Sordid Lives: The Series

Name: Sordid Lives: The Series
Genre: Comedy
Released: July 23, 2008
Rating: 65
Cast: Leslie Jordan, Caroline Rhea, Rue McClanahan, Beth Grant, Bonnie Bedelia

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Series Details & Credits

LOGO | Release Date: July 23, 2008

Starring: Leslie Jordan, Caroline Rhea, Rue McClanahan, Beth Grant, Bonnie Bedelia, Jason Dottley, Ann Walker, Olivia Newton-John

Summary: Sordid Lives: The Series is a comedy prequel to the stage play and 2000 full-length film of the same name that featured performances by Olivia Newton-John, Beau Bridges, and Delta Burke among others. The show is the story of a dysfunctional family in rural Texas and the crazy, and somewhat, sordid lives of... matriarch Peggy (RueSordid Lives: The Series is a comedy prequel to the stage play and 2000 full-length film of the same name that featured performances by Olivia Newton-John, Beau Bridges, and Delta Burke among others. The show is the story of a dysfunctional family in rural Texas and the crazy, and somewhat, sordid lives of... matriarch Peggy (Rue McClanahan), who's having an affair with her daughter's best friend's husband, G.W., a war vet with artificial legs; Latrelle (Bonnie Bedelia), Peggy's prim and proper daughter, who has a prescription pill addiction; LaVonda (Ann Walker), Peggy's free-spirited other daughter; Brother Boy (Leslie Jordan), Peggy's gay son, who's confined to a mental institution and dons drag as his favorite country singer, Tammy Wynette; Ty (Jason Dottley), Latrelle's son, a former soap opera actor living in Los Angeles and on the verge of coming out of the closet; Sissy (Beth Grant), Peggy's much younger chain-smoking sister, who witnesses all the dysfunction in the family; Noleta (Caroline Rhea), G.W.'s wife and Sissy's neighbor, who disdains her miserable marriage while fantasizng about a better life; and Bitsy Mae Harling (Olivia Newton-John), an ex-convict taken in by Peggy, who introduces Peggy to the wild life at Bubba's bar.… Expand

Genre(s): Comedy

Recent Episodes

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S1:E12. The Trip
Air Date: October 29, 2008
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S1:E11. Compromising Situations
Air Date: October 22, 2008
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S1:E10. Desperately Seeking Ty
Air Date: October 8, 2008

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Critic Reviews

Barry Garron

Season 1 Review: Shores has created a funny, loopy, off-kilter comedy that, truth be told, probably would play just as well on other cable channels, including Comedy Central and TV Land. Read full review

Ari Karpel

Season 1 Review: Del Shores brings his movie and stage show about crazy Texan Women and slightly-less-crazy gay men to TV with a cavalcade of camp icons and brilliant, canon-ready Beth Grant. [25 Jul 2008, p.64]

Mike Hale

Season 1 Review: Both the humor and the storytelling can be blunt. But the performances are mostly appealing--the ensemble really seems to be having fun--and the jokes often slip past you more quietly than you expect. Read full review

Robert Lloyd

Season 1 Review: From where I sit, it is something of a mixed bag, but it works more than it doesn't, and an impressive, semi-big-name cast helps keep it upright and lends the project an air of prestige--especially in the context of its modest little network. Read full review

Linda Stasi

Season 1 Review: It's like watching a drag show--you know, when you're supposed to laugh because we're conditioned to laugh on cue. But in reality, it's forced, er, gaiety. Read full review

Matthew Gilbert

Season 1 Review: Sordid Lives: The Series has a decidedly amateurish tone, with shoddy production values and acting that shows some seams. But the tone works in the show's favor. 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: July 23, 2008
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  S1:E12. The Trip
  Air Date: October 29, 2008
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  S1:E11. Compromising Situations
  Air Date: October 22, 2008
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  S1:E10. Desperately Seeking Ty
  Air Date: October 8, 2008
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  S1:E9. Those Pesky Little Stalkers
  Air Date: October 1, 2008
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  S1:E8. Guess Who's Coming to Bubba's?
  Air Date: September 24, 2008
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  S1:E7. An Audacious Affair
  Air Date: September 17, 2008
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  S1:E6. Call Waiting
  Air Date: September 10, 2008
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  S1:E5. The Fall and Rise of Brother Boy
  Air Date: August 20, 2008
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  S1:E4. Secrets & Lies
  Air Date: August 13, 2008
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  S1:E3. Pills, Poison & Penises
  Air Date: August 6, 2008
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  S1:E2. The Day Tammy Wynette Died (2)
  Air Date: July 30, 2008
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  S1:E1. The Day Tammy Wynette Died (1)
  Air Date: July 23, 2008