Justin Theroux awards Jimmy Kimmel with tobacco for the live remake of "All in the family"

Justin Theroux attributes his recent vacation to Jimmy Kimmel for the development of Live in front of a studio audience: Norman Lear in the family and Jefferson.

The live broadcast, broadcast on ABC, became a surprise hit that dominated the ratings when it aired on Wednesday night. Leftovers star was one of the executive producers of the project and he shared the hilarious story of performing the special.

Former ex-Jennifer Aniston went on Instagram Thursday to announce that he and Kimmel, who also hosted the star special, are smoking grass for a free time together when they had the idea of ​​putting on stage.

"Once I went on vacation with [jimmykimmel], "Theroux wrote on his Instagram account Stories." And we could have smoked something … and then we had an idea. "

He then added a video in which one could read: "And if we were taking old big situation comedies and live broadcasts on TV … with an incredible cast." Woahhhh.

Justin then added a slide that reads as follows: "Cut to:" before adding a series of posts with a picture of himself on the set and a caption saying "So … thank you, weed".

The big names special to Hollywood in a staged iconic episodes of All in the family and The Jefferson. The show featured Marisa Tomei, Woody Harrelson, Jamie Foxx, Wanda Sykes, Ellie Kemper, Kerry Washington, Will Ferrell, Ike Barinholtz, Sean Hayes, Jovan Adepo, Anthony Anderson, Jackee Harry and Stephen Tobolowsky.

Live in front of a studio audience, which was broadcast on ABC Saturday, dominated audiences on its first outing with an average of 1.8 demo and 10.4 million viewers. The special gave ABC its third highest comedy aired for the 2018-19 season, beating only the first two episodes of The conners& # 39; first season.

Fans especially surprised with the surprise appearance of Marla Gibbs, a member of the original Jeffersons cast, who resumed her role as Florence Johnston. One day at a time The star Justina Machado had already been called to play the role of the special, but it seems that it is a trap, since the network did not explain why it had been replaced by Gibbs.

Among other highlights of the series, Foxx made the headlines when he broke the character after missing one of his lines.

"It's live," Foxx said. "Everyone at home thinks their TV is messy." He then turned around, pushed back a laugh, finished the joke and accepted public praise.

Live in front of a studio audience can be broadcast on Hulu.