I am the creator, writer, producer, sometimes

director of Reboot.

I just wanted to work with him.

I didn't even need to read the script.

And he still hasn't read the script.

The show is about the rebooting of a 2000's era sitcom.

The characters brought to life by these amazing actors.

They're multi dimensional.

Reed, played by Keegan-Michael Key,

is sort of this erudite, pompous actor.

That's not exactly what they taught

us at the Yale School of Drama.

The original showrunner, played by Paul Reiser.

Gordon!

You know, I certainly know how to play

a guy who's run a show and dealt with network people

and actors and writers.

Basically, that's my choice.

I do your script or I can go jump in a lake.

I mean, I don't care where you jump.

And then there is this new pretty woke

showrunner, played by Rachel Bloom.

That's obviously me and a lot of my friends.

We don't need a bunch of dinosaurs

in the writers room.

Rachel is a writer

and she is living a version of this life quite often.

It's real.

It feels like I know five people like that.

My character is based on a super badass, amazing

writer/producer from Modern Family - Elaine Ko

Krista Marie Yu attacks that role, the Hulu executive,

so precisely.

I'm pretty similar to my character.

I think I always grew up trying to make things right.

I'm not sure if I ever

necessarily felt like I fit in.

Zach, who is played by

Calum Worthy, been doing

teen straight to video movies.

I was a former child actor

and I know that it's a difficult transition

to go from being a child working in this industry

to an adult working in this industry.

You were just playing my dad

Right!

So I shouldn't have been disappointed

that I never heard from you after the show ended.

Not even on my birthday.

Well, I'm really not into birthdays or kids.

My name is Judy Greer and I play Bree.

Many concussions he has had.

Bree, played by Judy Greer, ended up marrying the Duke of Fjordstad.

I'm trying to be a good duchess but they just don't accept outsiders.

I'm much more like her than I thought I was.

When I walked towards

Steve Levitan and he turns and

tries to run the other way,

Oh, she's got another

Can I ask you a ques---?

Oh.

I'm a big fan.

Oh, thanks.

That's so sweet.

What was I saying?

I play

what's my character's name?

Clay.

Johnny brings a sense of mischief.

You believe that he's been through some stuff

through the years.

I'm not too far away

from the character that I'm playing.

Maybe he's drank a little too much at a time in his life.

And who am I to throw stones?

Go on.

He's trying to quit drinking.

I'm not.

Let's make that clear.

There is one major difference.

I remember hearing about the Roseanne reboot.

I was reading about some of the behind

the scenes things, thinking, well, that's the show

I want to watch.

I don't know that I'd rush back to do another

half-hour sitcom, but to do a show

about a half-hour sitcom, that was really funny

because you get to say things

behind the scenes

that you can't actually do on the show.

There were times where it was confusing

to know where the set ended and the lot began.

Sometimes I have to be reminded

which of my two characters I'm playing,

but that's what we have Judy Greer for.

Johnny and I, in the show, park next to each other

and in real life we parked next to each other.

So that was weird,

pulling up in the morning, saying hi to him

and then doing a scene where we pull up

in the morning and say hi to each other.

A lot of our actual crew, too,

were playing their parts.

Yes.

Like our props guy, Gavin.

He was the guy with the popcorn.

I ended up bringing a lot of the experiences

I had through the years

into the show and all the writers did.

And we got into some pretty heavy stuff and things

I've been thinking and feeling for a long time,

and I think that's what's going to make it resonate.

I think it's all such a love letter

to the making of TV.