What's Next for Sarah?
What's Next for Sarah? is an American web series on Vimeo. It premiered on August 13, 2014, and was created by and stars Jennette McCurdy in the lead role. The show follows Sarah, who is an actress whose hit show got cancelled and subsequently her life gets even worse; her boyfriend breaks up with her and so instead of acting she wants to meet the real world.[1][2]
| What's Next for Sarah? | |
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| Genre | Comedy |
| Created by | Jennette McCurdy |
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| Theme music composer | Jon Siebels |
| Opening theme | What's Next for Sarah? performed by Jon Siebels |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 4 |
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| Executive producer(s) | Jennette McCurdy |
| Producer(s) | Colton Tran, Jesse Bloch |
| Running time | 5 minutes |
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| Original network | Vimeo, YouTube |
| Picture format | (HDTV) |
| Original release | August 13, 2014 |
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| Website | |
The show is inspired by McCurdy's life in acting and Hollywood. The character Sarah Bronson is based loosely on her with some scenes based directly on actual events and others greatly exaggerated for comedic effect.[2] The series is written by McCurdy who also serves as the show's executive producer and lead editor. The show is Jennette's first foray into screenwriting and producing a show.
Plot
Sarah Bronson, a young actress, finds out that her hit show has been cancelled. Due to this, her boyfriend breaks up with her and people are no longer interested in pictures with her or autographs from her. After trying to pick up new roles, she realizes that she wants to return to the real world and give acting a break for a while.[3]
Cast
Main
- Jennette McCurdy as Sarah Bronson
- Kiersey Clemons as Oli, Sarah's best friend
- Joseph Ahern and Amir Talai as Sarah's agents
Others
- Matt Shively as Jack Cromwell, Sarah's shallow ex boyfriend
- Mary Scheer as Sarah's therapist
- Hope Lauren as Juicery employee
- Shelby Young as Gloriana
- Danielle Morrow as Casting director
- Ariana Escalante as Fiona Diaz
Scheer and Morrow previously worked with McCurdy on iCarly.
Episodes
The series was launched with four original episodes. The episodes are 5 minutes each in length. The first four put together match 20 minutes or the length of a 30-minute television program with commercials.
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | |
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| 1 | "Episode 1" | Colton Tran | Jennette McCurdy | August 13, 2014 | |
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Sarah (Jennette McCurdy), a star of her own TV show, finds out from her agents that her show has been cancelled. Note #1 Featured music: "It's Gonna Get Crazy" performed by Mike Geier & Taylor, composed by Mike and Deanna Geier. | |||||
| 2 | "Episode 2" | Colton Tran | Jennette McCurdy | August 13, 2014 | |
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Sarah is dumped by her boyfriend, because of her show being cancelled. She then sits with her best friend and acts out scenes. They decide to go out to a party, and Sarah gets completely smashed. She decides to go see a therapist. Note #1 Featured music: "My Heart Calling Your Heart" performed by Natalie Nicole, composed by Mike and Deanna Geier. | |||||
| 3 | "Episode 3" | Colton Tran | Jennette McCurdy | August 13, 2014 | |
| Sarah sees a therapist (Mary Scheer). After finding out that her therapist will not be any help to her, she leaves and goes to a juice shop. | |||||
| 4 | "Episode 4" | Colton Tran | Jennette McCurdy | August 13, 2014 | |
| Sarah auditions for the part in the movie, but does not get it. She then meets with her agents and they tell her that she needs to change her look, recommending that she dye her hair purple. She does so, and hates it. Her friend then changes it back, but makes her hair shorter, and Sarah says it is better but she still does not like it. Her agents call again, offering her a role, requiring her to have the purple hair, which she turns down and decides that she wants to try out the "normal" life. | |||||
Controversy
The character Gloriana, who had been portrayed by Shelby Young, was alleged to be based on Ariana Grande.[4] Gloriana was seen with an appearance along with characteristics which were said to have been mocking Grande.[5][6] McCurdy did neither confirm or completely deny that the character parodies Ariana Grande, while admitting the character was heightened for comedy. She had met with Grande after the series went public.
We had coffee since this web series, we've talked. She's awesome, I wish her all the best and I know that she does the same for me.
— Jennette McCurdy, ABC Entertainment Pop: One-to-One with Jennette McCurdy, 13 February 2015
References
- Beck, Caitlin (August 13, 2014). "Jennette McCurdy Announces Her Next Show After 'Sam & Cat' Cancellation". Hollywood Life by Bonnie Faller. Retrieved August 17, 2014.
- Gajewski, Ryan (August 14, 2014). "Jennette McCurdy Stars as Former Child Actress in First Post-'Sam & Cat' Project". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 17, 2014.
- "Jennette McCurdy returns with her brand new webshow: What's Next for Sarah?". Just Jennette. August 14, 2014. Retrieved August 17, 2014.
- Siegel, Melissa (August 15, 2014). "Ariana Grande vs. Jennette McCurdy! Why 'What's Next for Sarah' Video of Gloriana Upset Arianators After Rumored 'Sam & Cat' Feud". Hollywood Take. Retrieved August 17, 2014.
- Thompson, Avery (August 17, 2014). "Jennette McCurdy: Did She Diss 'Sam & Cat' Co-Star Ariana Grande? Watch". Hollywood Life. Retrieved November 28, 2019.
- "Jennette McCurdy mocks Ariana Grande with her web series "What's Next for Sarah?"". Venture Capital Post. August 21, 2014. Retrieved November 28, 2019.