MINNEAPOLIS — "Somebody Somewhere," the new HBO series that showcases the wildly talented Bridget Everett, is set in the star's hometown of Manhattan, Kansas. But Minnesota played a key role in the sitcom's development.
That's because co-creator Paul Thureen was raised on a farm just 10 miles north of East Grand Forks. He spent summers as a teenager teaching at Concordia College's Language Village just outside Bemidji. He got married three years ago at Minneapolis' Lynhall in a ceremony officiated by actor and University of Minnesota professor Luverne Seifert, whom Thureen met during a summer internship in 2001 at Theatre de la Jeune Lune.
Thureen, 43, talked about how his Minnesota experiences helped shape the HBO series, which airs at 9:30 p.m. Sundays and streams on HBO Max, and his career in a phone conversation from his home in Brooklyn, New York.
