Hey guys, Audrey Cleo here for Young Hollywood. NBC's Crowded centers on a couple whose adult kids move back home. And we've all been there, right? Or maybe just me.

It's letting me just chill out on your couch. I might, I might just, I don't know. It's a really comfy couch. I've taken many a nap on this one.

Have you really?

Yeah.

Well, if you don't recognize him, you definitely recognize his voice. Patrick Warburton.

Can I fix anything? What can you fix me?

Well, have you ever smelled the inside of a non-working refrigerator?

I have not.

Carrie Preston.

Yes. Hello. Hello.

It's been crowded on the set, shall we say.

Oh. I know. You're like, what I did there? You know, we're trying to figure out what works and what doesn't work on the set, like in real life. We were about to have a cup of coffee and we didn't know if we should push the buttons or not or if that plug even, you know, produced electricity.

The two of you play sisters. Um, how close are you in real life?

It feels weird to say it. Um yeah, we're really close. Um it's been really fun. Yeah, it felt like really natural to be close really fast. Like we started um, it already felt like a family because they'd be rehearsing together and we went to a Dodger's game. It was Miranda's first Dodger's game like a few weeks ago, so fun.

Oh, wow.

It was. It was really cool. I had a great time. My favorite part was um we actually got to be on the jumbotron for a two seconds and it was really cool.

That's pretty awesome. You play Mike

Yes.

on Crowded. Tell me a little bit about Mike. He's kind of in a predicament because his daughters are moving back in.

Right. His parents are not moving at all. Right. They're stayin'. So now he he's he's kind of stuck.

Yes.

Well, the two gals came back from college, decided to move back in and mom and dad are around and uh now and they're not gonna leave. They were going to go to Florida, but you know, they think we need their help, so they're goin'. I told them early on if they want to call it show Crowded, that's fine, but it's not really crowded. It's not that crowded. No, we have four kids at home. Four dogs, a boyfriend and a girlfriend that I think they live there. The in-laws. The in-laws. They almost think they live there.

Okay. Okay. Well, they live there.

They do live there. Okay. I I feed them and they sleep there most of the time.

And do they pay rent?

Nope.

Wow. When can I move in?

It's pretty easy. We we've not made it, you know, we've we've created an environment that's that uh yeah. Nobody wants to leave. So. Yeah.

How fun has it been to play this character?

Well, it's been great from day one. I mean, I read the script and I thought, oh this is this is gonna be a fun one. It's a very contemporary situation that we're seeing on TV.

Absolutely. And and I think one that's actually pretty familiar to American families right now.

I sure hope so and if it's not, I'm happy to be able to shed light on the whole diversity of families now. Um and and and make it okay with people.

Miranda, I feel like we've seen you grow up, you know, in front of the camera. What's it like to step into roles that are a little bit more mature and and and you know, really kind of show where you are in your life.

It's been really fun because I um I went to college for um a couple years and I just really missed like acting and I love acting. That's really what I wanna do. So.

Patrick and Carrie are your TV parents. How'd how do they stack up?

It's been really fun getting to work with them. Patrick's really super funny. Yeah, Patrick's like definitely taken the father role. He he sees like guys talking to us and he gets like really defensive, like protective of us. And he's like, is he bothering you and stuff? It's just so funny. He's like, is he bothering you?

Really?

Yeah. He's a father of four. So I think it's just like natural Yeah. father mode all the time.

What's the worst roommate situation you've ever had?

Look, I didn't have uh a nightmare roommate. Uh my roommate was a buddy of mine, uh is a buddy of mine, still my dear friend this day. We and I had it good. We lived across the street from the beach in Santa Monica. And all we had to do is knock out a commercial or two a year and that would pay for beer, food, rent, got you pull at night. You know, hang out. Talk to the ladies. Uh and then we go, we go did you do that move a lot too? Just hey. And then a year later, I was married with a child, living in Van Nuys, a condo with a mortgage payment. And wondering, how did that happen so fast?

You know, I've had good roommates who had bad boyfriends. So, you know, there's been that where the boyfriend doesn't leave and, you know, you're in a basement apartment and their bedroom is like right next to your bedroom and you're hearing way too much. Yeah. You're having to share a bathroom with somebody you did not sign up for. No. Yeah, so I've definitely had those ones.

But those days are behind you.

Definitely. I like my roommate now. He's my husband. My Kell Emerson. Yes. He's a very great. Very, very talented. Very good roommate.

Emerson. I I don't do roommates. Now, I have been married. Um and I and I was in a relationship where somebody lived with me. Um and I don't think I'm good at it. I don't I don't think I'm a good roommate only because of the fact that I've spent so much of my life alone. Not alone, but being an only child and not sharing and not really I have great social skills. I'm I'm a great friend. But you come into my space and all of a sudden it's not it's just not comfortable for me.

Right. When I first moved here it was all my mom's fault. She like found someone on Craigslist.

Always the best place to to find roommates.

Exactly. Yeah. Uh and so I went and like the girl's mom was there and it was it seemed normal and then it turned out she it was like single white female. So I'm like really happy to still be here. I have my own place, but I basically live with my parents. I stay at my parents' house most of the time. So I'm basically living the show. So it's um I can relate to it a lot. And sometimes my mom's not the best roommate. Most of the time we get along pretty well, but sometimes it's weird just because I'm 22 and I'm still like living there. But um I mean it's nice to have like my own place to go to like sometimes um if I get in an argument with my mom, I'll just like run to my house. I'll be like, I'm going to my house. Like that's my big threat. It's ten feet away. I'm not coming back until tomorrow.

The lovely Carrie Preston plays your wife. Yes. Uh how does she stack up to the rest of your TV wives? I mean, you're kind of racking them up, aren't you? Aren't you, Patrick?

I've had the great fortune of having amazing TV wives. Make him price. Julie, Louis-Dreyfus. Not my wife. We just were dating. Okay. And then we would break up. We broke up a lot. Mostly she did. Yeah.

Wow. Way to be diplomatic about it.

That was pretty. That was challenging for us, man. She was just really hard to deal with. Yeah. Yeah. That chick was whacked. So Carrie is not whacked. What do you think?

Carrie's not whacked.

In Hollywood, that's a that's a major compliment.

Right, right. Oh, very much so. Um but compared to your TV husband,

Yes.

You've had quite, you've had a couple.

I've had some.

You've had some.

I've had some some boyfriends who maybe work out. Yeah, I've had some that turned into serial killers. Whatever. Yeah, yeah, you know. He's not a serial killer.

I heard you like the social media.

Social media. I'm the one at the age of 60. I am the one that's introducing everybody on the set to Periscope.

No. Can you

I know.

Really? How did that happen?

She is really into social media. And I didn't know what Periscope was until she told me. So. Sometimes she'll just pop out of a corner with her phone out and I'm like, what are you doing? She's like, I'm Periscoping. And I'm like, what is that?

So we think you ladies are going to give me a little bit of a tour of your TV home.

Yes. This is the living room. This is where a lot of the family discussions take place. Family meetings. Yeah.

Okay. I want a feature, an embarrassing photo of Miranda. That's okay. We've been photoshopped a little bit for an episode, but I just really think we need to zoom in there. What is that even?

I know it takes a second to kind of. Here's a picture of me when I was little. Adorable. Look at that. Here, maybe we can go to the kitchen. They photoshopped this picture of me and I together.

I was gonna ask because I was like either you you were childhood friends or this is really, really good photoshop.

It's really good photoshop. Yeah. So funny. And then there's the set fridge. Take food. All fake food. Yes. Smells lovely. Warm yogurt is really good to act with while you're acting.

Awesome. So every set also has has like the stairs that lead to nowhere. And then your secret kind of like napping spot.

Since the pilot, this is like our Miranda and I are room is supposed to be up here, our separate rooms and um this is our spot. We're always like ready for our show. We find it exciting. Now, are there any spots that you like to take naps in, like to chill out?

Um well, the bar set's pretty fun. Oh yeah, we always hang out to the bar.

Everyone's legal. Right?

Yeah. Everyone's hang out to the bar. We kind of. Here's the bar. Yeah. It feels like a real bar. Hang out. We kind of Like after the shows we've had like a pizza party and yeah, we kind of hang out here or when we, you know, start in the mornings, we'll have our coffee here and treat it like a real bar.

So is that is that alcohol or is that real?

It is set alcohol. Unfortunately, which is like water with food color. Am I giving away all the Hollywood secrets? Am I not supposed to do this?

Awesome. Well, thank you so much, ladies.

Oh yeah. Thank you. Thank you.

Be sure to catch Crowded on NBC.