The only thing crazier than making a hit TV show, is remaking one. Matt LeBlanc stars as Matt LeBlanc in the new Showtime Original Comedy Series EPISODES. Husband and wife writing team Sean and Beverly can't wait to bring their successful British series to America. watch
Showtime's stoner dramedy Weeds will return for its eighth season on Sunday, July 1 at 10/9c, the network announced Wednesday. The second season of Episodes, starring Matt LeBlanc, will premiere at 10:30/9:30c following Weeds.
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It's difficult to believe that the creators of Showtime's Episodes are not holding a grudge against network TV.
Their last series, the CBS sitcom The Class, was axed after one short season, and their follow-up comedy (for cable, natch) is nothing if not an indictment of how the worst broadcast shows get made, sometimes in spite of a great idea. Just take a gander at Episodes' fictional network honcho, a crass and careless tyrant who transforms an urbane British hit about the headmaster of an elite boys school into a broad comedy for American audiences starring Matt LeBlanc.
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