- Sam Jaeger spoke with ipromiseyoumedia on the PaleyFest LA 2025 The Handmaid’s Story occasion
- Jaeger tells ipromiseyoumedia that he’s scared {that a} reboot of NBC’s Parenthood would possibly destroy the legacy of the sequence, which ran from 2010-2015
- Jaeger is open to the concept of a reboot, although. Former Parenthood castmates Dax Shepard and Lauren Graham additionally just lately spoke about doing a restricted model of a reboot of the sequence
Sam Jaeger says he cannot determine if doing a Parenthood reboot is a good suggestion or not.
On the PaleyFest LA 2025 The Handmaid’s Story occasion on March 26, Jaeger tells ipromiseyoumedia solely that he is a “little bit” scared {that a} reboot would possibly destroy the legacy of the sequence, which ran from 2010 to 2015.
Jaeger, 48, tells ipromiseyoumedia, “Typically these reveals, after they come again you nearly want that they only stayed the place [they were.] was. So I might have to make certain. I wish to shield what’s there. However on the identical time, parenting has modified a lot since we completed that present. And so I believe it might be fascinating to revisit that facet of it.”
He isn’t completely against the concept of a reboot, although. Jaeger, who performed Joel Graham on the fan-favorite sequence, says that he simply goes backwards and forwards with the concept.
“It is such a lovely present and generally you wish to do it and really feel prefer it has the identical love that was put in,” he notes.
Jaeger additionally tells ipromiseyoumedia that the solid and crew of each Parenthood and The Handmaid’s Story, premiering its sixth and closing season April 8 on Hulu, was “simply chock filled with great individuals to work with,” so the prospect to work with Lauren Graham, Mae Whitman, Dax Shepard, Peter Krause, and others is the one draw of rebooting Parenthood for him.
“Parenthood [had] so many implausible, humorous people who to return and spend time with them? Yeah, I believe I might do this. Alright. You bought me interested by it although, and that is fascinating,” Jaeger tells ipromiseyoumedia.
The subject of a Parenthood reboot additionally just lately got here up on the March 8 episode of Shepard’s Armchair Skilled podcast, with Graham as a returning visitor. The 2 performed Braverman siblings, Crosby and Sarah, respectively, on the NBC sequence and broached the subject of rebooting the present nearly a decade after its sequence finale.
Shepard stated, “I don’t want to behave in any respect, however I deeply miss being on Parenthood.”
“And there’s a model of that present I might in all probability do if it have been eight episodes or 10 episodes, and it wasn’t like a factor the place I could not handle my now actual job,” he continued, referring to his podcast with co-host Monica Padman. “I do not care the way it seems, I simply wish to hang around with you guys once more.”
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Graham, 58, usually agreed with Shepard’s thought {that a} Parenthood reboot would work with a shorter format, just like the 4-episode reboot of The Gilmore Women she did with Netflix in 2016. She famous that one thing like a vacation particular or a film would work for a Parenthood reboot. “That is what I believe the Brits accomplish that properly with their beloved reveals,” Graham stated. She added, “I’ve stated, if someone calls me to do [a Parenthood reboot], I will do it.”
Till then, followers can stream Parenthood, in addition to Seasons 1-5 of The Handmaid’s Story, on Hulu.
