Happyish

Name: Happyish
Genre: Comedy
Released: April 26, 2015
Rating: 49

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SHOWTIME | Release Date: April 26, 2015

Summary: Originally set with Philip Seymour Hoffman before his death in 2014, the dark comedy from Shalom Auslander follows Thom Payne (Steve Coogan) as he reevaluates his life after facing his new 25-year-old boss.

Creator: Shalom Auslander

Genre(s): Comedy

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S1:E10. Starring Christopher Hitchens, Philip Larkin and Josef Stalin
Air Date: June 28, 2015
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S1:E9. Starring Mr. Mike, Joseph McCarthy and Alfred Bernhard Nobel
Air Date: June 21, 2015
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S1:E8. Starring Rene Descartes, Victor Frankenstein and HRH the Princess of Arendelle
Air Date: June 14, 2015

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IndieWire Ben Travers

Apr 24, 2015

Season 1 Review: As rare as its humor can be, it bites with every appearance. Moreover, it's a show that challenges its viewer every step of the way and isn't afraid to make big, bold declarative statements. Read full review

Tirdad Derakhshani

Apr 23, 2015

Season 1 Review: It's an intelligent, surreal, mildly outrageous--and most certainly outraged--satire of life in post-industrial America. Read full review

Ken Tucker

Apr 24, 2015

Season 1 Review: If I’ve left the impression that Happyish isn’t a laugh-fest, I’ve done my job. But the show is not without its pleasures. As I said, Coogan and Hahn have good chemistry, and there are some genuinely funny moments (none of which I can recall now). Ellen Barkin is exceedingly welcome any time she pops up briefly as Thom’s profane pal. Read full review

Uncle Barky Ed Bark

Apr 22, 2015

Season 1 Review: Happyish has a few genuinely imaginative moments amid its many, many excesses. But in the end, it’s too much of a one-note Hell-On-Earth “Greatest Hits” album whose principal characters have the overall appeal of vinegar-drenched cotton candy. Read full review

Vicki Hyman

Apr 27, 2015

Season 1 Review: Hoffman was replaced by the talented British comic actor Steve Coogan, and I can't fault his performance. I can fault Auslander for writing Thom as a sanctimonious, pedantic, needling, incessantly outraged man of privilege and then expecting us to care about him. Read full review

Margaret Lyons

Apr 24, 2015

Season 1 Review: Happyish's failures are not Coogan's fault; he's fine, appealing, even, though the performance is a little superficial..... None of the show's emotions feel real at all. Read full review

Hank Stuever

Apr 24, 2015

Season 1 Review: Happyish has its head stuck so far up its rear end and is so filled with personal rage and rotten people that just a small dose of the show should easily dissuade half its viewers from sticking around. The other half will perhaps sense a melody beneath all the foul-mouthed diatribes and self-absorbed whining. Read full review

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: April 26, 2015
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  S1:E10. Starring Christopher Hitchens, Philip Larkin and Josef St...
  Air Date: June 28, 2015
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  S1:E9. Starring Mr. Mike, Joseph McCarthy and Alfred Bernhard Nobel
  Air Date: June 21, 2015
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  S1:E8. Starring Rene Descartes, Victor Frankenstein and HRH the ...
  Air Date: June 14, 2015
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  S1:E7. Starring David Ogilvy, Anton Chekov and Lady Liberty
  Air Date: June 7, 2015
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  S1:E6. Starring Helen Keller, Moses and Lenny Bruce
  Air Date: May 31, 2015
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  S1:E5. Starring Josey Wales, Jesus Christ and the New York Times
  Air Date: May 24, 2015
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  S1:E4. Starring Sigmund Freud, Charles Bukowski and Seven Billio...
  Air Date: May 17, 2015
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  S1:E3. Starring Vladimir Nabokov, Hippocrates and God
  Air Date: May 10, 2015
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  S1:E2. Starring Marc Chagall, Abuela and Adolf Hitler
  Air Date: May 3, 2015
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  S1:E1. Pilot
  Air Date: April 26, 2015
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  S1:E1. Starring Samuel Beckett, Albert Camus and Alois Alzheimer
  Air Date: April 26, 2015