Jury Duty (2023 TV series)
Jury Duty is an American reality hoax sitcom television series created by Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky, about a fake jury trial. It stars Ronald Gladden as a juror who is unaware of the hoax. James Marsden co-stars alongside an ensemble cast. It premiered on Amazon Freevee on April 7, 2023. The series received three nominations at the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for Marsden. Synopsis The series chronicles the inner workings of a jury trial in the US through the eyes of juror Ronald Gladden, a solar contractor from San Diego, who is unaware that his jury duty summons was not official, and that everyone in the courtroom aside from him is an actor. Everything that happens, inside and outside the courtroom, is planned. Cast Jurors Ronald Gladden as himself (Juror #6), the only juror who is unaware the entire case is fake James Marsden as himself (Juror #14), portraying a parody of himself as an alternate juror Mekki Leeper as Noah Price (Juror #11), a rideshare driver who misses his vacation with his girlfriend due to jury duty Edy Modica as Jeannie Abruzzo (Juror #4), a promiscuous juror with an attraction to Noah Ishmel Sahid as Lonnie Coleman (Juror #13), an alternate who takes over Tim's spot when he gets injured David Brown as Todd Gregory (Juror #2), a socially awkward inventor Cassandra Blair as Vanessa Jenkins (Juror #8) Maria Russell as Inez De Leon (Juror #10), a juror who has ambitions to be the foreperson Kirk Fox as Pat McCurdy (Juror #1) Susan Berger as Barbara Goldstein (Juror #5), a juror who keeps sleeping during the trial Ross Kimball as Ross Kubiak (Juror #12), a teacher who is having marital troubles Pramode Kumar as Ravi Chattapodhyay (Juror #3) Ron Song as Ken Hyun (Juror #9), a candy machine business owner Brandon Loeser as Tim Smith (Juror #7), a juror who gets injured and released from the trial Other Alan Barinholtz as Judge Alan Rosen Rashida Olayiwola as Officer Nikki Wilder, the bailiff Whitney Rice as Jacquiline Hilgrove, the wealthy plaintiff who owns the business, Cinnamon and Sparrow Ben Seaward as Trevor Morris, the defendant, an employee of Cinnamon and Sparrow, who is accused of harming the business Trisha LaFache as Debra LaSeur, the plaintiff's attorney Evan Williams as Shaun Sanders, Trevor's defense attorney Kerry O'Neill as Officer Christine Sugalski, who becomes friends with the jurors and helps Noah check on his girlfriend's Instagram Peter Hulne as key witness for the plaintiff. He plays Randy "Cody" Schiller. Randy explains that he hired Trevor and was intoxicated while at work that day and he passes out defecates his pants. Episodes Production On September 15, 2022, it was reported that a semi-improvised docu-style comedy series starring James Marsden and a group of up-and-coming actors with improv backgrounds had secretly been filmed for Amazon Studios. The 17-day shoot was filmed in a real courtroom south of Los Angeles. According to