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Joshua Jackson Joins Ray Romano in HBO Max Family Drama Pilot 'How To Survive Without Me'

The pilot advances Max’s The Pitt–style push toward longer, modest-budget seasons.

Overview

  • Jackson will play Cooper, a Los Angeles chef opening a members dining club who carries on his late mother’s recipes while hiding a potentially damaging secret.
  • Romano stars as Leo, a newly widowed father of five adult children finding his voice as the family’s center after the matriarch’s death.
  • The pilot is written by Greg Berlanti and Bash Doran from a story by Berlanti, Doran and Robbie Rogers, with Berlanti, Doran, Rogers, Sarah Schechter and Leigh London Redman executive producing.
  • Warner Bros. Television is the studio, with the project produced under Berlanti Productions’ overall deal.
  • How To Survive Without Me is one of two Max drama pilots developed under The Pitt model, alongside American Blue starring Milo Ventimiglia, and it has not yet received a series order.