The animated Fox series returns Sunday, Sept. 25
Are you a Tina or a Louise?
We recently spoke to series showrunner Loren Bouchard about what the show has in store in its seventh season.
The short version: robots, lots of music, and John Oliver.
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Read on for the longer version and to find out who Tina will be crushing on this season.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Lets talk about season 7.
Whats should we expect?
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Thats how we went into this.
Thats what we keep front and center.
The first episode is probably the freshest in terms of we havent ever quite done this before.
Other shows have done this but its our take on the sort ofWizard of Ozconstruct.
Louise is suffering from a fever when the episode starts.
Shes clearly come down with the flu.
Shes very excited because shes going to miss school.
She gets all her toys together.
Thats all in the beginning of the show.
I should add that its also a musical.
And it has a cameo by Amy Schumer.
I see theres an episode titled Ex-Machtina, which sounds intriguing.
What can you say about that one?
Its an iPad on wheels.
Theoretically, a kid who cant go to school would use this to go to school.
You could actually walk down the hall.
So she spends this episode guiding this robot around.
Lets talk about the holiday episodes.
Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas what do you guys have planned?
Teen-a Witch is Halloween.
Its an homage to these careful-what-you-wish-for key in horror stories.
Its a curse story basically wrapped in a witch story, wrapped in a Tina story.
The Thanksgiving story is our take onThe Producers.
I dont want to give it away.
Basically, she goes to great lengths to try and get the show shut down.
Christmas is The Last Gingerbread House on the Left.
Nora Smith, who wrote the season premiere, also wrote this one.
That was the germ of it.
Its a judged competition, and if youre hosting, youre allowed to bring in a guest.
He brings Bob in Bob is pulled into the high-stake world of underground gingerbread house building.
Whos the best singer among the kids?
Thats a good question!
I mean, youve got to appreciate each on their own.
They each have their own style, their own thing.
So in a way, they could never be compared.
Its really apples and oranges.
Theyre all in their own range.
Ill tell you that.
Weve got the premiere musical.
Weve got this ThanksgivingProducers-like event and then there will be caroling in the Christmas episode.
Im wondering if there are any other big musical moments this year?
Its like an addiction!
We just keep putting music into the show.
Its such a pleasure.
Lets talk about special guests.
You already mentioned Amy Schumer.
Any other guests thatll be on this season?
Weve got Judah Friedlander and Ken Marino, and Robert Smigel comes back as the security guard.
Hes doing that Triumph, [the Insult Comic Dog] voice for us.
We go back to Kurt Braunohler, Samantha Bee, Jim Gaffigan.
Zach Galifianakis comes back as Felix in the Christmas episode.
Oh, Kerri Kenney-Silver is somebody weve been wanting to work with since season 1.
Now weve got her in two episodes!
As for other new people, we have Rhys Darby.
Weve wanted to work with him for a long time.
We used Nick Kroll for the first time.
Hes also somebody weve been wanting to get on for a long, long time.
Hes the debate coach, and Rhys Darbys this kid from New Zealand.
Oh, and John Oliver!
Lindas sister gets involved in cat modeling.
She has this cat whos a dead ringer for a spokescat who died and needs to be replaced.
One of theseMorris the Cattype situations.
So she gets involved with a cat agent whos played by John Oliver.
He did a fantastic job!
Its a real thing.
Somebodys got to represent these animals!
