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Episodes (US)

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Generally favorable reviews based on 50 Critic Reviews

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Episodes (US)

Series Details & Credits

SHOWTIME | Release Date: January 9, 2011

Summary: Friends favorite Matt LeBlanc teams up with David Crane of the Friends fame and Jeffrey Klarik of Mad About You to serve up a single-camera comedy about a the television business. The Showtime project will focus on the funny process of reworking a hit British show for American audiences.

Creator: David Crane and Jeffrey Klarik

Genre(s): Comedy

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S5:E7. Episode 507
Air Date: October 8, 2017
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S5:E6. Episode 506
Air Date: October 1, 2017
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S5:E5. Episode 505
Air Date: September 24, 2017

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Metascore

74

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Critic Reviews

100

Salon

Matt Zoller Seitz

Feb 3, 2011

Season 1 Review: LeBlanc is brilliant; the writing and direction are brilliant; the show is brilliant. Read full review

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Uncle Barky Ed Bark

Jun 29, 2012

Season 2 Review: It's a thoroughly entertaining romp, with the television industry as a combination Tilt-A-Whirl/merry-go-round. Read full review

83

Newsday

Verne Gay

Jan 7, 2015

Season 4 Review: Episodes remains funny.... Mangan and Greig, whose characters remain perfectly, hilariously, beset by that terrible Hollywood contagion: Self-loathing co-mingled with self-preservation. Read full review

75

Slant Magazine

Elise Nakhnikian

Jan 6, 2015

Season 4 Review: After three seasons, a satisfyingly dense layering of history and tension has been built into the relationships between the main characters. Read full review

70

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Rob Owen

Jan 9, 2011

Season 1 Review: This seven-episode series, written by David Crane and Jeffrey Klarik, doesn't offer many new ideas about the evils of the TV business--a lot of the ground covered here was previously mined by the underrated 1999-2001 Showtime series "Beggars & Choosers"--but it's still fun to join in the mocking of Hollywood, a big, juicy target that Episodes hits with ease. Read full review

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Slant Magazine

Daniel Goldberg

Jul 2, 2012

Season 2 Review: Episodes continues to tread much of the same ground it covered last season, serving mainly as a satire of Hollywood liars who can't act and actors who don't know how to lie. Read full review

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Hitfix

Alan Sepinwall

Jan 7, 2011

Season 1 Review: Episodes isn't even as funny as Crane and Klarik's last collaboration, the exceedingly mediocre short-lived CBS comedy "The Class" - and that's even considering that the new show features Crane's old "Friends" star Matt LeBlanc delivering a terrific performance as an exaggerated version of himself. Read full review

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MrMLK

Jan 4, 2022

Really funny show. I didn't realize that Matt LeBlanc could do any other character than Joey, but he is fantastic. Everyone on this show is great, the arc of the show is just so perfect.

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popdod

Jun 16, 2019

Great show that unfortunately flew under the radar (most people have never heard of it). I was lukewarm to it the first season but it really started falling in place by the second season and wish it went beyond 5. Matt LeBlanc's character is much deeper and overall much better than Joey inGreat show that unfortunately flew under the radar (most people have never heard of it). I was lukewarm to it the first season but it really started falling in place by the second season and wish it went beyond 5. Matt LeBlanc's character is much deeper and overall much better than Joey in Friends. Although it's obviously exaggerated for comedic effect, I like the premise of the show, basically behind the scenes of how things work with TV networks, shows, actors, and agents. I also like that each episode is split between Matt, Beverly and Sean, and Carol and they intersect (though they intersect less in the last season). The main characters were good overall though always borderline a bit too much whatever traits they were giving them, though they most varied from exaggerated to more normal/realistic (aside from a few side characters).… Expand

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Xbluannax

Nov 20, 2021

Started off good in first two seasons then went downhill very quickly just didn’t find it funny or interesting any more.

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 5

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- Season 5 Overview
  Air Date: August 20, 2017
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  S5:E7. Episode 507
  Air Date: October 8, 2017
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  S5:E6. Episode 506
  Air Date: October 1, 2017
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  S5:E5. Episode 505
  Air Date: September 24, 2017
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  S5:E4. Episode 504
  Air Date: September 17, 2017
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  S5:E3. Episode 503
  Air Date: September 10, 2017
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  S5:E2. Episode 502
  Air Date: August 27, 2017
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  S5:E1. Episode 501
  Air Date: August 20, 2017
Season 4

73
- Season 4 Overview
  Air Date: January 11, 2015
Season 3

tbd
- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: January 12, 2014
Season 2

76
- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: May 11, 2012
Season 1

74
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: January 9, 2011