Jury Duty is the newest documentary-style comedy series that has quite literally taken the internet by storm—like, if you can’t escape snippets of it on your TikTok feed, you are not alone! The show’s first season is currently available to watch on Amazon Freevee (we’ll get to that in a sec). And because Jury Duty was created by the makers of The Office, it’s def worth a binge. Plus, the show’s entire premise is so out of left field, you can’t help but want more. Here’s what to know Jury Duty, including when the next episodes come out. Onward!
First things first: What is Jury Duty about?
Picture this: You’re selected to serve jury duty and are blissfully unaware that not only is the case entirely fake, but everyone else knows the case is fake except for you. Yeah, that’s pretty much this show.
In an interview with E! News, one of the leads on the series, James Marsden, opened up about the novelty of the show’s storyline and cast, saying, “I would describe this as basically, The Truman Show serving jury duty. The backdrop of the three or four weeks is all of these characters having to serve on this jury for this case. There’s me playing a heightened and entitled Hollywood version of myself. There’s a complete cast of characters playing all different kinds of characters and one guy who doesn’t know that this whole thing is fake. In the course of four weeks, we’re serving jury duty in an abandoned courthouse that he thinks fully is an operational courthouse.”
The actor added there are very few parameters on the show, which low-key heightens the stakes and also makes for entertaining television: “There’s no dialogue that is scripted but there are circumstances are scripted that we push beats along the way and make a hero’s journey for this guy to unify a ragtag group of weirdos by the end and get to the finish line with him and it worked.”
How can I watch Jury Duty?
Those curious to watch the show can rejoice in knowing that all you need is access to a web browser! Turns out, Jury Duty is available to watch on Amazon Freevee aka the Amazon ad-supported streaming service formerly known as IMDb TV. And fortunately, you don’t have to be a paying customer of Amazon’s Prime Video to access the platform’s content…you just have to be okay with sitting through a few commercial breaks.
That means you can stream the show for the price of free ninety-nine either online, through the Freevee Channel on the Prime Video app, or on the Freevee app, which is available on Roku, Fire TV, Android TV, and Google TV. Happy watching!
If you are an Amazon Prime Video subscriber, you can actually skip all the ads until the end of Thursday, July 13.
And if you’re actually planning to do a rewatch, there’s actually a fun new way to watch! The cast and crew got together to record some commentary that will definitely change how you view some of the scenes. You can also access it on Freevee under the show’s extras tab.
When do new episodes come out?
Luckily, you don’t have to wait for episodes as the enitre season is already out! There’s 8 half and hour episodes, so you can get it done in about 4 hours!
- Episode 1: “Voir Dire,” April 7, 2023
- Episode 2: “Opening Arguments,” April 7, 2023
- Episode 3: “Foreperson,” April 7, 2023
- Episode 4: “Field Trip,” April 7, 2023
- Episode 5: “Ineffective Assistance,” April 14, 2023
- Episode 6: “Closing Arguments,” April 14, 2023
- Episode 7: “Deliberations,” April 21, 2023
- Episode 8: “The Verdict,” April 21, 2023
Who stars on this show? ????
Tons of recognizable faces! James Marsden, Mekki Leeper from The Sex Lives of College Girls, and Pramode Kumar (who has a recurring role as Roger on Jimmy Kimmel Live) are all involved. Here’s the full cast list:
- Ronald Gladden
- James Marsden as Himself
- Alan Barinholtz as Judge Alan
- Susan Berger as Barbara
- Cassandra Blair as Vanessa
- David Brown as Todd
- Kirk Fox as Pat
- Ross Kimball as Ross
- Pramode Kumar as Ravi
- Trisha LaFache as Debra
- Mekki Leeper as Noah
- Brandon Loeser as Tim
- Edy Modica as Jeannie
- Rashida “Sheedz” Olayiwola as Bailiff Nikki
- Kerry O’Neill as Christine
- Whitney Rice as Jacquilline Hillgrove
- Maria Russell as Inez
- Ishmel Sahid as Lonnie
- Ben Seaward as Trevor
- Ron Song as Ken
- Evan Williams as Shaun
What else is being said about the show?
Director Jake Syzmanski opened up to Primetimer about his experience doing a show like this for the first time, including the logistical and writing challenges he faced, musing:
“Almost every aspect of it was a challenge, to tell you the truth. As we plotted out how to do this, we kept saying to ourselves, ‘You know, this has really never been done before.’ And at first, it was a fun little thing to say to each other. But the more we got into the details…like, this really hasn’t been done like this before. Some of the biggest things, just on a technical level, were camera placement, microphone placement, communication with actors. Ronald believes he signed up for a documentary about the jury process, so we have some scenes where it’s obvious that the documentary crew is there filming him. But we have other scenes where there are no obvious cameras around. We have hidden cameras in places. We have microphones hidden on people who aren’t supposed to have microphones on. Just planning that out—where you need the cameras based on your best guesses of where people will be—was a constant challenge. Because on a basic level, you can plan a scene out, but you can’t write it. Because you never know exactly what Ronald is going to do.”
Truly this premise gets more and more wild as we go!
Oh, and it’s been nominated for Emmys!
That’s right! Not only has it been a runaway hit on TikTok and Twitter, but the show also got a couple of nominations for the 2023 Emmy Awards. James Marsden can finally add Emmy Nominee in front of his name now that he got a role for playing…himself (!!!) under Oustanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. Then the show has a chance to take home Outstanding Comedy Series.
Mekki Lepper, who also played Noah in the show, is up for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for the show’s fifth episode. And if you thought the casting was amazing, well, the Television Academy thought so too since it was also nominated for Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series. Will it take home some wins? We’ll have to wait and see, but it’s already won in our hearts!
Is there a Jury Duty trailer?
Absolutely! Enjoy:
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Fingers crossed this show gets a season 2!
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