"Schitt's Creek" star Dan Levy on making "Big Mistakes"

Sunday Morning "Schitt's Creek" star Dan Levy on making "Big Mistakes" .chip { background-image: url('/fly/bundles/cbsnewscore/images/chip-bgd/chip-bgd-sunday-morning.jpg'); } By Anthony Mason Anthony Mason Senior Culture and Senior National Correspondent Anthony Mason is a senior culture and senior national correspondent for CBS News. He has been a frequent contributor to "CBS Sunday Morning." Read Full Bio Anthony Mason April 5, 2026 / 9:32 AM EDT / CBS News Add CBS News on Google On the streets of New Jersey recently, Dan Levy, creator of "Schitt's Creek," was shooting his new sitcom, "Big Mistakes." He said the idea for the show "came from a fear that I have of being trapped. I like my freedom!"In "Big Mistakes," a New Jersey pastor and his sister, a teacher, accidentally get trapped in a relationship with organized crime. "I just know that if I ever were tasked with helping a criminal organization, I would be the biggest liability," Levy said. "So that, to me, felt like a very funny place to start."Taylor Ortega plays his sister ("It's just chemistry. You either have it with somebody or you don't, and she is brilliant"), but Levy says his biggest casting coup was landing Laurie Metcalf to play their mother. He said he knew that "even if everything else fails, she will be great."To watch a trailer for "Big Mistakes," click on the video player below: Big Mistakes | Official Trailer | Netflix by Netflix on YouTube Co-created with Rachel Sennott for Netflix, "Big Mistakes" is Levy's first series since "Schitt's Creek," the comedy in which he starred and co-wrote.Asked if he felt, while writing the new series, that he had to live up to "Schitt's Creek," Levy replied, "No. I wouldn't let it in. I don't think you can. And you really have to lock the door on that and almost accept the fact that, if that is the big crown jewel, fabulous. How wonderful! Everything else has to be something that makes me feel good."In its sixth and final season, "Schitt's Creek" swept all...