On January 25, 2026, the eight-episode family drama It’s Not Like That debuted on Wonder Project’s subscription on Prime Video in the US. Starring Scott Foley (Will Trent, Scandal) and Erinn Hayes (Childrens Hospital, Kevin Can Wait), the series is now set to make its worldwide debut on Prime Video on May 15.
Created by Ian Deitchman and Kristin Robinson (Parenthood, Life as We Know It), the series delves into multigenerational family dynamics and the challenges of rebuilding life after loss. It’s Not Like That follows Malcolm (Scott Foley), a recently widowed pastor and father of three, and Lori (Erinn Hayes), a newly divorced mother of two teenagers. Once close family friends who did everything together, they now find themselves navigating single life while raising their children. What begins as an adjustment to a new reality may hint at something more between them. The cast also includes J.R. Ramirez (Manifest, Power), Caleb Baumann (Parish, Doom Patrol), Cary Christopher (Spider-Noir, Weapons), Leven Miranda, Liv Lindell, and Cassidy Paul.
Ahead of the global launch, we spoke with stars Scott Foley and Erinn Hayes to discuss the series.
What’s it like for you to play these soul-searching characters who are still figuring things out?
Foley: It’s probably the best way for me to sink my teeth into a character. Every TV show, every story, needs an inciting incident. What’s the reason we’re there? And to start out this show with a loss of the magnitude of which Malcolm is dealing with, is such a beautiful gift for an actor.
What’s the difference in mindset and preparation between doing a big ensemble family scene and a one-on-one scene?
Hayes: It’s just a question, I think, of keeping yourself open to everything. A one-on-one scene sometimes is so much more focused. [But with] a big group scene, it’s the energy, it’s the flow. So, when we get onto a stage, it might take a little more working out, there’s also the decisions of like, all right, well, what’s a good moment the camera will catch? Where does the focus of the scene need to be? There’s a lot more to consider. I don’t know how to turn off my bossy brain. But the huge group scenes are fun too. There’s fun to both.
What’s it like for you to first read a story like this in the script, and then see it fully come to life in production?
Hayes: It’s moving it out of your head and into your body. I can do my prep work, I can read the scripts, and I feel a certain way when I read them, and I make initial choices. And then you get into a room with Scott or the kids or whoever you are doing your scene with, and it just becomes so much more full. It’s so much fun to get it on its feet. We only had the first two scripts when we started shooting. We kind of got them as we went on. I think the writers didn’t want us to know the whole journey. They wanted us each to be in the moment. It was really fun those days when we would read the new scripts and do our table reads and see what the next portion of our characters’ lives were going to be.
Foley: We are so blessed that the scripts we get are so layered and rich with character choices and moments between these characters, that there’s not a lot that changes from the script to the stage when it comes to scenes.
Scott, do you carry mindsets or preparation techniques from past projects into something like this, or do you completely separate them once a project wraps?
Foley: I think they’re all a part of me and my characters, my history and my voice. I bring, everything every time I’m on set, all of my history, every idea I have, it all comes with me, whether it’s from something I learned on screen, or a rule about being on set. It’s all a part of a body of work, a history of work, and it’s impossible for me not to bring it.
Scott, what was it like to finally be able to talk about your cameo in Scream 7?
Foley: I hadn’t seen it until the movie came out, so it worked out well. I’m in it for such a short beat that I knew it would be controversial to some people. Just the very fact that I’m in it at all after having played a character who died in the third one. But it was a relief to be able to finally say, like, yes, I’m in it. But once the movie was out, no one cared anymore.
Erin, do big scenes feel like their own mini-movie or just part of the larger project?
Hayes: We’ve all got our eyes on the prize, and we know that it is part of this larger project. But there are certain things that really do require [more time]. The scene in the car with Scott and I in the pilot, it’s raining, and so we’ve got a whole rig, and there’s people doing water, and there’s somebody inside the car, there’s outside shots, there’s all of that, so it does feel you’re doing [a separate] thing, rather than being in the house and just doing three kitchen scenes where we move from different scenes. There’s a sequence in episode seven at the end, when they shot at the lake with the cars and the kids, it was stunts. It really does feel like you’re doing this other thing thar fits into the [big picture].
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It’s Not Like That premieres globally on Prime Video on May 15. All episodes of the series are currently available on Wonder Project’s subscription on Prime Video in the US.