Wendi McLendon-Covey Previews THE GOLDBERGS’ Emotional, Unexpected Tribute to George Segal

THE GOLDBERGS will be paying tribute to star George Segal (who played Pops), who died March 2021, when the comedy returns.

“He passed away two days before we wrapped for the season, so we couldn’t address it during last season,” series star Wendi McLendon-Covey (who plays Beverly) said during a Television Critics Association panel. “Every time we open a season, it’s always a movie tribute. So I gotta hand it to our writers: we are doing a movie tribute that actually takes us on the journey of where to spread Pop’s ashes.”

As such, the annual movie homage-turned-honoring of Pops in the season 9 premiere “is not only a traditional tribute, but it’s hysterically funny, and you will cry your eyes out because Sean Giambrone and I could barely get through it.”

But that won’t be the last time Pops is brought up, McLendon-Covey promised: “We’ll be mentioning George a lot during the season.”

THE GOLDBERGS, Season Premiere, Wednesday, September 22, 8/7c, ABC

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