Dummy (TV series)

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Dummy
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Genre Comedy
Created byCody Heller
Written byCody Heller
Directed by Tricia Brock
Starring
ComposerMandy Hoffman
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes10
Production
Executive producers
  • Tricia Brock [1]
  • Cody Heller [1]
  • Anna Kendrick [1]
  • Paul Lee
  • Josh Stern
ProducerDylan Golden
CinematographyCatherine Goldschmidt
EditorLee Haugen
Production companies
  • wiip
  • Heller Highwater Pictures
  • Let's Go Again, Inc.
Original release
Network Quibi
ReleaseApril 20 (2020-04-20) 
April 29, 2020 (2020-04-29)

Dummy is an American series created by Cody Heller that debuted on Quibi on April 20, 2020. [2] The series is based on a real life experience between Heller and her partner Dan Harmon, in which she discovered that he had a sex doll. [3] The series was originally developed as a television pilot, but the script was rewritten as a film and then split into less than 10-minute episodes to fit into the concept of Quibi. [1]

Contents

Cast

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date
1"Expired Melatonin" Tricia Brock Cody HellerApril 20, 2020 (2020-04-20)
2"Ideal Woman"Tricia BrockCody HellerApril 20, 2020 (2020-04-20)
3"Doll Parts"Tricia BrockCody HellerApril 20, 2020 (2020-04-20)
4"Terrible Writer/Useless Sex Doll"Tricia BrockCody HellerApril 21, 2020 (2020-04-21)
5"Passive Protagonist"Tricia BrockCody HellerApril 22, 2020 (2020-04-22)
6"Subtextual Feminism"Tricia BrockCody HellerApril 23, 2020 (2020-04-23)
7"The Bechdel Test"Tricia BrockCody HellerApril 24, 2020 (2020-04-24)
8"Woman With Agency"Tricia BrockCody HellerApril 27, 2020 (2020-04-27)
9"Paraben-Free Lube"Tricia BrockCody HellerApril 28, 2020 (2020-04-28)
10"Plus Size Plus One"Tricia BrockCody HellerApril 29, 2020 (2020-04-29)

Accolades

YearAwardCategoryNominee(s)ResultRef.
2020 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series Anna Kendrick Nominated [4]

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