Seth Rogen Says Catherine Ohara Made The Studio Season 2 Therapeutic
Seth Rogen says working on The Studio season 2 has been therapeutic after the sudden death of catherine ohara. He made the remarks at an Apple TV event for nominees at the BAFTA Television Awards 2026, describing the return to set as difficult but meaningful for the cast.
Rogen said the group’s daily routine of working and joking together helped them move through the loss together. The show’s second season was ordered in May 2025, and filming started earlier this year.
Rogen on the set
“Being with this group of people every day and getting to work with them and getting to make each other laugh has been, I think, very therapeutic, in many ways,” Rogen said to Radio Times at the event. “And it kind of allowed us to move through it all together, which has been very, you know... I think, as far as dealing with things like this go, it's been one of the better versions of it.”
Rogen plays Continental Studios head Matt Remick in the Apple TV comedy, where Catherine O'Hara played mentor figure Patty Leigh. Her death at the start of the year changed the production dynamic around a series that already had a second season ordered and in motion.
Patty Leigh's absence
Ike Barinholtz said the show has very little unused footage of O'Hara from season 1. “On this show, we don't do a lot of deleted scenes because the way that it's shot, the manner in which they write it, it's not as if there are a lot of things that are left on the cutting room floor,” he said. “I can think of, off-hand, one or two things that maybe we shot and didn't use, so we don't have anything like that. But we have so much time spent with her, and we really went into this season with her at the forefront of our mind, as I think a lot of people are.”
Rogen said the show will pay tribute to O'Hara and her character in an as-yet-undisclosed way, leaving season 2 with a creative obligation as well as a production one. The series also carries a nomination for Best International Programme at this year's BAFTA TV Awards, while Rogen and O'Hara were nominated for their performances at the Emmys and Golden Globes.
Season 2 tribute plans
The next instalment does not yet have a release date, so the main practical question for viewers is how the series handles Patty Leigh on screen and how directly the tribute is woven into the finished episodes. Rogen's comments suggest the production is not treating the loss as a side note; it is built into the way the cast is making the season itself.
