It's (Almost) Always Sunny in Philadelphia

“A definitive telling of one of the most fascinating chapters in TV history: how a couple hundred bucks, a crazy story about a cup of sugar and cancer, and a dream landed three total unknowns their own show…and how that show became a quietly record-breaking phenomenon. Vital and inspiring.” —Jennifer Keishin Armstrong, New York Times bestselling author of Seinfeldia: How a Show About Nothing Changed Everything“The twenty-year saga of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia is unlike anything else in television history, and Kimberly Potts’s revelatory book takes readers deep into the minds of the twisted geniuses behind it.” —Andy Greene, New York Times bestselling author of The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s“Do you want to know how $200 (or possibly less!) can kick off a beloved comedy series that has attracted, shocked, appalled, and delighted audiences for approaching two decades? Want to learn more about how Busby Berkeley, Larry David, Kristen Wiig, and The Shield are all part of the story? Kimberly Potts’s astute, action-packed, immensely detailed ode to It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia seeks to unpack just what made this left-field success work. This book is an absolute must for the comedy fan in your life.” —Saul Austerlitz, acclaimed author of Kind of a Big Deal: How Anchorman Stayed Classy and Became the Most Iconic Comedy of the Twenty-First Century“Did The Gang really beat Boggs? Kimberly Potts unravels the story—fact and fiction—in her absorbing history of all things It’s Always Sunny and The Gang’s relationship with a certain Major League Baseball Hall of Famer.” —Wade Boggs, Major League Baseball Hall of Fame third baseman (and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia guest star)

Kimberly Potts is a TV and pop culture journalist, whose work has appeared in The New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, Vulture, People, Variety, and many others. Along with her two books, The Way We All Became the Brady Bunch and It’s (Almost) Always Sunny in Philadelphia, she is also the cohost of the biweekly podcast Pop Literacy.