Anthony Anderson is teaming up together with his mom, Doris Bowman, in any other case referred to as Mama Doris, in Fox’s newest competitors sequence We Are Household and he’s excited (and probably nervous) to listen to what she’s acquired to say.
Anderson and Bowman changed Jamie Foxx and his daughter Corinne within the sequence, which launches on Wednesday January 3 and comes from Fox Various Leisure and Apploff Leisure.
The sequence showcases non-famous family of celebrities performing duets with their hidden well-known member of the family. It includes a studio viewers completely comprised of 100 contestants taking part in by a number of rounds of clues and gameplay to win as much as $150,000 every by accurately guessing which movie star the performer is expounded to earlier than they’re revealed.
We Are Household is just not the primary time that Anderson and his mom have labored collectively. Doris went viral after an look on Superstar Household Feud, the place her risqué reply stopped Steve Harvey in his tracks, and she or he has appeared with him on his long-running sitcom Black-ish in addition to sport present To Inform The Reality and on final yr’s E! journey sequence Trippin’ with Anthony Anderson and Mama Doris.
As you possibly can see from the clip above, Doris doesn’t mince her phrases or care for correct names as she calls Mariska Hargitay, star of Legislation & Order: SVU, “Mariska Coronary heart Assault”.
Anderson admits his mom has “no filter”. “In tv, you will need to stroll a really tight line, however my mom speaks from the guts and tells it how it’s and the way she sees it. She will get to cuss much more in actual life in the case of me, however our chemistry is similar that you simply see on tv, and I believe that’s what’s so endearing about it. What you see is what our actual lives are like, and it’s our true relationship,” he informed Deadline.
Anthony Anderson on We Are Household (Tom Griscom/Fox)
Despite her on display foibles, Anderson, who’s internet hosting this month’s delayed Emmys for Fox, evidently enjoys placing his mama on telly. “We Are Household is about non-celebrated members of the family who’ve expertise, which is sort of what and my mom and I are all about, besides she has no expertise, and I’m the movie star within the household. On the present, these non-famous members of the family truly have expertise, and to be part of that and witness firsthand this unbelievable showcase of hidden expertise is an expertise I didn’t need to miss,” he added.
The sequence was created in-house by Fox Various Leisure earlier than bringing in Apploff Leisure and Alter Ego exec producer Matilda Zoltowski to develop it. Jeff Apploff is behind a big portion of Fox’s unscripted slate together with Beat Shazam, Psychological Samurai and Don’t Overlook The Lyrics. He exec produces the present alongside Joni Day, the previous Fremantle exec that joined the corporate final yr, in addition to Jamie Foxx and Zoltowski, who serves as showrunner.
Apploff mentioned that the chemistry between Anderson and Mama Doris is “the most effective 1-2 dynamics on tv” and joked that Anderson is the “consummate conspiracy theorist” so he enjoys making an attempt to crack the clues himself.
He mentioned that he believes We Are Household is the “good combine” of efficiency, comedy and sport.
“We Are Household is in contrast to another sport present as a result of the viewers gained’t acknowledge the unsung heroes who’re sure to amaze everybody with their unbelievable expertise, however we possible do know their hidden movie star family shrouded in our tremendous sphere. The premise is extremely recent and enjoyable as a result of something could be a clue,” mentioned Apploff.
He calls it a “utterly totally different sort of guessing sport” as a result of three celebrities are revealed every evening, in comparison with exhibits like The Masked Singer, the place the viewers has to attend a whole season to find the identities of a few of the celebrities.
Zoltowski added that music and celebrities are “central” to nice leisure exhibits. “All of us can relate to the household facet, so why not weave that in, too,” she mentioned.
“We workshopped a number of alternative ways of taking part in this sport, from a single participant sport present to a celebrity-panel present. We quickly realized that a number of guesses from very totally different individuals offers us the broadest vary of enjoyable guesses, representing all kinds of viewpoints. As a result of there’s no predicting how somebody may put the clues collectively, there are enjoyable surprises at each flip,” she added.
