Overview
- HBO Max confirmed Romano will star as Leo, a recent widower stepping into the lead parenting role for his five adult children.
- The pilot centers on the De Angelis family after matriarch Beverly’s death, with her final work continuing to influence them.
- Greg Berlanti and Bash Doran wrote the pilot from a story with Robbie Rogers, with Berlanti, Doran, Rogers, Sarah Schechter and Leigh London Redman executive producing for Warner Bros. Television.
- Sarah Aubrey said the show is designed to return year after year if ordered to series.
- How To Survive Without Me is one of two Max drama pilots under the post–The Pitt model, alongside Milo Ventimiglia’s American Blue.