Amazon Orders Comedy ‘DINKS’ Starring June Diane Raphael & Paul Scheer From Marta Kauffman
Over two years after Amazon ordered a pilot for improv comedy series DINKS, the streamer has handed the June Diane Raphael and Paul Scheer-fronted project a greenlight. DINKS (Dual Income No Kids) comes from Friends co-creator Marta Kauffman. Deadline revealed the pilot order in April 2024. It comes out of a deal between Lionsgate and […]
Amazon has ordered a new comedy series called "DINKS" (Dual Income No Kids) starring June Diane Raphael and Paul Scheer. The show, which comes from Marta Kauffman, co-creator of Friends, is an improvised multi-camera sitcom. According to TheWrap, it follows a couple who decide to renovate their dream house.
The series is produced by Lionsgate Television, Amazon MGM Studios, and Okay Goodnight, a production company founded by Kauffman. June Diane Raphael and Paul Scheer, who are married in real life, will star in and executive produce the show, alongside Marta Kauffman and Hannah K.S. Canter. Jon Gabrus is also attached as a series regular.
The show is described as unique, hilarious, and warm, with Marta Kauffman saying that shooting it is like being on a roller coaster in the dark. Variety notes that "DINKS" is Amazon's first-ever multi-cam sitcom and its first-ever improvised multi-cam comedy.
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