Dummy | |
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Genre | Comedy |
Created by | Cody Heller |
Written by | Cody Heller |
Directed by | Tricia Brock |
Starring | |
Composer | Mandy Hoffman |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 10 |
Production | |
Executive producers | |
Producer | Dylan Golden |
Cinematography | Catherine Goldschmidt |
Editor | Lee Haugen |
Production companies |
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Original release | |
Network | Quibi |
Release | April 20 – April 29, 2020 |
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]
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
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1 | "Expired Melatonin" | Tricia Brock | Cody Heller | April 20, 2020 |
2 | "Ideal Woman" | Tricia Brock | Cody Heller | April 20, 2020 |
3 | "Doll Parts" | Tricia Brock | Cody Heller | April 20, 2020 |
4 | "Terrible Writer/Useless Sex Doll" | Tricia Brock | Cody Heller | April 21, 2020 |
5 | "Passive Protagonist" | Tricia Brock | Cody Heller | April 22, 2020 |
6 | "Subtextual Feminism" | Tricia Brock | Cody Heller | April 23, 2020 |
7 | "The Bechdel Test" | Tricia Brock | Cody Heller | April 24, 2020 |
8 | "Woman With Agency" | Tricia Brock | Cody Heller | April 27, 2020 |
9 | "Paraben-Free Lube" | Tricia Brock | Cody Heller | April 28, 2020 |
10 | "Plus Size Plus One" | Tricia Brock | Cody Heller | April 29, 2020 |
Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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2020 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series | Anna Kendrick | Nominated | [4] |
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