According to Deadline, The ABC pilot, Do You Want Kids? Formally starring Daniel Stern (For All Mankind, James Vs. His Future Self) will be recast due to a misdemeanor charger that Stern was allegedly given. This alledged charges was for engaging or agreeing to engage in prostitution.
Deadline reported that the Ventura county sheriff initially were the ones who cited Stern. Allegedly Stern was at a hotel in Camarillo, California when the incident happened. He is scheduled for a hearing in the Ventura courts, the arraignment has been continued until February 6. If Stern is found guilty he could face six months jail time and a fine of up to $1000.
Deadlineexplained that Rachel Bloom (The Angry Birds Movie 3, The Devil Wears Prada 2) and Rory Scovel (Dr. Seuss’s Horton!, You’re Cordially Invited) will still be starring in the series that will be produced by 20th century television. The show Do You Want To Have Kids? Is a single-camera series that is about a married couple, Rosie and Alex Zilbalodis. Bloom will be playing Rachel Zilbalodis and Scovel will play Alex Zilbalodis. The married couple live between two universes, one with a baby and the other they do not have one. They find themselves with large decisions that they need to make. Freddy is the patriarch of the Zilbalodis family. This is the role that Stern was going to protraye, but now needing to be recast.
The pilot episode was writing by Bloom and her husband, Dan Gregor (The Naked Gun, Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers). Trent O’Donnell (Sunny Nights, St. Denis Medical) will direct the pilot. Bloom, Gregor and O’Donnell will be the executive producers on the show along with Jeff Morton (Nobody Wants This, Maggie), Steven Levitan (The Saddle Club, Puck Hogs) and Danielle Stokdyk (Reboot, I Mom So Hard) or 20th century TV and Levitan Productions.