Eastbound & Down

70
Metascore
2009-2013
4 seasons
HBO
Comedy, Drama, Sports
TV-MA

Danny McBride stars as former pitcher and baseball star, Kenny Powers, who finds himself out of baseball — and reduced to teaching Phys Ed at his old middle school.

70
Metascore
2009-2013
4 seasons
HBO
Comedy, Drama, Sports
TV-MA

Danny McBride stars as former pitcher and baseball star, Kenny Powers, who finds himself out of baseball — and reduced to teaching Phys Ed at his old middle school.

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Steven Soderbergh is getting in the Amazon business: The company has added his new comedy to its third pilot season. Red Oaks, a coming-of-age comedy set in 1985, stars Craig Roberts as a college student who gets a summer job as an assistant tennis pro at the Red Oaks Country Club in suburban New Jersey. While there, he meets a colorful cast of misfit co-workers and wealthy club members, including ...

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HBO Orders Danny McBride Comedy About Vice Principals

Danny McBride will return to HBO in a new comedy called Vice Principals, the network announced on Wednesday. The series is about a high school and the people who almost run it -- the vice principals. McBride will executive-produce alongside his Eastbound & Down team that includes Jody Hill, David Gordon Green and Stephanie Laing.

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Strong female characters are rarely allowed to be nuanced on TV. They don't get to be brilliant, vain or funny. They get to be strong (and maybe sexy, if they're lucky). They kick a--, overcome obstacles and rarely display any signs of feminine vulnerability. Often times, their strength is framed as the result of some "issue," (SVU's Olivia Benson troubled childhood, Sonya Cross' Asperger's on The Bridge), as though the women are only strong because a catalyst forced them to be this way. But Mindy Lahiri doesn't have issues (well, she has issues, but not in that sense). She's a strong, well-developed comedic antihero on par with  Michael Scott. But many Mindy Project viewers didn't warm to Mindy as quickly as they took to the equally offensive Office boss. "I think that [Mindy] is very resilient and very confident and until you see her display kindness or show rapport with other people, it's hard for an audience just to decide they love her," Mindy Kaling tells TVGuide.com, recalling the initial reaction to the character.

Mon, Nov 4, 2013

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Exclusive: Ed, Eastbound & Down Alums to Appear on The Goldbergs

Ed star Tom Cavanagh and Eastbound & Down's Jennifer Irwin are coming to The Goldbergs, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively. Vote: Which fall premieres won you over? Which flopped?The duo will guest-star in the seventh episode as ...

Tue, Oct 8, 2013

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Fri, Sep 27, 2013

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Danny McBride was rushed to a North Carolina hospital on Tuesday after he fell while roller skating on the Eastbound & Down set, TMZ.com reports. While shooting a scene for...

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Ken Marino has joined Eastbound & Down's final season, Deadline reports.

Thu, Jun 27, 2013

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Thu, Jun 6, 2013

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Mon, Oct 1, 2012

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HBO Renews Eastbound & Down for Fourth Season

Eastbound & Down is sticking around for at least one more inning. Although the show was set to wrap after three seasons, HBO has ordered a fourth season of the baseball comedy, Variety reports. Eastbound & Down, starring Danny McBride as crude former Major League Baseball pitcher Kenny Powers, will produce eight new episodes. The most recent season of the show, which wrapped in April, saw Powers trying to...

Tue, Jul 3, 2012

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Kenny Powers has a new friend in Jason Sudeikis. The Saturday Night Live cast member has signed on for a recurring role on the third and final season of Eastbound & Down, Variety reports. Check out photos from Eastbound & Down Sudeikis, 35, will play Shane, a new friend of...

Fri, Jul 8, 2011

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Thu, Jun 16, 2011

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Eastbound & Down Star Danny McBride to Be a Dad

It's not a no-hitter, but Kenny Powers will take it. Eastbound & Down star Danny McBride revealed Wednesday night on Conan that he'll soon be a father. "I knocked my wife up," he told Conan O'Brien. "I had never impregnated anyone before, so I didn't really realize what they teach you in health class is actually true. That's all it takes. It's amazing."

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Tonight's TV Hot List: Sunday, Nov. 7, 2010

Desperate Housewives9/8c ABC We know that Paul Young has been keeping secrets from Beth, and that Beth hasn't been entirely open with Paul. Their marital difficulties were Topic A last week, and there'll be more developments tonight. Meanwhile, Lynette's looking for a new nanny and Susan's looking for a new job. Expect a convergence. But Lynette gets a job offer as well — from old friend Renee. Here's a flash — a hot one — from the suddenly menopausal Bree. And is Carlos gay? Honestly, that's one of the story lines: Gaby's worried that he and Bob might become an item. — Paul Droesch Read on for previews of Hannah Montana Forever, Undercover Boss, Sunday Night Football, The Simpsons, Great Migrations and Eastbound & Down.

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HBO has renewed sophomore comedies Bored to Death and Eastbound & Down, Deadline reports. The pickups come in the midst of...

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Tool Time: Eastbound & Down's Danny McBride on Playing the Jerk You Root For

Kenny Powers had earned our pity by the end of Eastbound & Down's first season. A star in his own mind, and a blatant blowhard, Kenny mostly offended and grossed us out. (While also hilarious, his antics are too crude to enumerate here.) And yet, we found ourselves sympathizing with the guy. The washed-up baseball player had suffered humiliations — most of his own making — that tugged at our admittedly easily tugged-upon heartstrings. Then he hit a new low in the finale: rejected by Tampa and compelled to drive off into the sunset alone. But when Eastbound & Down returns Sunday at 10:30/9:30c on HBO, Kenny will be reborn. We talked to executive producer and star Danny McBride about relocating Kenny to Mexico, cockfighting, and finding the heart in a total tool.

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Keck's Exclusives: Latin Beauty Spices Up Pains and Eastbound

Royal Pains goes Cuban for a two-parter kicking off Thursday (June 24, 10/9c, USA), with special guest stars Tony Plana (Ugly Betty) and Mexican sensation Ana de la Reguera (Cop Out), who will also be seen as Danny McBride's season-long love interest on HBO's returning Eastbound & Down.Want more of Keck's Exclusives: Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine.The Royal Pains action begins with Hank (Mark Feuerstein) heading to a Cuban hacienda, where Boris (Campbell Scott) is ailing. There, he meets a sexy bartender named Carmen...

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VIDEO: Eastbound & Down Returns to the Mound in September

Last time viewers saw broken baseball star Kenny Powers (Danny McBride) on Eastbound & Down, he had hit the road after his big comeback deal with the Tampa Bay Rays fell apart. But instead of driving off into the sunset with April (Katy Mixon), he dumped her at a gas station and...

Fri, Jun 18, 2010

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Game Two: HBO Renews Eastbound & Down

Kenny Powers is back on the mound: Eastbound & Down, HBO's baseball comedy series, has been renewed for a second season, the network announced.The show, starring Danny McBride as Powers, a washed-up, self-destructive pitcher, will return ...

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Danny McBride's Anti-Hero Clings to His "Panty Dropper" in Eastbound & Down

Baseball has had it rough this week, and it's about to get even rougher on Sunday when Eastbound & Down (10:30 pm/ET, HBO) hits the airwaves and introduces the world to the man, the myth, the legend that is Kenny Powers. Washed-up, cocky, uncensored and 100 percent redneck, Powers (Danny McBride) is a former hot-shot pitcher who finds himself back in his North Carolina hometown teaching gym after hitting the skids. McBride (Pineapple Express, Tropic Thunder) created the six-episode series with his college buddies Jody Hill and Ben Best, and chatted with TVGuide.com about the comedy's inspiration, his awesome hairstyles and why it's about time the bad guy finishes first.TVGuide.com: Did you always want to do TV?Danny McBride: I made The Foot Fist Way with [Hill and Best], and at the time, we would watch a lot of ...

Fri, Feb 13, 2009

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