'6 Bed 1 Bath': Colin Jost and Danny Chun Bypass Hollywood's Studio System

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Colin Jost and "The Office" writer Danny Chun are taking an unusual path with their new comedy series "6 Bed 1 Bath": The sitcom is being produced entirely outside the Hollywood studio system. It is financed by the company Revue, which is providing the necessary startup capital – the counter-financing runs through a so-called brand-supported model with brand partners instead of classic studio deals. For you as a viewer, this means above all one thing: You should be able to watch the series for free.

The concept goes beyond "just free." According to Deadline, the model was developed to give creatives more freedom and bring content directly to audiences – without the detour through broadcasters or streamers. Variety accordingly describes the project as "produced outside the Hollywood studio system." Both sources thus paint a picture of a production that deliberately works against the usual Hollywood structures.

In terms of content, according to Variety, it's a classic sitcom premise with a twist: A group of five roommates in their twenties shares an apartment with a man who has lived there since 1982.

Why "6 Bed 1 Bath" is produced differently

At its core is a financing model that doesn't appear in classic TV deals: Revue provides the money up front, and the series is meant to run without a paywall or subscription model. The counter-financing runs through brand partners – hence the term "brand-supported." How the brand integration will look within the series itself has not been revealed by previous announcements.

What is clear, however: The production is designed from the start to get by without a traditional studio network. This is a deliberate break with the norm in an industry in which new series are financed almost exclusively through streamers, networks, or cable channels.

What the series is about

What you get content-wise is an unusual shared-apartment constellation: Five young people in their twenties and a permanent roommate who has called the apartment home since 1982. The exact circumstances – what keeps the man there and how the dynamic between the generations works – have not been revealed by previous announcements.

What is certain: The premise clearly plays on a generational gap – young roommates who typically share an apartment as a transitional solution, and a man who has lived there for decades. That is at least the setup that Variety describes in its announcement.

The makers: Jost and Chun

With Colin Jost and Danny Chun, two pros who know US comedy inside out are bringing the project together. According to Wikipedia, Jost has been active as a writer on Saturday Night Live since 2005 and co-anchor of "Weekend Update" since 2014. That brings him experience from one of the longest-running live comedy shows on US television.

Danny Chun is classified in the Variety report as a "The Office" writer – meaning he co-wrote one of the most defining US sitcoms of the 2000s. The combination of SNL satire experience and "The Office" realism gives the project, at least on paper, a solid comedy foundation.

What remains open so far

It remains open when and on which platform "6 Bed 1 Bath" will be available – that has not been communicated in previous announcements. There are also no details yet on cast, episode count, or a specific premiere date. All that's clear is the model: free for viewers, financed through brand partners, produced bypassing the studio system.