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2011
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SHOWTIME

2011
TV-MA
SHOWTIME

Episodes (US)

Summary Friends favorite Matt LeBlanc teams up with David Crane of the Friends fame and Jeffrey Klarik of Mad About You to serve up a single-camera comedy about a the television business. The Showtime project will focus on the funny process of reworking a hit British show for American audiences.

Comedy

Created By: David Crane, Jeffrey Klarik

2011
TV-MA
SHOWTIME

2011
TV-MA
SHOWTIME

Episodes (US)

5 Seasons

Season 1 Premiere: Jan 9, 2011

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 50 Critic Reviews

74

User Score Generally Favorable Based on 287 User Ratings

7.9

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Summary Friends favorite Matt LeBlanc teams up with David Crane of the Friends fame and Jeffrey Klarik of Mad About You to serve up a single-camera comedy about a the television business. The Showtime project will focus on the funny process of reworking a hit British show for American audiences.

Comedy

Created By: David Crane, Jeffrey Klarik

Where to Watch

All Seasons

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9 Episodes • 2012

9 Episodes • 2014

9 Episodes • 2015

7 Episodes • 2017

5 Seasons

Critic Reviews

Metascore

Generally Favorable Based on 50 Critic Reviews

78% Positive
39 Reviews

22% Mixed
11 Reviews

0% Negative
0 Reviews

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Critic Reviews

Metascore

Generally Favorable Based on 50 Critic Reviews

78% Positive
39 Reviews

22% Mixed
11 Reviews

0% Negative
0 Reviews

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Feb 3, 2011

LeBlanc is brilliant; the writing and direction are brilliant; the show is brilliant.

By Matt Zoller Seitz FULL REVIEW

New York Magazine (Vulture)

Jan 13, 2011

Episodes is great--the sharpest sitcom debut this year. Among other excellent qualities, it's actively funny, with none of the dramedy lumpiness that spoils other half-hour offerings (bad camp, faux-energy badinage, heavy-handed sentimentality).

By Emily Nussbaum FULL REVIEW

User Reviews

User Score

Generally Favorable Based on 287 User Ratings

85% Positive
243 Ratings

11% Mixed
31 Ratings

5% Negative
13 Ratings

User Reviews

User Score

Generally Favorable Based on 287 User Ratings

85% Positive
243 Ratings

11% Mixed
31 Ratings

5% Negative
13 Ratings

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Entertainment Weekly

Jan 3, 2011

If you find the premiere poky, stick with it: Episodes gets funnier with each succeeding episode, and the acting is superb. Yes: Matt LeBlanc = superb.

By Ken Tucker FULL REVIEW

Jan 6, 2015

After three seasons, a satisfyingly dense layering of history and tension has been built into the relationships between the main characters.

By Elise Nakhnikian FULL REVIEW

The New York Times

Jan 6, 2011

A satirical and quite funny comedy about two British television writers, a husband- and wife team, Sean and Beverly Lincoln (Stephen Mangan and Tamsin Greig) who are lured to Hollywood to adapt their hit sitcom for an American network.

By Alessandra Stanley FULL REVIEW

Jan 9, 2015

The new season thus showcases both the program’s strengths and inherent weaknesses, alternating between feeling clever (the promise of a trip to a Golden Globes gifting suite represents an effective bribe) and tired (seriously, aren’t we done with the agent-doing-business-on-the-treadmill gag yet?).

By Brian Lowry FULL REVIEW

Jan 7, 2011

Episodes isn't even as funny as Crane and Klarik's last collaboration, the exceedingly mediocre short-lived CBS comedy "The Class" - and that's even considering that the new show features Crane's old "Friends" star Matt LeBlanc delivering a terrific performance as an exaggerated version of himself.

By Alan Sepinwall FULL REVIEW

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Details

Production Company:

Hat Trick Productions
Crane Klarik
Showtime Networks
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Initial Release Date: Jan 9, 2011

Number of seasons: 5 Seasons

Rating: TV-MA

Genres:

Comedy

Awards

Golden Globes, USA

• 1 Win & 4 Nominations

Primetime Emmy Awards

• 10 Nominations

Satellite Awards

• 2 Nominations

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