Episodes (2011)★ 7.8/10

TV-MA · GB,US · 30 min · January 9, 2011 · 5 seasons

Comedy

Directed by: Iain B. MacDonald, Jim Field Smith, James Griffiths, Jeffrey Klarik

Written by: David Crane, Jeffrey Klarik

A couple of British TV producers move to Hollywood to export their most popular series, and find it is not what they expected.

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Storyline

British writer-producers Beverly and Sean Lincoln (Tamsin Greig and Stephen Mangan), have a wonderful marriage and a hit TV series to their credit. Things couldn't be better. Until Merc Lapidus (John Pankow), a Hollywood network executive, gushes over their series at a gala. Merc is certain that a remake of the show will go over well with an American audience. After making the Lincolns a lucrative offer, they pack up and ship out to the States. It doesn't take long for them to figure out that Hollywood is a place where deals are made and broken in the same breath. They soon find themselves holding on tight as creative control of their show starts to slip away from their hands. Merc ultimately dismisses the original star, an elder, distinguished, gentleman, for Friends (1994) actor Matt LeBlanc, a charming, yet manipulative beast, with a grocery list of demands. Hollywood is not what the Lincolns had in mind, but Sean believes he can swim with the sharks. As for Beverly, she'd rather go back to the UK than deal with these Episodes.

Rating

7.8 / 10 · 37,963

Companies

Hat Trick Productions, Crane Klarik, Showtime Networks, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), 2 Entertain Video, CBS Television Distribution, Canvas, FOX, FOXlife, FX Network, HBO Hungary, Just Bridge Entertainment, Magyar Televízió, Showtime Entertainment, Studio Hamburg Enterprises, WOWOW Prime, Yleisradio (YLE)

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