ray Romano<\/a>, Kaley Cuoco<\/a> and Joshua Jackson<\/a>, is officially a go at HBO Max.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe project, which comes from Greg Berlanti<\/a>, has, as expected, been handed a series order from the Warner Bros. Discovery-owned streamer. It will consist of 15 episodes and comes as part of HBO Max\u2019s strategy to follow the model of its Emmy-winning medical drama The Pitt, with a modest budget and yearly release, somewhat akin to the old broadcast model.<\/p>\n

\n\tHow To Survive Without Me was handed a pilot order last November<\/a> and its chances of a pickup improved in March after it was awarded tax credits from the California Tax Commission<\/a>. Deadline understands that HBO Max asked Berlanti for two back-up scripts before giving the final greenlight.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe pilot was written by Berlanti and Bash Doran with story by Berlanti, Doran and Robbie Rogers. The studio is Warner Bros. Television<\/a>. It marks the first show that married couple Berlanti and Rogers have co-created together. <\/p>\n

\n\tIt follows the De Angelis family, who, in the wake of matriarch Beverly\u2019s passing, have begun to drift, unsure how to manage their complicated, evolving lives without her guidance, but in true Beverly fashion, she found a way to keep running the show from the beyond. Should they wish to experience Beverly\u2019s final work, the family must find the time \u2014 and make the effort \u2014 to remain connected and be there for each other through all of life\u2019s challenges yet to come.<\/p>\n

\n\tRomano plays the family\u2019s patriarch and Rita Wilson<\/a> plays the deceased matriarch. It also stars Julia Schlaepfer, Jack Ball, Kylar Miranda, Julian Grey, Scarlett Abinante, Tommy Dewey, Matthew Kellison, Colette Porch and Ella Rubin as as members of the De Angelis family.<\/p>\n

\n\tGuest stars include Dar Zuzovsky, Genevieve Angelson, Joe Romano, Katie Aselton, Katie Monds, Kevin Changaris, Pressley Hosbach, Richard Blackmon, Sof\u00eda Rodr\u00edguez-Toymil, and Will Yun Lee.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe show has been mentioned in the vein of Brothers and Sisters, which Berlanti worked on, Everwood, which Berlanti created and Six Feet Under.<\/p>\n

\n\tIt is exec produced by Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, Leigh London Redman and Robbie Rogers via Berlanti Productions, which has an overall deal with Warner Bros. Television, Doran, Ryan O\u2019Connell, and Daniel Minahan, who also directs.<\/p>\n

\n\tIt marks the fourth series sale for Berlanti Productions in the last twelve months; it recently received a greenlight for horror drama Stillwater at Amazon<\/a>, Afterlife with Archie landed at Disney+<\/a> and it is making the upcoming Scooby-Doo! live-action series at Netflix<\/p>\n

\n\tHow To Survive Without Me was one of two drama pilots order by HBO Max at the time. It emerged last month that the other \u2013 American Blue \u2013 was not going forward at the streamer, but the project is still alive with Warner Bros. Television, which is still shopping it to other outlets.<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\tGreg Berlanti said, \u201cThe first show I ever created was a family drama, almost exactly 25 years before this one was picked up. It\u2019s been incredibly emotional to return to this kind of storytelling and I\u2019m so grateful to Casey, Sarah, Joey and everyone at HBO Max for asking, to Channing, Brett and Clancy and the Warner Bros. team, and finally our brilliant cast \u2014 Ray, Kaley, Josh, Rita and the rest of our extraordinary ensemble and crew. To also co-create it with Bash and my husband, Robbie, and draw from our own families\u2019 experiences of love and loss has made the whole show the most personal thing I\u2019ve worked on in years.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tSarah Aubrey, Head of Max Original Programming, said, \u201cRay Romano, Kaley Cuoco, Joshua Jackson, and Rita Wilson lead a dream cast perfect for this emotional, extraordinary story. We\u2019re delighted to be in business again with Greg and our partners at Berlanti Productions and Warner Bros. Television.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tChanning Dungey, Chairman and CEO, Warner Bros. Television Group and WBD US Networks, added, \u201cAll of us at Warner Bros. Television are thrilled to have another new series from our brilliant partner Greg Berlanti and his team. This is an incredible cast bringing to life a deeply personal, heartfelt story\u2014one filled with laughter, and the kind of warmth that makes it instantly relatable. We are excited to be part of this next chapter with HBO Max and can\u2019t wait to bring this beautiful story to fruition.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"How To Survive Without Me, the family drama starring Ray Romano, Kaley Cuoco and Joshua Jackson, is officially…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":894487,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[64,63,134,463811,463812,14313,151298,119409,61913,427,357378],"class_list":["post-894486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-greg-berlanti","tag-how-to-survive-without-me","tag-joshua-jackson","tag-kaley-cuoco","tag-ray-romano","tag-rita-wilson","tag-tv","tag-warner-bros-television"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/894486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=894486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/894486\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/894487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=894486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=894486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=894486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}