.
. >>> THIS IS SO EXCITING.
LOOK WHO WE HAVE JOINING US.
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE INVITED HELEN
HUNT AND PAUL REISER INTO THEIR
HOMES EVERY WEEK WITH THE
BELOVED ’90s SITCOM "MAD ABOUT
YOU", THEIR CHARACTERS JAMIE AND
PAUL NAVIGATED LIFE AND MARRIAGE
AS A YOUNG COUPLE IN NEW YORK
CITY.
CITY. NOW, THE BUCKMANS ARE BACK LIFE
AS EMPTY NESTERS.
>> NO KID, NO RUSH, YOU AND ME
AND THIS CHAMPAGNE ULTIMATELY,
AND THE BAGELS THAT YOU WENT OUT
TO GET AND SEEM TO NOT HAVE.
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. YES.
YES. >> YOU WENT OUT TO GET BAGELS
AND FORGOT TO GET BAGELS.
>> I DIDN’T FORGET.
THEY WERE OUT.
>> THE WHOLE CITY?
>> I KNOW, DO YOU KNOW WHAT
HAPPENED?
HAPPENED? >> I DON’T.
>> WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR NOW?
>> I THINK WE HAVE SOME FOOD.
>> SWEETIE, WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT
THIS.
THIS. IF YOU TALK INTO THE FREEZER, NO
ONE CAN HEAR YOU.
>> HELEN AND PAUL, GOOD MORNING,
I REMEMBER LOVING THIS SHOW IN
THE ’90s, LOVED IT, AND I KIND
OF REMEMBER, WHAT WAS THE LAST
SHOW, BUT I KIND OF REMEMBER IT
BEING LIKE A SOLID END, LIKE
THERE WOULD BE NO IDEA OF EVER
BRINGING IT BACK AGAIN.
>> WE TRIED TO MAKE SURE THAT
COULD NEVER HAPPEN.
>> YEAH, HELEN DIRECTED THE
FINALE, IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL
THING.
THING. WE WRAPPED IT UP AND WE EVEN
SHOWED THE FUTURE.
>> IT WAS OVER, RIGHT?
>> AND YET HERE WE ARE.
>> HERE YOU GUYS SIT.
WHAT WAS IT, WHAT MADE YOU GUYS
DECIDE, LET’S GIVE THIS ONE
ANOTHER GO.
ANOTHER GO. >> I MEAN, I LOVE WORKING WITH
THIS PERSON, SO THERE WAS THAT,
MOSTLY, AND THEN WE KIND OF DID
THE MATH AND REALIZED THAT THE
DAUGHTER THAT WE HAD AT THE END
OF THE SERIES WOULD BE LEAVING
NOW, AND WE BOTH THOUGHT, THAT
WOULD BE FUN TO WRITE ABOUT IT,
AND THAT WOULD BE FUN TO ACT.
I HAVE MY OWN EMPTY NEST THING
GOING ON.
GOING ON. PAUL JUST WENT THROUGH IT.
SO WE WERE EXCITED AND MOTIVATED
TO WRITE ABOUT THAT.
>> AND IT KIND OF FELT LIKE THE
ORIGINAL SHOW WHICH WAS ABOUT
WHAT’S IT LIKE WHEN IT’S YOU AND
ANOTHER PERSON IN FOUR WALLS AND
WHEN YOUR CHILD LEAVES, THERE
YOU ARE AGAIN, EXCEPT FOR YOU’RE
OLDER AND MORE TIRED AND DON’T
HEAR AS WELL.
>> WELL, THE WORLD’S KIND OF A
DIFFERENT PLACE.
DIFFERENT PLACE. DID YOU WONDER, BECAUSE
SOMETIMES WHEN YOU HAVE
SOMETHING THAT’S SO GOOD, YOU’RE
LIKE, WELL, LET’S LEAVE WELL
ENOUGH ALONE.
ENOUGH ALONE. WERE YOU ON THAT SIDE IN THE
BEGINNING, HELEN?
BEGINNING, HELEN? >> I THINK BOTH OF US JUST
THOUGHT, WE LEFT, PEOPLE SEEMED
TO LIKE IT, WHY TEMPT FATE, BUT
WE BOTH GOT ARTISTICALLY GREEDY
AND THOUGHT THIS COULD BE FUN.
>> WE’LL DO IT ONCE, LET’S DO A
LITTLE BATCH, WE MADE 12, AND
YOU KNOW, IN THE BEGINNING, YOU
SAY, WELL, LET’S GO FOR SEVEN,
EIGHT YEARS, AND HERE WE THOUGHT
LET’S JUST HAVE FUN AND OUR
MOTTO WAS PLEASE DON’T LET THIS
SUCK.
SUCK. THAT WAS THE BAR.
>> THAT DIDN’T SUCK.
OKAY.
OKAY. GOOD.
GOOD. >> YOU HAD A STUDIO AUDIENCE
THAT’S THERE WATCHING YOU GUYS
DO IT JUST LIKE YOU DID IN THE
’90s.
’90s. >> WE DO.
>> WE DO. >> THEY’VE GIVE YOU A LOT OF
ENERGY.
ENERGY. THEY LAUGH.
THEY LAUGH. THAT’S YOUR TEST AUDIENCE.
THEY’RE RIGHT THERE.
>> THERE’S AN EPISODE, WE’RE
HAVING A FIGHT, AND IT’S ONE OF
THE FEW TIMES, THE AUDIENCE WENT
WITH HER, HE MADE A GOOD POINT.
YOU COULD FEEL IT BACK AND
FORTH.
FORTH. >> AND YOU DIRECTED THE VERY
FIRST ONE.
FIRST ONE. >> I DID.
>> I DID. >> NO PRESSURE THERE.
I MEAN, WHAT WAS IT LIKE BEING
IN THAT CHAIR AGAIN BECAUSE
YOU’VE DONE IT A BUNCH?
>> I THINK WE HAVE A RUNNERWONDE
SHOW RUNNER, ONE OF THE THREE OF
US HAD TO DIRECT IT, AND WE MADE
EVERY DECISION TOGETHER, AND SO
I GOT TO DO IT, AND PAUL’S FUN
TO DIRECT.
TO DIRECT. >> WHEN WE CAME BACK TO IT, WE
THOUGHT, CAN YOU IMAGINE SOME
POOR DIRECTOR COMING IN NEW AND
SAYING, DEAL WITH THESE TWO
KNUCKLE HEAD, AND WE SAID WE
KNOW THE SHOW, AND HELEN IS A
GREAT DIRECTOR, AND WE HAD SUCH
A SHORTHAND, SO IT WAS REALLY
EASY AND SHE’S A GREAT DIRECTOR
AND IT WAS GREAT FUN.
AND FFS AMAZING WHEN YOU GET
BACK ON THAT SET IN THAT LIVING
ROOM THAT WE HAD SPENT SEVEN
YEARS IN, SUDDENLY IT ALL FELT
VERY FAMILIAR IN THE BEST SENSE
AND WE HIT THE GROUND RUNNING.
>> SPEAKING OF GREAT DIRECTORS,
WHICH YOU ARE, AND THERE WAS SO
MUCH HUBBUB IN THE GOLDEN GLOBES
WHEN THEY WERE LISTING THE
DIRECTORS AND THERE WASN’T ONE
WOMAN IN THE RUNNING, YOUR FIRST
GUT REACTION.
GUT REACTION. >> I DON’T KNOW IF YOU HAVE IT
BUT WE TOOK A PHOTOGRAPH OF OUR
DIRECTORS THAT WE HIRED AND
PRETTY, YOU KNOW, BEST OF LUCK
TO ME, SO PROUD OF THAT, AND WE
BOTH WERE, AND THIS NOMINATION
THING MEANS WE’RE NOT IN THE
MIDDLE OF THAT FIGHT, WE’RE AT
THE END OF THAT FIGHT, AND WE’RE
MAKING SOME PROGRESS, BUT PEOPLE
JUST HIRE, YOU’RE IN A POSITION
TO HIRE, HIRE PEOPLE WHO HAVE
BEEN LESS SUPPORTED IN THE PAST.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. >> YOU KNOW WHAT I LOVE ABOUT
YOU GUYS, FIRST OF ALL, YOU LEAN
ON EACH OTHER PHYSICALLY.
>> ACTUALLY, RIGHT NOW, IT’S SO
EARLY WHAT YOU DO.
I’M A LITTLE BIT SLEEPY BUT I’M
HAPPY TO BE HERE.
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE WHEN THEIR
SHOWS END, THEY SAY SEE YOU
LATER, WE’LL SEE YOU AT A PARTY.
>> WE WERE LUCKY.
WE GOT TOGETHER CONTINUALLY, AND
NEVER TALKED ABOUT THE SHOW.
WE TALK ABOUT OUR KIDS AND LIVES
AND WHAT WE WERE DOING.
THAT’S THE EASIEST PIECE OF THE
PUZZLE, THIS WILL BE FUN.
THAT WAS THE APPEAL.
LET’S WORK TOGETHER, AND AS I
SAID, WHEN SHE DIRECTED THE
FIRST ONE, IT WAS LIKE, YEAH,
JUST BEING IN HER HANDS WAS A
SAFE PLACE.
SAFE PLACE. >> WE’RE SO HAPPY YOU’RE ALL
BACK ON THE AIR, AND HAPPY
YOU’RE HERE WITH US TODAY.
THANKS FOR HANGING WITH US, WE
APPRECIATE IT.
APPRECIATE IT. FOR THE FIRST SIX EPISODES OF
"MAD ABOUT YOU", THEY’RE
STREAMING ON SPECTRUM ORIGINAL,
THE NEXT SIX WILL BE RELEASED ON
WEDNESDAY.
WEDNESDAY. >> IF YOU DON’T HAVE SPECTRUM
YET, EVERYBODY CAN WATCH THE
FIRST TWO, GO TO
SPECTRUMSORIGINALS.COM, AND YOU
CAN WATCH THE FIRST TWO.