The first episode of NBC’s newest sitcom, Extended Family, follows a middle-aged father’s struggle to cover up the death of his daughter’s goldfish. In his anguish, he learns that his ex-wife and co-parent is engaged to the owner of the Boston Celtics.
Naturally, he wonders …how can I score some floor seats?
I’ll let Wyc Grousbeck – real-life owner of the Celtics and a producer of the new show – explain the premise of Extended Family:
“So my wife, Emilia [Fazzalari], and her ex, George [Geyer], had a very amicable divorce a number of years ago, and they did a thing called nesting.