NBC台2012年秋季新剧《新常态》由著名制片人、已经有两部热播美剧（《欢乐合唱团》和《美国恐怖故事》）的瑞恩·墨菲担任主创。《新常态》为半小时喜剧，讲述一对男同夫夫和他们的代孕女住同一屋檐下、迎接和抚养小孩的故事。由贾斯汀·巴萨和安德鲁·兰内尔斯饰演的同志伴侣决定抚养自己的小孩，他们将代孕妈妈锁定在餐馆女侍、负债累累的单亲妈妈格罗莉（乔治雅·金 Georgia King 饰）身上，后者怀孕后搬入和他们一起生活，从而给这个另类家庭增添了诸多欢笑和烦恼。宗教团体在开播前曾呼吁抵制，认为该剧扭曲了“正常的家庭价值观”，但大量调查表明“同志也可以组建家庭”已成为美国民意主流，因此《新常态》所反映的“新常态”还会继续发展和壮大。
本剧由瑞恩·墨菲和《欢乐合唱团》编剧艾丽·阿德勒共同打造，由二十世纪电视公司负责制作，是NBC在2012年开发和预订的第13部情景喜剧。
Hugely successful British comedy about of two streetwise London brothers: Del (Derek) and Rodney Trotter. In early years they shared their council flat with 'Grandad' (until the death of actor 'Lennard Pierce' ) later to be replaced by 'Uncle Albert', a WWII Navy veteran with an anecdote for any occasion. Del and Rodney are best described as lovable and harmless black market traders; they buy and (try to) sell almost anything and many an episode is based around some faulty/stolen stock bought by Del. As with other comedies from writer John Sullivan, the humor is devilishly engineered so as not to telegraph the jokes before the punchlines and there's always a strong cast of support characters. The series has won countless awards and ratings battles.
