Loudermilk (TV series)

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Loudermilk
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Genre
Created by
Directed byPeter Farrelly
Starring
Opening theme"Stand on the Horizon" by Franz Ferdinand
ComposerDave Palmer
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes30 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
Producers
  • Kate Regan
  • Jonathan I. Schwartz
Production locations Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
CinematographyDavid Pelletier
Editors
  • Allan Lee
  • Jorelle Miranda
Running time27–30 minutes
Production companyPrimary Wave Entertainment
Original release
Network
ReleaseOctober 17, 2017 (2017-10-17) 
December 31, 2020 (2020-12-31)

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]

Contents

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]

Additional seasons were planned, but not produced as of 2024, since the show could not find a network willing to offset the production costs. [5] In January 2024, Sony Distribution licensed all three 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.

Premise

Sam Loudermilk, a former music critic and a recovering alcoholic, is a substance abuse 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]

Frequent scenes depict Loudermilk's group sessions at a local church, with subplots deriving from the group members' lives. Farrelly expressed particular pride at the arc of Mugsy (Brian Regan) during season 3, where the character gradually rebuilds his relationship with his children before relapsing. The character of Cutter (Danny Wattley) features in a prominent subplot in season 1; Wattley was unable to reprise the role in seasons 2 and 3 after himself relapsing, but after going through recovery was planned to appear in a fourth season. [3]

Cast and characters

Main

Recurring

Guest

Episodes

SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
1 10October 17, 2017 (2017-10-17)December 19, 2017 (2017-12-19)
2 10October 16, 2018 (2018-10-16)December 18, 2018 (2018-12-18)
3 10December 31, 2020 (2020-12-31)December 31, 2020 (2020-12-31)

Season 1 (2017)

Loudermilk season 1 episodes
No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
11"A Girl in Trouble Is a Temporary Thing" Peter Farrelly Bobby Mort & Peter FarrellyOctober 17, 2017 (2017-10-17)
22"Shark Week"Peter FarrellyBobby Mort & Peter FarrellyOctober 24, 2017 (2017-10-24)
33"You're Only as Sick as Your Secrets"Peter Farrelly Danny Smith October 31, 2017 (2017-10-31)
44"It's All About the Beans"Peter FarrellyDave Connaughton & John TrozakNovember 7, 2017 (2017-11-07)
55"There's a New Kid in Town"Peter FarrellyDave Connaughton, John Trozak & Peter FarrellyNovember 14, 2017 (2017-11-14)
66"Lay, Lady, Lay"Peter FarrellyDave Connaughton, John Trozak & Peter FarrellyNovember 21, 2017 (2017-11-21)
77"Father of the Year"Peter FarrellyBobby Mort & Peter FarrellyNovember 28, 2017 (2017-11-28)
88"Invitation Only"Peter FarrellyShira Hoffman & Peter FarrellyDecember 5, 2017 (2017-12-05)
99"Highway 10 Revisited"Peter Farrelly Ricky Blitt December 12, 2017 (2017-12-12)
1010"Bourbon Street"Peter FarrellyBobby Mort & Peter FarrellyDecember 19, 2017 (2017-12-19)

Season 2 (2018)

Loudermilk season 2 episodes
No.
overall
No. in
season
Title [10] Directed byWritten byOriginal air date [10]
111"Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except for Me and My Monkey" Peter Farrelly Bobby Mort & Peter FarrellyOctober 16, 2018 (2018-10-16)
122"Cruel to Be Kind"Peter FarrellyBobby MortOctober 23, 2018 (2018-10-23)
133"All Apologies"Peter Farrelly Jimmy Dunn, Jackie Flynn & Peter FarrellyOctober 30, 2018 (2018-10-30)
144"White Rabbit" Bobby Farrelly Dave Connaughton & John TrozakNovember 6, 2018 (2018-11-06)
155"I Fought the Law"Bobby FarrellyDave Connaughton & John TrozakNovember 13, 2018 (2018-11-13)
166"Our Lips Are Sealed"Bobby Farrelly Ricky Blitt November 20, 2018 (2018-11-20)
177"He Ain't Heavy"Bobby Farrelly Danny Smith November 27, 2018 (2018-11-27)
188"Iron Man"Bobby FarrellyKate Schriver & Laura StreicherDecember 4, 2018 (2018-12-04)
199"Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting"Bobby FarrellyJim Freeman & Brian JarvisDecember 11, 2018 (2018-12-11)
2010"Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)"Bobby FarrellyBobby MortDecember 18, 2018 (2018-12-18)

Season 3 (2020)

Loudermilk season 3 episodes
No.
overall
No. in
season
Title [11] Directed byWritten byOriginal air date [10]
211"Stuck in the Middle with You"Bobby FarrellyBobby Mort & Peter FarrellyDecember 31, 2020 (2020-12-31)
222"There Goes My Baby"Bobby FarrellyJohn Jordan & Thomas JordanDecember 31, 2020 (2020-12-31)
233"American Idiot"Bobby FarrellyBobby MortDecember 31, 2020 (2020-12-31)
244"Hit Me Baby One More Time"Peter FarrellyJackie Flynn, Jimmy Dunn & Peter FarrellyDecember 31, 2020 (2020-12-31)
255"Just What I Needed"Bobby FarrellyLaura Streicher & Kate SchriverDecember 31, 2020 (2020-12-31)
266"Hard for Me to Say I'm Sorry"Peter FarrellyDave Connaughton & John TrozakDecember 31, 2020 (2020-12-31)
277"Wind Beneath My Wings"Bobby FarrellyRicky BlittDecember 31, 2020 (2020-12-31)
288"Resurrection Shuffle"Bobby FarrellyDanny SmithDecember 31, 2020 (2020-12-31)
299"Should Have Known Better"Peter Farrelly Yassir Lester & Peter FarrellyDecember 31, 2020 (2020-12-31)
3010"When I'm Alone"Bobby FarrellyPeter Farrelly & Bobby MortDecember 31, 2020 (2020-12-31)

Production

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]

Despite being based in Seattle, Loudermilk is filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Music

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]

Reception

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]

Distribution

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]

Future

Though the cast was released from any contractual obligations to produce further episodes after the shutdown of Audience Network, 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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