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EXCLUSIVE: HBO Max has added six much to nan formed of its one-hour play aviator How to Survive Without Me: Scarlett Abinante (Animal Kingdom), Genevieve Angelson (The Handmaid’s Tale), Tommy Dewey (Running Point), Matthew Kellison (Jimmy Kimmel Live!), Colette Porch (Hal & Harper), and Ella Rubin (Buzzards: A Johnny Cash Story).
Abinante, Dewey, Kellison, Porch, and Rubin are bid regulars; Angelson, a impermanent star. The actors subordinate an ensemble that includes nan antecedently announced Ray Romano, Joshua Jackson, Kaley Cuoco, Julia Schlaepfer, Jack Ball, Kylar Miranda, Julian Grey, and Rita Wilson.
Abinante and Porch will play fraternal twins Beth and Stephanie, daughters of Kate (Cuoco) and Dan (Dewey). Both are excessively smart for their ain bully and person precocious developed rebellious streaks and crisp tongues to nan siren of their parents.
Dewey’s Dan is simply a benignant and imaginative painter, and nan only somewhat chaotic point Kate has ever loved. He’s a responsible begetter and a diligent hubby who lets Kate return nan reins, but astatine times feels he has to compete for Kate’s attraction pinch her family.
Angelson plays Molly, a wealthy, uptight and demanding female who makes teachers cry. One of Kate’s regular creation clients, Molly is speedy to judge and has small patience aliases select erstwhile annoyed.
Kellison plays Bennett, a high-energy terror. Bennett is Cary (Ball) and Luis’ (Miranda) older child, whose antics person caused problems astatine schoolhouse and time off Cary exhausted.
Rubin plays nan tiny and guiltless Dottie, Cary and Luis’ younger child, who remains mostly quiet amid nan family’s chaos but picks her moments to chime successful pinch nan unwitting comedic timing only a mini kid tin have.
Hailing from Berlanti Productions and workplace Warner Bros. Television, How to Survive Without Me picks up successful nan aftermath of matriarch Beverly’s (Wilson) passing, uncovering that nan De Angelis family person begun to drift, unsure really to negociate their complicated, evolving lives without her guidance. But successful existent Beverly fashion, she recovered a measurement to support moving nan show from beyond nan grave. Should they wish to acquisition Beverly’s last work, nan family must find nan clip — and make nan effort — to stay connected and beryllium location for each different done each of life’s challenges yet to come.
The aviator is written by Greg Berlanti and Bash Doran, pinch communicative by Berlanti, Doran and Robbie Rogers. Sarah Schechter, Leigh London Redman and Rogers are exec producing via Berlanti Productions and its wide woody pinch Warner Bros. Television.
Abinante is repped by Luber Roklin Entertainment and Zuri Agency; Angelson by Industry Entertainment and Verve; Dewey by The Kohner Agency, Anonymous Content, and Myman Greenspan Fox; Kellison by Coast to Coast Talent Group, Robin Loehr, and Jackoway Austen; Porch by CESD Talent Agency and Berke Management; and Rubin by LA Talent.
