Jury Duty became a surprise hit in April 2023 as a hidden-camera comedy where an entire criminal trial was staged with all participants aware except one: Ronald Gladden, a solar contractor. The show's success came from its high-wire execution and dark humor, earning recognition on best-of-the-year lists. Season 2, titled Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat, shifts the setting to a corporate offsite at a family-owned hot sauce company, featuring a new unsuspecting participant named Anthony, a temporary worker. The challenge for showrunner Cody Heller was finding someone unfamiliar with the original series to serve as the unknowing subject of the elaborate prank.
"Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat is a documentary-style comedy that captures a corporate offsite event at a family-owned hot sauce company from the perspective of Anthony, a recently hired temporary worker."
"The closest TV has ever come to a Truman Show-style feat, showrunner Cody Heller filmed an entire criminal trial where every single jury member (and judge, witnesses, defendant, etc.) knew they were on a TV show, except for one man: Ronald Gladden."
"Never forget that Jury Duty earnestly tasked Emmy nominee James Marsden with saying the exact words, 'There is a pretty large turd, and I-don't try to flush it. It might have stirred it up a bit,' followed by a shot of the pretty large turd popping up to say hello from the toilet."
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