January 08, 2015
The concept, created by Fey and Robert Carlock, is pretty trippy: Schmidt (Ellie Kemper) is a young woman who must start anew in New York City after 15 years isolated in a doomsday bunker. (Presumably, hilarity ensues.)
Originally pegged as a midseason addition to NBC's 2015 lineup, Fey told IGN in an interview that the show may find an edgier tone now that it's shifted from NBC to Netflix.
Fey on setting new boundaries off-network:
"I would be thrilled to do another show for broadcast in the future," Fey said. "I'm sure Robert would too. I think, you know we've been talking -- once the [Netflix] deal came through, we were sort of excitedly talking about, oh, we will have to find our own boundary next year. I mean, the tone of the show is set. So I don't think it'll be a drastic shift. But I think we'll have to find it as we go, as we start writing next year, of whether these guys encounter people swearing or people with their shirts off. I keep saying to Robert, 'It's going to be like that year when Stern went from regular radio to Sirius, and you're like, oh, now you can say whatever you want. Now what are you going to say.'"
Apparently, this is what she's doing with the newfound creative freedom:
The Netflix effect. #TCA15 RT @TheKimmySchmidt: "Season 2 is mostly shower sex." - #TinaFey
— Netflix US (@netflix) January 7, 2015
Season One of Fey's 13-episode Netflix show is scheduled to debut Friday, March 6. Netflix has already renewed it for a second season.
In other Fey news, BuzzFeed reports, she offered up some random (but always welcome) commentary at the Television Critics Association winter press tour in Pasadena, Calif., about comedy as free speech. Which, while we're on the subject, Fey told Access Hollywood that Bill Cosby won't be off-limits fodder for jokes when she co-hosts the Golden Globes this Sunday.
