Episodes
Episodes is a television sitcom created by David Crane and Jeffrey Klarik and produced by Hat Trick Productions. It premiered on Showtime in the United States on January 9, 2011 and on BBC Two in the United Kingdom on January 10, 2011. The show is about a British husband-and-wife comedy writing team who travel to Hollywood to remake their successful British TV series, with unexpected results. It stars Matt LeBlanc portraying a satirical version of himself. LeBlanc made his regular return to television for the first time since he was on NBC's Joey.
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| Composer | Mark Thomas
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| Original language | English
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| No. of seasons | 5
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| No. of episodes | 41 (list of episodes)
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| Cinematography | Rob Kitzmann
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| Editor | Nigel Williams
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| Running time | 27 minutes
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| Original release | January 9, 2011 –
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- As of Season 4, two stars of Friends have made an appearance on Episodes. James Michael Tyler (Gunther) appears in Season 2, Episode 6, whilst David Schwimmer (Ross) appears in Season 4, Episode 5.
- Matt's ringtone is 'two time' by Syd Dale
- One of the main, if not the main reason why there's generally a year and a half gap between seasons is because the creators made a deal with Showtime and BBC in which they are allowed to write the whole seasons before shooting begins.
- At one time, Matt was on one of the highest rated shows on NBC and earned, along with his castmates, a million dollars an episode.
- Claire Forlani and Thomas Haden Church were on the original pilot of the show, but when the series went to production, they dropped out. Forlani was replaced by Tamsin Greig and Church's role was scrapped.
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