It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia has finally finished a series trend, 18 years in the making. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia has stoked much excitement for season 16, with several fan-favorite characters set to return. A new character depicted in the trailer, however, has increased this excitement tenfold, largely because of the actor cast in the role.
The trailer for It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia season 16 has teased the completion of a casting streak that began with Sunny's first episode. /t's Always Sunny in Philadelphia season 16 will premiere on FXX on June 7, 2023, breaking the U.S. record for a live-action sitcom. But It's Always Sunny season 16 also looks set to accomplish another feat.
Since Casting Pearlman, Every Sunny Spouse Has Appeared
Rhea Pearlman appears in the trailer for It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia season 16, which makes her the final main cast member's spouse to guest in the series. Rhea Pearlman has been married to Danny DeVito (who plays Frank Reynolds in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia) since 1982. Each other member of the gang has already performed opposite their spouse during It's Always Sunny. The Waitress (played by Mary Elizabeth Ellis) appears in the very first episode of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia in 2005, but Ellis is actually married to Charlie Day, who plays her stalker Charlie Kelly. The couple met before Sunny in 2001 and were married by 2005.
Glenn Howerton, who plays Dennis, is married to actor Jill Latiano, who appears in Sunny just two months after their wedding in 2009, as Caylee, the woman terrorized by Dennis in season 5, episode 10, "The D.E.N.N.I.S. System." Meanwhile, Kaitlin Olsen and Rob McElhenney (who play Sweet Dee and Mac respectively) are in fact married to each other. The pair met on the show, began dating circa season 2, and ultimately married in 2008.
Has Rhea Pearlman Been In It's Always Sunny Before?
While It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia season 16 marks Pearlman's first television appearance in the deranged workplace comedy, she has actually previously performed in an It's Always Sunny production. Pearlman made a special cameo in the live stage show version of It's Always Sunny's highly-praised musical, The Nightman Cometh. Based on season 4, episode 13, "The Nightman Cometh," the live stage show adapted the episode and added a selection of additional scenes and songs.
A somewhat disguised and costumed Pearlman played the live version of Gladys from "The Nightman Cometh." Gladys is the elderly lady who Charlie enlists to play the piano throughout the musical's performance. Nevertheless, Pearlman's first appearance in the sitcom marks It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia completing officially its spousal casting line-up, contributing to the familial tone present both on and off-screen.