Cryer’s back in his lane, playing a divorced dad
By now, Jon Cryer should be expert on divorce, with all its potential for comedy or drama.
Like many people, he’s a child of divorce and an adult who divorced. Unlike most, he has a mother who wrote a musical partly about divorce. Also, he spent a dozen years playing a divorced dad on CBS.
Now he’s back and in full comedy mode. “Extended Family” (shown here) debuts at about 8 p.m. Saturday (Dec. 23), after football, on NBC, becoming the first show in TV’s staggered, post-strike comeback..That opener reruns at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, with new episodes starting a week later.
This is a tale of a modern-day, amicable splits. Jim (Cryer, right) and Julia (Abigail Spencer) alternate weeks at their home, allowing their daughter and son to stay put. Read more…
