‘Newlyweds’: Bruce Helford Tapped As New Showrunner In ‘Anything But Love’ Reunion With Jamie Lee Curtis, Production Hiatus Extended

NBC and Universal Television are bringing in a steady hand to take the reins of freshman multi-camera comedy Newlyweds , hiring sitcom veteran Bruce Helford ( The Conners ) as new showrunner to replace Gail Lerner who was fired last Friday .

Newlyweds, co-created by Lerner and Jamie Lee Curtis , is currently on a previously scheduled weeklong hiatus. The break will now be extended, giving Helford time to get up to speed on the series, starring Tèa Leoni, Tim Daly and Curtis, which filmed Episode 8 of its 13-episode order on Friday. Production will resume in November.