Felicity is getting ready to join the nostalgic podcast scene. It has been announced that the fan-favorite series will be getting a look back by its stars and producers in a new weekly podcast.
Per Deadline, producer J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Audio and Spotify’s The Ringer are behind Dear Felicity, a podcast that will revisit the series 25 years after its debut. While most podcasts showcasing series from the past have a “rewatch” format that goes episode-by-episode, Dear Felicity will cover themes and story arcs from the show as well as topics surrounding The WB, where the series originally aired, the careers of everyone involved, and how the television business was run when Felicity began its life on the youth-skewing network.
Dear Felicity will be hosted by series stars Amanda Foreman and Greg Grunberg, alongside The Ringer’s Juliet Litman. Special guests set to appear include Keri Russell, who rose to fame as the titular character, creator J.J. Abrams, and series’ regulars and recurring players such as Scott Speedman, Scott Foley, Tangi Miller, Amy Jo Johnson, and Jennifer Garner. Other creatives from the show scheduled to appear are Matt Reeves and Brian Grazer. Abrams had this to say about the upcoming podcast:
“The experience of Felicity was formative for so many involved. It is such a joy to relive that time, re-examine the episodes, and hear from so many of the wonderful and creative people who helped bring the show to life.”
Felicity originally ran on The WB from 1998 to 2002 and 84 episodes. The series follows the college experiences of the title character Felicity Porter (Russell), as she attends the “University of New York”, which is far from her home in Palo Alto, California. Each season of the show corresponded to the traditional American divisions of freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior year.
The series was critically acclaimed at the time of its debut and was nominated for 38 awards during its four-year run, including Russell winning a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama.
Dear Felicity will debut on Wednesday, March 13, with new episodes dropping every Wednesday on Apple Podcast, Spotify, and other major podcast platforms.
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