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Amazon Greenlights DINKS, an Improvised Multi‑Cam Sitcom From Marta Kauffman

The series pairs veteran creators with improv stars and an ad‑agency finance partner to test a new production and funding model for Prime Video.

Overview

  • The greenlight, announced Monday, moves DINKS from a 2024 pilot order into series production with Marta Kauffman and Hannah K.S. Canter credited as co-creators and Kauffman set as showrunner.
  • Producers describe DINKS as an improvised sitcom shot in a multi-camera format before a live audience, a combination they say has not been attempted on television at scale.
  • June Diane Raphael and Paul Scheer will star and executive-produce as a dual‑income, childless couple renovating a problematic dream house, with Jon Gabrus attached as a series regular.
  • Production partners include Amazon MGM Studios, Lionsgate Television and Kauffman’s Okay Goodnight, and Publicis Media Content Innovation is reported to be financing the series in full.
  • The project tests two industry shifts at once: a return by Prime Video to a multi-camera sitcom style under a marquee creator and a new ad‑agency financing model that aims to lower risk and speed greenlights.