Fresh off its Golden Globe win for best comedy or musical TV series, “The Studio” is heading back behind the cameras next week. That’s the word from series star and executive producer Seth Rogen, who told press backstage at Sunday’s kudocast.
Episode 8 of Season 1 took place at the Golden Globes, so Sunday night’s actual show made things a bit surreal for Rogen and company as the show picked up multiple awards. Rogen also hinted that Season.2 might even make a return trip to the Globes, noting that some things that happened during the evening at the Beverly Hilton might even inspire events that transpire in Season 2.
“We’ve literally written some things that happened leading up to this award show into episodes as we’ve been writing the show. We start shooting in a week,” he said. “So yes, several things have happened, both today and leading up to this event that we have written directly into the show, and you’ll probably know what they are when you see them.”
Rogen said that could include cameos by people who came up to him during the Globes, pitching themselves to make appearances in Season 2.
“A lot of people literally just come up to us and were like, ‘Put me on your show. I’ll do anything. I’ll walk by!’” Rogen said. “It’s very lovely. The head of Sony, Tom [Rothman, the chairman and CEO of the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group]. I love that real studio heads want to be on the show.”
The execs were perhaps inspired by the appearance of Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos in Season 1. “Ted kind of ruined it for everyone. But yeah, there’s a few people we roped in tonight. This is good poaching ground for us.”
Besides the win for best comedy/musical series, Rogen also won for best actor in a TV comedy. That came months after “The Studio” Globes episode, which recruited actors like Jean Smart and Adam Scott in addition to Sarandos to play sent-up versions of themselves.
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“This is so weird! We just pretended to do this. And now it is happening!” Rogen said as he clutched his Golden Globe award. “I thought the only way I would get to hold one is to create a show to give myself a fake one.”
The Globes wins come after “The Studio” also cleaned up at last September’s Emmy Awards, where the show made Emmys history by winning 13 Emmys, breaking the all-time record for most wins for a comedy series. Also, Rogen tied the record for most Emmys won by a single individual in one night.
“The Studio” filmed its first season in Los Angeles — and snagged $13.2 million in California tax credits to do the same for Season 2. Reports had previously suggested that production might get underway in December; with the January start date, it’s still unclear when “The Studio” might return to Apple TV for Season 2. (Season 1 aired from March to May 2025.)
“The Studio” stars Rogen, Catherine O’Hara, Kathryn Hahn, Ike Barinholtz and Chase Sui Wonders. Executive Producers include Rogen, Evan Goldberg, James Weaver, Alex McAtee, Josh Fagen, Alex Gregory and Peter Huyck.
“The Studio” was nominated for three Golden Globes this year. Besides Rogen’s win best performance by a male actor in a television series — musical or comedy and the series win for best TV musical or comedy, O’Hara was nominated for supporting TV actress.
From Variety US