Colin Jost and “The Office” writer Danny Chun are launching a new, original comedy series produced outside the Hollywood studio system.
\n\nTitled “6 Bed 1 Bath,” the six-episode sitcom follows a group of five roommates in their 20s who share an apartment with a man who has lived there since 1982 and continued to build new bedrooms every time his rent increased, per the logline. The series recently wrapped production in New York City and will premiere across free, ad-supported video-on-demand platforms, such as Tubi, Pluto TV and the Roku Channel.
\n\n“6 Bed 1 Bath” was not produced by a major studio or streamer. Instead, Jost and Chun, who first worked together at the Harvard Lampoon, teamed up with the independent Revue Studios, which financed and structured the project around brand partnerships. The partnerships — facilitated by Revue, CAA Entertainment Partnerships and production companies These Pictures and No Notes — allowed Jost and Chun to retain full creative control of the series.
\n\n“Danny and I just wanted to make a show we thought was funny and somehow those are the hardest shows to get made,” said Jost. “So we found a new, innovative way to do it outside of the…
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