Brutally Normal | |
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Genre | Sitcom |
Created by | Michael Goldberg Tommy Swerdlow |
Written by | Stephen Chbosky Michael Goldberg Will McRobb Tommy Swerdlow Chris Viscardi |
Directed by | Marc Buckland Michael M. Robin Lev L. Spiro Randall Zisk |
Starring | Mike Damus Lea Moreno Eddie Kaye Thomas Tangie Ambrose Antwon Tanner Joanna Pacula |
Composers | Stuart Copeland Ryan Beveridge |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 8 (3 unaired) |
Production | |
Executive producers | Michael Goldberg Tommy Swerdlow Greer Shephard Michael M. Robin |
Camera setup | Film; Single-camera |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production companies | Swerdlow-Goldberg Style The Shephard/Robin Company Touchstone Television |
Original release | |
Network | The WB |
Release | January 24 – February 14, 2000 |
Brutally Normal is an American sitcom television series that starred Mike Damus [1] and aired on The WB. [2] The series premiered on January 24, 2000 with two back-to-back episodes later airing along with Zoe... A total of eight episodes were produced with only five of those episodes airing with the show being canceled on February 14, 2000.
The series revolved around Pooh (Mike Damus), a teenage boy with a group of diverse friends. Anna (Lea Moreno) is a foreign exchange student and Russell (Eddie Kaye Thomas) is his wise-cracking best friend all going through their senior year at Wacker H. Normal High School. Many of the show's story lines dealt with surreal situations that the group would get into hence the series name.
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No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code [3] |
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1 | "You Get What You Get" | Marc Buckland | Stephen Chbosky | January 24, 2000 | N-602 |
2 | "Barricade" | Marc Buckland | Will McRobb & Chris Viscardi | January 24, 2000 | N-605 |
3 | "Mouth Full of Warm Roses" | Michael M. Robin | Tommy Swerdlow & Michael Goldberg | January 31, 2000 | N-603 |
4 | "Stretching Ethics" | Marc Buckland | Tommy Swerdlow & Michael Goldberg | February 7, 2000 | N-606 |
5 | "Well Solved Sherlock" | Lev L. Spiro | Stephen Chbosky | February 14, 2000 | N-604 |
6 | "Damaged Goods" | Randall Zisk | TBD | Unaired | N-607 |
7 | "Road Trip" | TBD | TBD | Unaired | N-608 |
8 | "Pilot" | TBD | TBD | Unaired | N-601 |
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