{"id":663931,"date":"2026-10-24T10:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T10:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/663931\/"},"modified":"2026-10-24T10:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T10:02:09","slug":"jamie-lee-curtis-reveals-she-had-to-create-her-own-sitcom-after-struggling-to-get-cast-in-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/663931\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamie Lee Curtis Reveals She Had to Create Her Own Sitcom After Struggling to Get Cast in One"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jamie Lee Curtis<\/a> is finally starring in the sitcom she wanted to make after deciding to create the opportunity herself.<\/p>\n

“I couldn’t get a job on a sitcom, and now I can because I created one,” she quipped while talking to People<\/a> about her new NBC comedy, Newlyweds<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Jamie Lee Curtis turned a long-held idea into Newlyweds<\/p>\n

Jamie has said she wanted to return to sitcoms after starring in the early-’90s series Anything But Love.<\/p>\n

“All I’ve ever said to my agents is, I want to do a sitcom, and they’ve not provided me one. So I had to provide one for myself,” she previously told TV Insider<\/a>.<\/p>\n

When another sitcom opportunity didn’t come along, she helped develop her own: Newlyweds, which she co-created with Gail Lerner, executive produces, and appears in as a recurring guest star.<\/p>\n

RELATED: NBC’s ‘Newlyweds’ Fires Co-Creator <\/a>Gail Lerner<\/a> After 6 Episodes, Just 2 Weeks Before Season 1 Premiere<\/a><\/p>\n

The idea came to the Oscar winner in 2019 after a conversation with a New York driver who mentioned that he had divorced and later remarried.<\/p>\n

“An older man was the driver and said that he was divorced, but then he mentioned his new wife. When he said, ‘My new wife,’ literally \u2026 in that moment, I knew [there] was a sitcom about people in their 60s and 70s who hooked up and got married on a whim,” she shared with People.<\/p>\n

Jamie said the story was “very similar” to her own story with her husband, Christopher Guest<\/a>. They’ve been married for more than 40 years.<\/p>\n

“I saw his picture in a magazine, said I was going to marry him and married him four months later after never being alone together for more than 72 hours,” Jamie said.<\/p>\n

Find out where <\/a>Jamie<\/a> ranks among the wealthiest horror stars<\/a>!<\/p>\n

What is Newlyweds about?<\/p>\n

The sitcom stars real-life married couple T\u00e9a Leoni<\/a> and Tim Daly<\/a> as Jeanie, a free-spirited woman, and James, a more buttoned-up professor. After a whirlwind courtship, the pair marry and begin adjusting to each other’s families and friends. Jamie plays Claudia, James’ ex-wife, who remains part of his life.<\/p>\n

Newlyweds premiered Friday, Oct. 23, at 8:30 p.m. ET on NBC. New episodes air Friday nights, and episodes stream on Peacock the following day.<\/p>\n

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