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Fran Drescher Rules Out Return to Traditional Sitcoms, Citing Three-Camera Grind

She tells Ted Danson the daily soundstage routine no longer feels worth her time.

Overview

  • Speaking on Ted Danson’s Where Everybody Knows Your Name podcast on Feb. 18, Fran Drescher said she does not see herself doing another sitcom.
  • Drescher pointed to the soundstage-every-day schedule and the demands of three-camera/live production, a view Danson affirmed as especially taxing.
  • She recalled that her last sitcom as a series regular, NBC’s Indebted in 2020, was not her show and involved playing the mom during a winter shoot.
  • She said the long days left her entering and leaving in darkness, prompting her to question whether spending time that way was worthwhile.
  • Drescher said she might return to television in roles with creative control such as writing, executive-producing, or directing.