Mike & Molly
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | Mike & Molly |
| Original title | Mike & Molly |
 | |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Year (s) | 2010-2016 |
| length | 22 minutes |
| Episodes | 127 in 6 seasons ( list ) |
| genre | Sitcom |
| Theme music | Keb 'Mo' - I See Love |
| idea | Mark Roberts |
| production | Chuck Lorre , Mark Roberts |
| music |
Dennis C. Brown Grant Geissman |
| First broadcast | September 20, 2010 (USA) on CBS |
| German-language first broadcast |
September 6, 2012 on Sat.1 |
| occupation | |
Mike & Molly is an American sitcom that was produced for CBS from 2010 and has been broadcast since September 20, 2010. In Germany, the series began broadcasting on September 6, 2012 on Sat.1 and later on ProSieben . After six seasons, the series ended in May 2016.
action
The focus is on the Chicago couple Mike Biggs and Molly Flynn. You have problems with your excess weight and want to do something about it. Both attend the meeting of the self-help group for people with eating disorders Overeaters Anonymous , where they also fall in love.
It is not easy for Molly to focus on losing weight. She lives with her promiscuous younger sister Victoria and mother Joyce, neither of whom have struggled with being overweight despite their healthy appetites. Mike also has a hard time with the diet. He and his colleague Carl eat in a diner every day, where they make friends with the Senegalese waiter Samuel. So Mike has to resist the temptation anew every day.
characters
Michael "Mike" Biggs
Michael "Mike" Biggs is one of the two main characters in the series. He is introduced in the first episode as a Chicago cop with a weight problem and attends the Overeaters Anonymous support group meeting for people with binge eating. At a meeting, Mike meets the elementary school teacher Molly, who he immediately likes. After Molly asks Mike if he would tell her class about his work, the two of them arrange to meet in the next episode. Mike is a soulful cop but often unsure how to behave towards Molly. Mike's partner and best friend Carl McMillan supports him as best he can. During the course of the first season, Mike and Molly get to know each other better until Mike proposes to Molly, which she accepts. In season two, they move in together at Molly's mother's house.
Molly Flynn
Molly Flynn-Biggs is the second main character in the series. She studied English literature, initially works as a primary school teacher and teaches a fourth grade. She also attends the meeting of the self-help group for people with binge eating and gets to know Mike there. She has a lot of humor even when it comes to her character. She lives with her sister Victoria with her mother. Although this saves her money on rent, she is financially very poor because she likes to travel. During the first season, Molly applies for the position of assistant principal of her school. The extra work puts a strain on Molly and Mike's relationship. At the beginning of the fourth season, she quits school and works as a writer. She can publish a successful erotic novel.
Cast and dubbing
The German synchronization by the synchronous company lavender Film GmbH in Berlin under the dialogue director edited by Elisabeth von Molo.
main actor
| Role name | actor | Main role |
Supporting role |
description | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael "Mike" Biggs | Billy Gardell | 1.01-6.13 | Police officer Molly's husband |
Michael Iwannek | |
| Molly Flynn-Biggs | Melissa McCarthy | 1.01-6.13 | initially an elementary school teacher, later tried her hand at writing Mike's wife |
Anke Reitzenstein | |
| Carlton "Carl" McMillan | Reno Wilson | 1.01-6.13 | Police officer Mike's best friend and colleague |
Florian Halm | |
| Babatunde aka Samuel | Nyambi Nyambi | 1.01-6.13 | Waiter at Abe's Restaurant / Owner of Abe's Restaurant | Alexander Doering | |
| Joyce Moranto | Swoosie Kurtz | 1.01-6.13 | Molly's mother, retired |
Liane Rudolph | |
| Victoria Flynn | Katy Mixon | 1.01-6.13 | Beautician Molly's sister |
Sarah Riedel | |
| Rosetta McMillan | Cleo King | 1.05-6.13 | 1.03 | Carl's grandmother retired |
Katharina Tomaschewski |
| Vince Moranto | Louis Mustillo | 1.14-6.13 | 1.04–1.12 | Joyce's husband |
Hans-Jürgen Dittberner (1.04–6.06) Bodo Wolf (6.07–6.13) |
| Peggy Biggs | Rondi Reed | 1.15-6.13 | 1.06-1.13 | Mike's mother, retired |
Kerstin Sanders-Dornseif |
| Harry | David Anthony Higgins | 3.03-6.13 | 1.20-2.23 | Member of the self-help group | Werner Böhnke |
supporting cast
| Role name | actor | Main role (season) |
Supporting role (season) |
description | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brother Heywood | Reginald VelJohnson | 1.23, 2.19, 2.22-2.23 | preacher | Thomas Kästner | |
| Christina | Holly Robinson Peete | 2.07-3.04 | Friend of Carl | Antje von der Ahe | |
| Jack Biggs | Francis Guinan | 2.21-2.23 | Mike's father | Eberhard Haar | |
| Cleopatra / Rebecca | Laura Coover | 2.06, 2.08, 2.11 | Josephine Schmidt | ||
| Dwight | Jim Beaver | 3.22-3.23 | Friend of Vince | Jan Spitzer | |
| JC Small | Susan Sarandon | 4.04, 4.19 | Molly's role model | Kerstin Sanders-Dornseif | |
| Rosmary Biggs | Margo Martindale | 4.17, 4.19 | Peggy's sister, Mike's aunt | Almut Zydra |
Broadcasting and audience ratings
United States
In the United States, the first season began broadcasting on September 20, 2010 and ended on May 16, 2011. An average of 11.14 million viewers watched the first season, making it 35th among all series aired that season.
In May 2011, the production of a second season was announced. The broadcast of the second season began on September 26, 2011 and ended on May 14, 2012. The average ratings of the second season improved slightly to 11.51 million and 31st place.
In March 2012, the series was extended by a third season, which began broadcasting on September 24, 2012 on CBS. The season finale was supposed to be broadcast on May 20, 2013, but was postponed to May 30, 2013. The reason given was the hurricane contained in the episode .
The extension by a fourth season also took place early in March 2013. The fourth season was broadcast from November 4, 2013.
On March 13, 2014, the extension of Mike & Molly for a fifth season was announced.
In May 2015, CBS extended the series by a sixth season with 13 episodes, which aired from January to May 2016. In December 2015, the discontinuation of the series was announced.
Germany
The German-language first broadcast began on September 6, 2012 on Sat.1. Previously, Kabel Eins was planning to broadcast the series from March 2012. However, the series was withdrawn from the program after six episodes after broadcasting on September 20 due to insufficient audience ratings.
On May 14, 2013, the ProSieben broadcaster began broadcasting the series from the beginning. The six episodes that were previously broadcast on Sat.1 were initially shown before the remaining episodes of the first season were shown in German for the first time from June 4 to July 30, 2013.
On average, the first season on ProSieben was followed by 0.99 million viewers (12.1 percent) of the advertising-relevant target group and 1.16 million viewers (5.7 percent) of the total audience.
Subsequently, the station also showed the second season from August 6, 2013.
The third season was broadcast immediately after the second season.
The broadcast of the fourth season began immediately afterwards on April 8 and ended on August 5, 2014.
From April 21, 2015 to August 11, 2015, ProSieben broadcast the episodes of the fifth season.
The final season 6 starts on November 16, 2016 at ProSieben.
Austria
In Austria, the ORF eins broadcaster began broadcasting the sitcom on September 16, 2012. The ORF also ended the broadcast early after only nine episodes on December 30, 2012 without giving any reason.
reception
criticism
The first season of the series has a metascore of 63/100 on Metacritic based on 23 reviews.
Awards and nominations
| year | Award | category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Emmy | Best Actress in a Comedy Series: Melissa McCarthy | Won |
| Best artistic direction of a multi-camera series | Nominated | ||
| People's Choice Awards | Best new comedy series | Nominated | |
| Satellite Award | Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy Series: Melissa McCarthy | Nominated | |
| 2012 | Emmy | Best Actress in a Comedy Series: Melissa McCarthy | Nominated |
| Cinematography for a multi-camera series | Nominated | ||
| Best artistic direction of a multi-camera series | Nominated | ||
| Young Artist Awards | Best guest actor in a television series between 18 and 21 years old: Ryan Malgarini | Won | |
| PAAFTJ Television Awards | Best Actress in a Comedy Series: Melissa McCarthy | Nominated | |
| 2013 | Emmy | Cinematography for a multi-camera series | Nominated |
| 2014 | Emmy | Best Actress in a Comedy Series: Melissa McCarthy | Nominated |
| Cinematography for a multi-camera series | Nominated | ||
| People's Choice Awards | Best Actress in a Comedy Series: Melissa McCarthy | Nominated | |
| 2015 | People's Choice Awards | Best Actress in a Comedy Series: Melissa McCarthy | Nominated |
DVD release
- United States
- Season 1 was released on September 20, 2011
- Season 2 was released on August 21, 2012
- Season 3 was released on August 20, 2013
- Season 4 was released on September 30, 2014
- Season 5 was released on August 18, 2015
- Season 6 was released on October 11, 2016
- Great Britain
- Season 1 was released on February 6, 2012
- Season 2 was released on September 24, 2012
- Germany
- Season 1 was released on August 30, 2013
- Season 2 was released on December 6, 2013
- Season 3 was released on June 5, 2014
- Season 4 was released on December 4, 2014
- Season 5 was released on December 17, 2015
- Season 6 was released on December 15, 2016
Trivia
In the fourth season, Susan Sarandon has a guest appearance in two episodes. It will be dubbed by her standard voice actress Kerstin Sanders-Dornseif . This dubbing voice also has Rondi Reed , who belongs to the regular cast of the series, as Mike's mother, who has been with them since the first season. Mike's mother is synchronized with a lower pitch.
Web links
- Mike & Molly at the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official CBS website
- Official website of ProSieben
- Vanity cards of the series on Chuck Lorre Productions (English)
- Mike & Molly at fernsehserien.de
- Episode guide at Serienjunkies.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Mike & Molly. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous file , accessed on September 9, 2012 .
- ↑ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/06/01/2010-11-season-broadcast-primetime-show-viewership-averages/94407/
- ↑ CBS 2011-12 Primetime Schedule Revealed . In: Zap2it.com . Retrieved July 5, 2011.
- ↑ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/05/24/complete-list-of-2011-12-season-tv-show-viewership-sunday-night-football-tops-followed-by-american-idol -ncis-dancing-with-the-stars / 135785 /
- ↑ Sara Bible: 'Mike & Molly' Season 3 Finale to Air Thursday, May 30 . In: TV by the Numbers . May 28, 2013. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
- ^ Sara Bible: CBS Pulls Tonight's Season Finale of 'Mike & Molly' Because it Features Tornado . In: TV by the Numbers . May 20, 2013. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
- ↑ Nellie Andreeva: CBS Makes Monday Changes: 'We Are Men' Canceled, 'Mike & Molly' Slotted At 9 PM, '2 Broke Girls' Moved To 8:30 PM . In: Deadline.com . October 9, 2013. Retrieved October 10, 2013.
- ↑ Nellie Andreeva: CBS Renews 9 Drama Series, 5 Comedies, 2 Reality Shows For Next Season; No 'Mentalist', 'Crazy Ones' Or 'Intelligence' . In: Deadline.com . March 13, 2014. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
- ↑ Markus Ruoff: Exclusive: Sat.1 is also jumping on the sitcom bandwagon . In : quotemeter.de . July 25, 2012. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
- ↑ Bernd Michael Krannich: Mike & Molly: Emmy-winning comedy in March on kabel eins . In: Serienjunkies.de . January 31, 2012. Accessed January 31, 2012.
- ↑ Manuel Weis: Laughed: Sat.1 replaces "Mike & Molly" . In : quotemeter.de . September 19, 2012. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
- ↑ Bernd Michael Krannich: Mike & Molly: ProSieben gives the comedy series a second chance . In: Serienjunkies.de . March 29, 2013. Retrieved March 29, 2013.
- ↑ Alexander Krei: decent comeback "Mike & Molly" use second chance at ProSieben . In: dwdl.de . May 15, 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
- ^ David Grzeschik: Quota check: "Mike & Molly" . In : quotemeter.de . July 31, 2013. Accessed July 31, 2013.
- ↑ Bernd Michael Krannich: Mike & Molly: Season 2 starts at ProSieben in August . In: Serienjunkies.de . June 25, 2013. Retrieved June 25, 2013.
- ↑ Bernd Michael Krannich: Mike And Molly: ProSieben shows season 3 from October . In: Serienjunkies.de . September 18, 2013. Retrieved September 18, 2013.
- ↑ ProSieben shows new seasons of "2 Broke Girls" and "Mike & Molly" . In: Wishlist.de . March 10, 2015. Accessed March 12, 2015.
- ↑ Mike & Molly Overview 6th Season. fernsehserien.de, accessed on November 3, 2016 .
- ↑ Mike & Molly: Season 1 . Metacritic . Retrieved March 16, 2011.