The idea for the crossover came from Affair creator Sarah Treem, who is a “good friend of Busy Tonight producer Eric Gurien,” Philipps explains, adding that Treem also “really loved our show.”
talk show was brought back to life in pretty much the last place you would expect: An episode of The Affair.
Philipps shot The Affair cameo back in February, three months before E!
“I literally forgot I did that,” Philipps confesses of her talk show’s exhumation, before adding, “Hilariously, the producers of The Affair had far more confidence in our show than the [former] executives at E!”