Always Sunny S17: McElhenney's Standards & Practices Saga Continues
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Always Sunny S17: McElhenney's Standards & Practices Saga Continues
Rob McElhenney posted another look at how things work between It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia scripts and Standards & Practices (S&P).
Published Wed, 23 Oct 2024 18:38:11 -0500
by Ray Flook
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October has been a pretty damn good month for fans of FXX's Kaitlin Olson, Rob McElhenney, Charlie Day, Glenn Howerton & Danny DeVito– starring It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Along with The Gang signaling that filming on Season 17 was underway, we got a chance to learn a whole lot more about the upcoming crossover with Quinta Brunson's award-winning ABC series Abbott Elementary. But beneath all of the excitement, McElhenney also took us inside the world of Standards & Practices (S&P) and how it operates in terms of the scripts that they submit. Well, it looks like we might have an update – and an interesting one.
With the caption "'Sunny' Standards & Practices are something else," McElhenney shared a screencap of a note they received on a script earlier this month: "Page 26: Caution on a scene where Dennis," and then neatly two lines of texts crudely redacted. Now, here's the "interesting" part: "Any graphic bestiality simulation must be avoided for cuts airing on both FX linear channel & the Hulu platform" (yup, bolded). From there, it was noted that "given the nature of the scenes," they should "shoot alternate angles and positioning" should they be needed in post-production. The note ends with, "Please keep the," before more crude redacting:
That brings us to today, with McElhenney sharing another response from S&P. It appears that we might have an instance of "no notes are bad notes," assuming this was the response to the script discussed above even after it was retooled. McElhenney captioned the post, "Not a good sign," and added a crying face at the bottom – also not a good sign. Again, assuming that this is a reference to the script above, it reads like an attempt was made to make the scene work in a way that would get an S&P green light:
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: Kaitlin Olson on Emmy Snub
At the Emmy Awards ceremony in January, The Gang got the band back together to present the award for Outstanding Talk Series (Trevor Noah & The Daily Show would take top honors) – and to take a moment to address their topic of the show being ignored by Emmy voters. "Have you guys been doing this every year without us?" Day asked toward the opening of their segment. "I feel like we're getting the full Marvel treatment here."
To make matters even a little more insulting, this year also marked the first time that The Gang was invited to attend the biggest awards ceremony in television. DeVito really drove the point home when he reminded them that he had already won an Emmy for his work on Taxi – which would run for five seasons, picking up 34 nominations and 18 wins. "34 nominations in five years vs. zero nominations in 16 years? That math is bad!" Olson observed – before DeVito added, "Rhea [Perlman] won four for 'Cheers.'"
As fun as that was to watch, the point can't be ignored. How can a show that's run for 16 seasons (and counting) be as ignored as "Always Sunny" has been over the course of its run? "We talk about that a lot," Olson shared during an interview with Vanity Fair. "I think there are some shows where it's just decided, 'Oh, this is the hit show of the season,' and people will give it a shot. And then there are just some shows that are just like, 'No, this isn't an Emmy show.' And if you jumped in and saw a clip of our show and didn't quite understand it, you'd think this show is raunchy and gross—not appropriate and not classy and lowbrow. And the truth is, that's true. And if you really watch a full episode, it's so smart. We're making lots of statements. We are making fun of extremists. It's a lot more intelligent than people think."
Olson added, "It just became a thing where it was like, 'Oh, that show again.' People are looking at new shows. The truth is we are getting a lot of validation every single day. We have fans that will cry and shake if they take a picture [with us]. We're doing what we want to do, making a show that we're proud of and making people happy. I really am truly good. But will I take an Emmy? Yeah, I'll take an Emmy."
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