‘Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist’ Creator Is Hopeful for More Holiday Movies After Emmy Nom
Emily Longeretta One year ago, the team behind NBC’s “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist” was devastated when the broadcast network pulled the plug on the musical series after two seasons. At the time, the show’s cast, as well as creator Austin Winsberg, were vocal about how sad they were about the untimely end; after pitching it around and hoping for a pickup, it seemed to be dead in the water.And then the Roku Channel came around and offered a chance to wrap it up in the shape of a movie; the two-hour holiday pic focused on the Clarke family’s first Christmas without patriarch Mitch (Peter Gallagher), who died at the end of the first season.“We had ended Season 2 on a massive cliffhanger, but we had many new stories we still wanted to tell,” says Winsberg.