Speechless (TV series)

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Television series
Original title Speechless
Country of production United States
original language English
Year (s) 2016-2019
Production
company
Silver and Gold Productions, The Detective Agency, ABC Studios , 20th Century Fox Television
length 21 minutes
Episodes 63 in 3 seasons
genre Comedy
idea Scott Silveri
music Jeff Cardoni
First broadcast September 21, 2016 (USA) on ABC
German-language
first broadcast
August 2, 2017 on ProSieben Fun
occupation
synchronization

Speechless (dt .: Speechless ) is an American television series , which premiered at the station on Sept. 21, 2016 ABC celebrated. In Germany, the series has been broadcast on the pay broadcaster ProSieben Fun since August 2, 2017 . In May 2019, ABC canceled the series after three seasons.

content

The series focuses on Maya DiMeo, mother of three, her husband Jimmy, Dylan, their no-nonsense athletic daughter; Ray, her learned middle child, who acts as the "voice of reason" in the family; and her eldest son JJ, who has cerebral palsy and is therefore in a wheelchair and cannot speak; the title of the series is derived from this fact. The titles of the individual series episodes are kept as if someone were reading them from JJ's letter and word board. Another main character is Kenneth Clements, a former school janitor, who now accompanies JJ as an omnipresent helper, especially in the school, but also sometimes beyond.

Maya DiMeo tries as a mother to enable her son to live as normal a life as possible despite the disability. She is always offended, but especially at JJ's school she repeatedly receives unexpected broad support from the school management, teachers and also students. She insists that her son has the right to all the experiences of other teenagers, which often leads to problems both inside and outside the family. While Dylan has largely complied with her role and, above all, acts out sportily, Ray repeatedly suffers from the disregard or neglect that he feels. Father Jimmy DiMeo mostly supports his wife in her endeavors, but sometimes has to make it clear to her that not everything one wishes for JJ can be made possible. The baggage handler at an airport has mostly put his own requirements and wishes aside. Between JJ and his supervisor Kenneth Clements not only a close relationship of trust develops, but also a friendship. The other family members are not always happy to see Kenneth in their private environment so often outside of his working hours. Especially with Maya DiMeo - who cannot always hide her tendency to be a control freak - there are occasional minor arguments about it.

occupation

At EuroSync, the synchronization of the series is created from dialogue books and under the dialogue direction of Stefan Fredrich .

role actor Voice actor
Maya DiMeo Minnie Driver Christin Marquitan
Jimmy DiMeo, Sr. John Ross Bowie Christian Gaul
Raymond "Ray" DiMeo Mason Cook Oliver Szerkus
Jimmy "JJ" DiMeo, Jr. Micah Fowler Kai Gies
Dylan DiMeo Kyla Kenedy Léa Mariage
Kenneth Clements Cedric Yarbrough Michael Iwannek
Dr. Ava Miller Marin Hinkle Maria Sumner
Mr. Powers Jonathan Slavin Stefan Krause
Claire McKaley Miller Fridoline Domanowski
Rev Jack Dylan Grazer
Tad David Lengel Rainer Fritzsche
Taylor Sedona James Lydia Morgenstern

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Sadie Gennis: ABC Fall 2016 Premiere Dates. In: tvguide.com. TV Guide , June 28, 2016, accessed January 4, 2019 .
  2. Bernd Krannich: "Speechless": Successful new US comedy starts on ProSieben Fun - New family comedy celebrates its German premiere on pay TV. In: wunschliste.de. TV wish list, July 7, 2017, accessed January 4, 2019 .
  3. Arthur Awanesjan: Minnie Driver sitcom "Speechless" canceled after three seasons. In: Filmfutter. May 23, 2019, accessed May 23, 2019 .
  4. Speechless. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on January 4, 2019 .