The Inbetweeners (U.S. TV series)

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The Inbetweeners
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Genre Sitcom
Based on The Inbetweeners
by Damon Beesley
Iain Morris
Developed by Brad Copeland
Starring
Theme music composer OK Go
Opening theme"This Too Shall Pass"
Country of originUnited States
Original language(s)English
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes12 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)
  • Aaron Kaplan
  • Brad Copeland
  • Clay Spencer
  • Damon Beesley
  • Iain Morris
  • Jennifer Russakoff
  • Justin Levy
Camera setup Single-camera
Running time30 minutes
Production company(s)Bwark Productions
Kapital Entertainment
Brad Copeland Productions
Release
Original network MTV
Picture format 1080i (HDTV)
Original releaseAugust 20 (2012-08-20) –
November 5, 2012 (2012-11-05)
External links
Website

The Inbetweeners is an American television sitcom developed by Brad Copeland for MTV. The show stars Joey Pollari, Bubba Lewis, Mark L. Young, Zack Pearlman, Alex Frnka and Brett Gelman. The show is a remake of the original UK series of the same name written and created by Damon Beesley and Iain Morris, who served as executive producers alongside Copeland, Aaron Kaplan and Lauren Corra. It ran on MTV from August 20, to November 5, 2012.

A sitcom, clipping for situational comedy, is a genre of comedy centered on a fixed set of characters who carry over from episode to episode. Sitcoms can be contrasted with sketch comedy, where a troupe may use new characters in each sketch, and stand-up comedy, where a comedian tells jokes and stories to an audience. Sitcoms originated in radio, but today are found mostly on television as one of its dominant narrative forms. This form can also include mockumentaries.

Brad Copeland is an American television writer, producer and film director, best known for his work on the Fox TV series Arrested Development.

MTV American pay television channel

MTV is an American pay television channel that serves as the flagship property of owner Viacom Media Networks and is headquartered in New York City. The channel was launched on August 1, 1981, and originally aired music videos as guided by television personalities known as "video jockeys" (VJs). At first, MTV's main target demographic was young adults, but today it is primarily teenagers, particularly high school and college students.

Contents

On November 28, 2012, the series was canceled after one season, due to poor ratings and poor reviews. [1]

Main cast

Joey Pollari is an American actor who became well known for his role as Tyler in the Disney XD first original movie Skyrunners, which premiered in 2009. In 2015, he played Eric Tanner on ABC's second season of American Crime, and in 2018, appeared in the film Love, Simon, as Lyle, one of Simon's potential boyfriends.

Zachary Michael "Zack" Pearlman is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Zack in The Virginity Hit. He has also co-starred in short-lived television comedies such as MTV's The Inbetweeners and on the FOX sitcom Mulaney.

Mark L. Young is an American actor. He attended La Salle University in the United States.

Production

After an unsuccessful attempt by ABC to create an American version of The Inbetweeners in 2008, [2] MTV announced in late September 2010 that it had hired noted comedy writer Brad Copeland (known for writing on American comedies such as Arrested Development and My Name Is Earl ) to write the script for an American Inbetweeners series. [3] Taika Waititi was chosen to direct the pilot. [4]

American Broadcasting Company American broadcast television network

The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of Walt Disney Television, a subsidiary of the Disney Media Networks division of The Walt Disney Company. The network is headquartered in Burbank, California on Riverside Drive, directly across the street from Walt Disney Studios and adjacent to the Roy E. Disney Animation Building, But the network's second corporate headquarters and News headquarters remains in New York City, New York at their broadcast center on 77 West 66th Street in Lincoln Square in Upper West Side Manhattan.

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Taika Waititi New Zealand film director and actor

Taika David Waititi is a New Zealand filmmaker, actor, and comedian. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his 2004 short film Two Cars, One Night.

On March 31, 2011, MTV officially announced that it had picked-up The Inbetweeners for an additional eleven episodes, creating a twelve-episode first season. Copeland served as executive producer and showrunner. [4]

A showrunner is the leading television producer of a television series. In the United States, they are credited as an executive producer, and simply as a producer in other countries, such as Canada or Britain. A showrunner has creative and management responsibility of a television series production through combining the responsibilities of employer, and in comedy or dramas, typically also character creator, head writer, and script editor. In films, the director has creative control of a production, but in television, the showrunner outranks the episodic directors.

Late November 2012 brought the news that MTV had decided not to go forward with a second season of the series. [1] MTV said to The Wrap, "While we won't be moving forward with another season of The Inbetweeners, we enjoyed working with the show's creators and such a talented, funny cast." [5]

Sharon L. Waxman is an American author, journalist, and blogger who has been a correspondent for The Washington Post and The New York Times, and founded the Hollywood and media business news site TheWrap in early 2009.

The American version is extremely unpopular with viewers from the UK, with many newspapers reporting that it had 'flopped'. [6] It was listed by Metro as one of the 'Top 10 English comedies whose US remakes have flopped'. [7]

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateUS viewers
(millions)
1"Pilot" Taika Waititi Teleplay by: Brad Copeland August 20, 2012 (2012-08-20)0.91 [8]

Will McKenzie is a new student at Grove High, a suburban public school. He has transferred from a private school due to his parents no longer having enough money for private education because his father left his mother for his secretary. Will has three new friends: Simon Cooper, Jay Cartwright and Neil Sutherland - all four are unpopular virgins who want to gain popularity and sex lives.

At Jay's suggestion, the group skip school and Will buys vodka from a liquor store which they drink. Simon spray paints I Love Carly D'Amato on the drive in front of the house of Carly, whom he has been attracted to since their families became friends when they were both eight. She invites him to her house that evening when her parents will be out. He brings Will, but the duo leave after drunken Simon vomits over Carli's eight-year-old brother and Will scares the child by talking to him about terrorism. Simon's parents and Will's mother confront their sons after their wrongdoing; Will claims that he avoided going to school due to being bullied.

This episode is based on First Day and Bunk Off - the first two episodes of the original series.
2"Sunshine Mountain"Taika WaititiTeleplay by: Brad CopelandAugust 27, 2012 (2012-08-27)0.65 [9]
3"Club Code" Todd Strauss-Schulson Teleplay and Television Story by: Daniel Sweren-BeckerSeptember 3, 2012 (2012-09-03)0.67 [10]
4"The Wrong Box"Taika WaititiJohn LevensteinSeptember 10, 2012 (2012-09-10)0.57 [11]
5"The Masters"Taika WaititiCody Heller & Brett KonnerSeptember 17, 2012 (2012-09-17)0.53 [12]
6"Class Clown"Todd Strauss-SchulsonRyan RidleySeptember 24, 2012 (2012-09-24)0.52 [13]
7"Crystal Springs"Todd Strauss-SchulsonTeleplay by: J. Michael Feldman & Debbie JhoonOctober 1, 2012 (2012-10-01)0.53 [14]
8"The Field Trip"Taika WaititiTeleplay by: Monica PadrickOctober 8, 2012 (2012-10-08)0.53 [15]
9"Fire!"Michael BliedenJohn LevensteinOctober 15, 2012 (2012-10-15)0.65 [16]
10"Reading Gives You Wings"Michael BliedenTeleplay and Television Story by: Marisa PinsonOctober 22, 2012 (2012-10-22)0.55 [17]
11"Spa Time"Michael BliedenDebbie Jhoon & J. Michael FeldmanOctober 29, 2012 (2012-10-29)0.62 [18]
12"The Dance" Iain Morris Teleplay by: Brad CopelandNovember 5, 2012 (2012-11-05)0.66 [19]

Critical reception

The series was panned by critics.

Film adaptation

On July 3, 2012, it was announced that a U.S. adaptation of The Inbetweeners Movie is to be made. Morris and Beesley were approached by Paramount Pictures to lead the project. [20] It is unknown if the film will still be made after the cancellation of the series itself.

On August 22, 2013, Jim Field Smith has been revealed to be directing the American adaptation of the British film, now titled Virgins America. Whether Morris and Beesley have involvement with the project is unknown. [21]

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