Another Period | |
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Genre | Period sitcom |
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Directed by | Jeremy Konner |
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Theme music composer | Cyrus Ghahremani (as King Cyrus King) |
Composer | Eban Schletter |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 32 |
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Producers |
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Cinematography | Carl Herse |
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Running time | 21 minutes |
Production companies | Red Hour
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Original release | |
Network | Comedy Central |
Release | June 23, 2015 – March 20, 2018 |
Another Period is an American period sitcom television series created by and starring Natasha Leggero and Riki Lindhome. It followed the lives of the Bellacourts, the first family of Newport, Rhode Island, at the turn of the 20th century. Lillian (Leggero) and Beatrice (Lindhome) played sisters "who care only about how they look, what parties they attend and becoming famous, which is a lot harder in 1902". [1] It was intended to be a spoof on reality shows like Keeping Up with the Kardashians while roughly contemporaneous with Downton Abbey and satirizing many of the same themes of class and social standing. [2]
The series was picked up for 10 episodes and debuted on Comedy Central on June 23, 2015. It was directed by Jeremy Konner, co-creator and writer of Drunk History . Ben Stiller's production company Red Hour produced. Leggero, Lindhome, and Konner also served as executive producers. [3] The second season premiered on June 15, 2016. [4] On May 23, 2016, it was renewed for a third season, [5] which premiered on January 23, 2018. [6] In November 2018, Comedy Central announced it canceled the series after three seasons. [7]
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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First aired | Last aired | |||
1 | 10 | June 23, 2015 | August 25, 2015 | |
2 | 11 | June 15, 2016 | August 24, 2016 | |
3 | 11 | January 23, 2018 | March 20, 2018 | |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Written by | Original air date | US viewers (millions) | |
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1 | 1 | "The Party of the Century" | Natasha Leggero & Riki Lindhome | June 23, 2015 | 0.615 [12] | |
Lillian (Natasha Leggero) and Beatrice (Riki Lindhome) prepare to entertain a Newport power broker, and new servant Celine (Christina Hendricks) adjusts to life at Bellacourt Manor and her impromptu name change: Chair. Guest stars include Shoshannah Stern as Helen Keller, Kate Flannery as Annie Sullivan, and Artemis Pebdani as Hortense Bellacourt (replaced by Lauren Ash in all subsequent episodes). | ||||||
2 | 2 | "Divorce" | Natasha Leggero & Riki Lindhome | June 30, 2015 | 0.704 [13] | |
Lillian and Beatrice brainstorm ways to rid themselves of their husbands. Frederick (Jason Ritter) gets courted by a wealthy divorcee. Garfield (Armen Weitzman) copes with a traumatic event. Jon Daly, Will Sasso and Jessica Chaffin guest star. | ||||||
3 | 3 | "Funeral" | Natasha Leggero & Riki Lindhome | July 7, 2015 | 0.411 [14] | |
Lillian and Beatrice hold a funeral for their husbands. Albert (David Wain) and Victor (Brian Huskey) try to build a new life together. Peepers (Michael Ian Black) confronts his heritage. Guest Stars: Lou Diamond Phillips, Rich Fulcher, Tim Heidecker and Moshe Kasher. | ||||||
4 | 4 | "Pageant" | Natasha Leggero & Riki Lindhome | July 14, 2015 | 0.289 [15] | |
Bellacourt Manor hosts the first beauty pageant that is for more than vegetables. Babies or women may also now enter which leads to a Bellacourt showdown. Peepers trains Chair in the art of servitude. Jack Black, Kate Micucci, Betsy Sodaro and Moshe Kasher guest star. | ||||||
5 | 5 | "Senate" | Guy Branum | July 21, 2015 | 0.611 [16] | |
The Commodore (David Koechner) returns home to Bellacourt Manor. Frederick prepares to become a US senator while Lillian and Beatrice sabotage a suffrage rally that is important to Hortense. Chris Parnell, Brian White, Kate Micucci, Betsy Sodaro and Nancy Friedrich guest star. | ||||||
6 | 6 | "Lillian's Birthday" | Jeremy Konner | July 28, 2015 | 0.435 [17] | |
An old flame pays Lillian a visit at the manor. Peepers becomes gravely ill but no one seems to notice. Hortense finds herself in a delicate condition. Exec Producer Ben Stiller guest stars as Charles Ponzi. | ||||||
7 | 7 | "Switcheroo Day" | Moshe Kasher | August 4, 2015 | 0.507 [18] | |
Lillian orchestrates her own kidnapping for press attention while Blanche (Beth Dover) and Peepers spend the day as members of the upper class. Rich Fulcher guest stars as Mark Twain. | ||||||
8 | 8 | "Dog Dinner Party" | Laura Krafft | August 11, 2015 | 0.421 [19] | |
Beatrice has a meltdown when Frederick brings home a fiancee -- Celery Savoy. Dodo (Paget Brewster) goes through morphine withdrawal. Missi Pyle guest stars. | ||||||
9 | 9 | "Reject's Beach" | Moshe Kasher | August 18, 2015 | 0.358 [20] | |
New friends invite Lillian to a beach party. Beatrice goes to Thomas Edison for forbidden experimentation. Blanche receives a mysterious letter from a factory. Meanwhile, Garfield tries to keep the family from falling apart. Rachel Blanchard, Stephen Tobolowsky and Jon Daly guest star. | ||||||
10 | 10 | "Modern Pigs" | Natasha Leggero & Riki Lindhome | August 25, 2015 | 0.548 [21] | |
Lillian and Beatrice race across Newport in a failed attempt to stop Fredrick's wedding to Celery Savoy, only for them to be banned from the Bellacourt estate by the Commodore when their family scandals have been made public on The Lookie Loo. While Peepers realizes Celine's intentions yet unable to act against her on the Commodore's order, he instead kills Scoops LaPue for being the apparent writer while framing Hamish (Brett Gelman) for the crime. Lillian and Beatrice decide to become famous. Missi Pyle guest stars. |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Written by | Original air date | US viewers (millions) | |
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11 | 1 | "Tubman" | Jen Statsky | June 15, 2016 | 0.434 [22] | |
Lillian and Beatrice are determined to be famous and enlist the help of Harriet Tubman. The Commodore finds out he is broke because Dodo has been sending his money to charity and wants to send her to go shopping for straitjackets. To solve his financial issues he decides to marry off Lillian and Beatrice again! Peepers is on a mission to retrieve Lillian and Beatrice and get them back to Bellacourt Manor on orders from The Commodore. | ||||||
12 | 2 | "Annulment" | Natasha Leggero & Riki Lindhome | June 22, 2016 | 0.385 [23] | |
Lillian and Victor fight for control of the Butternut Room, Beatrice helps Albert recover from the trauma of his hatchet attack, and Peepers hires a new hall boy. | ||||||
13 | 3 | "The Prince and the Pauper" | Natasha Leggero & Riki Lindhome | June 29, 2016 | 0.428 [24] | |
Lillian and Beatrice both try to woo a foreign prince, Blanche helps Chair reclaim her lost memories, and Hamish forms a bond with his prison cellmate. | ||||||
14 | 4 | "Trial of the Century" | Moshe Kasher | July 6, 2016 | 0.386 [25] | |
Illicit deals are made and old secrets resurface as Frederick presides over Hamish's trial for the murder of Scoops LaPue. | ||||||
15 | 5 | "Roosevelt" | Jeremy Konner | July 13, 2016 | 0.393 [26] | |
The Commodore tries to sell Frederick as a possible vice president, Beatrice and Eleanor Roosevelt hit it off, and Flobelle organizes a servants' strike. | ||||||
16 | 6 | "Servants' Disease" | Krister Johnson | July 20, 2016 | 0.428 [27] | |
Lillian gets close to the servants when a typhoid outbreak wreaks havoc in the lower quarters, and Beatrice goes on a double date with her new boyfriend. | ||||||
17 | 7 | "Harvard" | Natasha Leggero & Riki Lindhome | July 27, 2016 | 0.403 [28] | |
Albert Einstein visits the manor and develops an unlikely partnership with Beatrice, and Lillian goes on a mission to find sex for pleasure. | ||||||
18 | 8 | "Joplin" | Moshe Kasher | August 3, 2016 | 0.384 [29] | |
Scott Joplin visits the manor to produce a song for Lillian and Beatrice, Blanche enjoys her new marriage to Dr. Goldberg, and Peepers struggles with sexual frustration. | ||||||
19 | 9 | "Lillian's Wedding" | Natasha Leggero & Riki Lindhome | August 10, 2016 | 0.36 [30] | |
Lillian prepares to marry an elderly media magnate, Frederick finds himself embroiled in a scandal, and Beatrice learns the ins and outs of Christianity. | ||||||
20 | 10 | "The Duel" | Jeremy Konner | August 17, 2016 | 0.365 [31] | |
Lillian despairs in the aftermath of her disastrous wedding, Dodo returns to Bellacourt, and Beatrice throws herself into her new religious calling. | ||||||
21 | 11 | "Lillian Is Dead" | Natasha Leggero & Riki Lindhome & Jeremy Konner | August 24, 2016 | 0.445 [32] | |
The Commodore faces some hard truths about his finances, Blanche goes into labor, and Lillian goes on an epic drinking binge. |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Written by | Original air date | US viewers (millions) | |
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22 | 1 | "Congress" | Jeremy Konner | January 23, 2018 | 0.272 [33] | |
Lillian and Beatrice take up Hortense's mantle to begin fighting for women's rights, and Peepers bristles at Father Black Donahue's new role at the manor. | ||||||
23 | 2 | "Séance" | Moshe Kasher | January 30, 2018 | 0.298 [34] | |
Everyone at Bellacourt Manor catches ghost fever when Harry Houdini visits to investigate some supernatural occurrences. | ||||||
24 | 3 | "Olympics" | Natasha Leggero & Riki Lindhome | February 6, 2018 | 0.274 [35] | |
Victor and Lillian square off after the Olympics allows women to compete, and Frederick and Beatrice question their relationship after Frederick discovers that he was adopted. Guest starring Thomas Lennon. | ||||||
25 | 4 | "The Love Boat" | Natasha Leggero & Riki Lindhome | February 13, 2018 | 0.254 [36] | |
Lillian and Beatrice fight over a sexy Spanish meteorologist, and a boat trip provides an opportunity for Dodo and Peepers to rekindle their illicit romance. Guest starring Marc Evan Jackson and Gilles Marini. | ||||||
26 | 5 | "Masquerade" | Natasha Leggero & Riki Lindhome | February 20, 2018 | 0.264 [37] | |
Garfield tries in vain to assert his authority as the new head butler, and Lillian and Beatrice sneak into Celery Savoy's masquerade ball. | ||||||
27 | 6 | "Shady Acres" | Jeremy Konner | February 27, 2018 | 0.29 [38] | |
Beatrice has an existential crisis, Lillian tries to scheme her way into landing a plot at an exclusive cemetery, and Frederick runs for president. | ||||||
28 | 7 | "Sex Nickelodeon" | Natasha Leggero & Riki Lindhome | March 6, 2018 | 0.324 [39] | |
When a naughty movie featuring Beatrice leaks, she finds herself at the center of a media frenzy; meanwhile, Victor and Albert become policemen. | ||||||
29 | 8 | "Lucky Chang's" | David Parker | March 13, 2018 | 0.296 [40] | |
Dodo subjects Beatrice to a harrowing beauty regimen as part of a campaign to get her face on the new nickel, and Lillian develops a gambling addiction. | ||||||
30 | 9 | "Little Orphan Garfield" | Michael Ian Black | March 13, 2018 | 0.167 [40] | |
Hortense helps Beatrice find her mystery lover, Lillian adjusts to life in the insane asylum, and Garfield searches for his birth parents. | ||||||
31 | 10 | "Commodore Returns" | Natasha Leggero & Riki Lindhome | March 20, 2018 | 0.234 [41] | |
The Commodore enlists Peepers to help him win Dodo back, Lillian's alliance with Blanche takes a turn, and Beatrice and Frederick plan to meet their beloveds. | ||||||
32 | 11 | "President Bellacourt" | Natasha Leggero & Riki Lindhome & Michael Ian Black | March 20, 2018 | 0.182 [41] | |
Frederick's presidential bid divides Bellacourt Manor, and Lillian struggles with her new life as a police officer's wife. |
No. | Title | Air date | Rating/share (18–49) | Viewers (millions) |
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1 | "Pilot" | June 23, 2015 | 0.33 [12] | 0.615 |
2 | "Divorce" | June 30, 2015 | 0.39 [13] | 0.704 |
3 | "Funeral" | July 7, 2015 | 0.21 [14] | 0.411 |
4 | "Pageant" | July 14, 2015 | 0.16 [15] | 0.289 |
5 | "Senate" | July 21, 2015 | 0.34 [16] | 0.611 |
6 | "Lillian's Birthday" | July 28, 2015 | 0.22 [17] | 0.435 |
7 | "Switcheroo Day" | August 4, 2015 | 0.25 [18] | 0.507 |
8 | "Dog Dinner Party" | August 11, 2015 | 0.24 [19] | 0.421 |
9 | "Reject's Beach" | August 18, 2015 | 0.19 [20] | 0.358 |
10 | "Modern Pigs" | August 25, 2015 | 0.31 [21] | 0.548 |
No. | Title | Air date | Rating/share (18–49) | Viewers (millions) |
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1 | "Tubman" | June 15, 2016 | 0.21 [22] | 0.434 |
2 | "Annulment" | June 22, 2016 | 0.21 [23] | 0.385 |
3 | "The Prince and the Pauper" | June 29, 2016 | 0.24 [24] | 0.428 |
4 | "Trial of the Century" | July 6, 2016 | 0.21 [25] | 0.386 |
5 | "Roosevelt" | July 13, 2016 | 0.23 [26] | 0.393 |
6 | "Servants' Disease" | July 20, 2016 | 0.21 [27] | 0.428 |
7 | "Harvard" | July 27, 2016 | 0.19 [28] | 0.403 |
8 | "Joplin" | August 3, 2016 | 0.18 [29] | 0.384 |
9 | "Lillian's Wedding" | August 10, 2016 | 0.2 [30] | 0.360 |
10 | "The Duel" | August 17, 2016 | 0.2 [31] | 0.365 |
11 | "Lillian Is Dead" | August 24, 2016 | 0.24 [32] | 0.445 |
No. | Title | Air date | Rating/share (18–49) | Viewers (millions) |
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1 | "Congress" | January 23, 2018 | 0.14 [33] | 0.272 |
2 | "Séance" | January 30, 2018 | 0.12 [34] | 0.298 |
3 | "Olympics" | February 6, 2018 | 0.13 [35] | 0.274 |
4 | "The Love Boat" | February 13, 2018 | 0.13 [36] | 0.254 |
5 | "Masquerade" | February 20, 2018 | 0.12 [37] | 0.264 |
6 | "Shady Acres" | February 28, 2018 | 0.13 [38] | 0.29 |
7 | "Sex Nickelodeon" | March 6, 2018 | 0.16 [39] | 0.324 |
8 | "Lucky Chang's" | March 13, 2018 | 0.14 [40] | 0.296 |
9 | "Little Orphan Garfield" | March 13, 2018 | 0.06 [40] | 0.167 |
10 | "Commodore Returns" | March 20, 2018 | 0.1 [41] | 0.234 |
11 | "President Bellacourt" | March 20, 2018 | 0.07 [41] | 0.182 |
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It's kind of like Keeping Up With The Kardashians meets Downton Abbey, I guess. Riki Lindhome and I play these rich and sort of tacky heiresses who are just trying to get into society and become famous, which is hard in 1902 because there's no TV or media.