Loudermilk | |
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Genre | Comedy-drama |
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Directed by | Peter Farrelly |
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Opening theme | "Stand on the Horizon" by Franz Ferdinand |
Composer | Dave Palmer |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 30 (list of episodes) |
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Production locations | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
Cinematography | David Pelletier |
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Running time | 27–30 minutes |
Production company | Primary Wave Entertainment |
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Release | October 17, 2017 – December 31, 2020 |
Loudermilk is an American comedy-drama television series created by Peter Farrelly and Bobby Mort. The series stars Ron Livingston, Will Sasso, Laura Mennell, Anja Savcic, Mat Fraser, Toby Levins, and Mark Brandon. [1] [2] The show premiered on October 17, 2017, on the AT&T Audience Network. In December 2018, it was announced that Audience had renewed the series for a third season. In April 2020, the series was left without a home after the network ceased operations. [3]
Amazon subsequently acquired the rights to stream the series, and the previously unaired third season was released on Amazon Prime Video in some countries, such as Canada, in December 2020.[ citation needed ] The series made its U.S. debut in March 2021, while the third season was added the following month. [4] [5]
Further seasons have been conceptualized by the creators, but are as-yet unproduced, as a sponsoring (not just distribution) network is being sought. [5] In January 2024, Sony Distribution licensed all 3 seasons to be available on Netflix as well as Amazon Prime. [6] As of March 16, 2024, three seasons are available on Netflix in the U.S.
Sam Loudermilk, a former music critic and a recovering alcoholic, is a substance abuse counselor and support group leader living in Seattle, who regularly doles out clever but acid-tongued critiques to his clients, his friends, and any random person he interacts with. Loudermilk, who does not have his life together in the way one might expect of a counselor, is somewhat nicer to the few people close to him, including his best friend and (usually) sober sponsor, Ben Burns, and his sponsee and unplanned roommate, Claire Wilkes. [1] [7] [8] [9]
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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First aired | Last aired | |||
1 | 10 | October 17, 2017 | December 19, 2017 | |
2 | 10 | October 16, 2018 | December 18, 2018 | |
3 | 10 | December 31, 2020 | December 31, 2020 |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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1 | 1 | "A Girl in Trouble Is a Temporary Thing" | Peter Farrelly | Bobby Mort & Peter Farrelly | October 17, 2017 |
2 | 2 | "Shark Week" | Peter Farrelly | Bobby Mort & Peter Farrelly | October 24, 2017 |
3 | 3 | "You're Only as Sick as Your Secrets" | Peter Farrelly | Danny Smith | October 31, 2017 |
4 | 4 | "It's All About the Beans" | Peter Farrelly | Dave Connaughton & John Trozak | November 7, 2017 |
5 | 5 | "There's a New Kid in Town" | Peter Farrelly | Dave Connaughton, John Trozak & Peter Farrelly | November 14, 2017 |
6 | 6 | "Lay, Lady, Lay" | Peter Farrelly | Dave Connaughton, John Trozak & Peter Farrelly | November 21, 2017 |
7 | 7 | "Father of the Year" | Peter Farrelly | Bobby Mort & Peter Farrelly | November 28, 2017 |
8 | 8 | "Invitation Only" | Peter Farrelly | Shira Hoffman & Peter Farrelly | December 5, 2017 |
9 | 9 | "Highway 10 Revisited" | Peter Farrelly | Ricky Blitt | December 12, 2017 |
10 | 10 | "Bourbon Street" | Peter Farrelly | Bobby Mort & Peter Farrelly | December 19, 2017 |
No. overall | No. in season | Title [10] | Directed by | Written by | Original air date [10] |
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11 | 1 | "Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except for Me and My Monkey" | Peter Farrelly | Bobby Mort & Peter Farrelly | October 16, 2018 |
12 | 2 | "Cruel to Be Kind" | Peter Farrelly | Bobby Mort | October 23, 2018 |
13 | 3 | "All Apologies" | Peter Farrelly | Jimmy Dunn, Jackie Flynn & Peter Farrelly | October 30, 2018 |
14 | 4 | "White Rabbit" | Bobby Farrelly | Dave Connaughton & John Trozak | November 6, 2018 |
15 | 5 | "I Fought the Law" | Bobby Farrelly | Dave Connaughton & John Trozak | November 13, 2018 |
16 | 6 | "Our Lips Are Sealed" | Bobby Farrelly | Ricky Blitt | November 20, 2018 |
17 | 7 | "He Ain't Heavy" | Bobby Farrelly | Danny Smith | November 27, 2018 |
18 | 8 | "Iron Man" | Bobby Farrelly | Kate Schriver & Laura Streicher | December 4, 2018 |
19 | 9 | "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" | Bobby Farrelly | Jim Freeman & Brian Jarvis | December 11, 2018 |
20 | 10 | "Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)" | Bobby Farrelly | Bobby Mort | December 18, 2018 |
No. overall | No. in season | Title [11] | Directed by | Written by | Original air date [10] |
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21 | 1 | "Stuck in the Middle with You" | Bobby Farrelly | Bobby Mort & Peter Farrelly | December 31, 2020 |
22 | 2 | "There Goes My Baby" | Bobby Farrelly | John Jordan & Thomas Jordan | December 31, 2020 |
23 | 3 | "American Idiot" | Bobby Farrelly | Bobby Mort | December 31, 2020 |
24 | 4 | "Hit Me Baby One More Time" | Peter Farrelly | Jackie Flynn, Jimmy Dunn & Peter Farrelly | December 31, 2020 |
25 | 5 | "Just What I Needed" | Bobby Farrelly | Laura Streicher & Kate Schriver | December 31, 2020 |
26 | 6 | "Hard for Me to Say I'm Sorry" | Peter Farrelly | Dave Connaughton & John Trozak | December 31, 2020 |
27 | 7 | "Wind Beneath My Wings" | Bobby Farrelly | Ricky Blitt | December 31, 2020 |
28 | 8 | "Resurrection Shuffle" | Bobby Farrelly | Danny Smith | December 31, 2020 |
29 | 9 | "Should Have Known Better" | Peter Farrelly | Yassir Lester & Peter Farrelly | December 31, 2020 |
30 | 10 | "When I'm Alone" | Bobby Farrelly | Peter Farrelly & Bobby Mort | December 31, 2020 |
Loudermilk originally premiered on AT&T's Audience Network. [5] Its first season debuted in 2017. On April 12, 2018, Audience renewed the series for a second season, [7] which it premiered on October 16, 2018. [8] On December 5, 2018, it was announced that Audience had renewed the series for a third season, [12] but the network ceased operations in May 2020, prior to the third season's scheduled airing. [3]
Amazon Prime Video, which was already carrying the series in some countries outside the U.S., premiered the third season in those countries on December 31, 2020.[ citation needed ] Amazon acquired the U.S. streaming rights for the show and made the first two seasons available there on March 12, 2021. [4] On April 27, 2021, the third season received its U.S. premiere on Prime. [5]
The first season uses tracks from Andy Shauf's album The Party as incidental and atmospheric score, with an eclectic soundtrack as a nod to Sam Loudermilk's past as a music critic. [13]
Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the first season an approval rating of 92% based on reviews from 12 critics, with an average rating of 7.12 out of 10. The site's critical consensus states:
Loudermilk's timely premise and sharp writing lay a solid foundation for a strong central performance from Ron Livingston, perfectly cast in this endearing dark comedy about a rock critic turned recovering alcoholic. Currently, there is a petition from fans urging Netflix to produce more seasons at Change.org [14]
The series is distributed by Sony Pictures TV; and in Canada, Germany, Italy, the U.K., and the U.S., it airs on Amazon Prime Video. [5] [9] [15] [16] The show has also become a popular choice on Netflix since being added to their library. [17]
Though the cast was released from any contractual obligations to produce further episodes after the Audience Network shutdown, co-creator Peter Farrelly has stated that "everybody wants to come back and do Season 4", and that a production network is being sought. While Amazon was distributing the existing seasons (and Netflix has since joined them), to date they have not taken on a production role for further seasons. In total, Farrelly has envisioned seven seasons' worth of plotlines and character arcs. [3] [5]
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