Suburgatory

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Television series
German title Suburgatory
Original title Suburgatory
Suburgatory.svg
Country of production United States
original language English
Year (s) 2011-2014
Production
company		 Warner Bros. Television ,
Piece of Pie Productions
length 22 minutes
Episodes 57 in 3 seasons ( list )
genre Sitcom , satire
Theme music Pleasant Nightmare by Alih Jey
idea Emily Kapnek
production Emily Kapnek ,
Michael Fresco
music Jared Faber
First broadcast September 28, 2011 (USA) on ABC
German-language
first broadcast		 August 29, 2012 on ProSieben
occupation
synchronization

Suburgatory is an American comedy - TV show by Emily Kapnek . It consists of three seasons and 57 episodes and was produced from 2011 to 2014 by Warner Bros. Television for the US broadcaster ABC . It is about 15-year-old Tessa Altman, who moves with her father George from the big city to the idyllic suburbs. The series title that means as much as suburban hell , is a portmanteau of the words Subdivision ( English suburb ) and Purgatory ( English purgatory ). It first aired in the United States on September 28, 2011 on ABC in the comedy block between The Middle and Modern Family .

action

Single architect George Altman does his best to raise his teenage daughter Tessa properly. But when he finds a pack of condoms in his daughter's drawer, he decides to move from the center of the big city New York to its idyllic suburb. Once there, after seeing how “perfect” everything is here, Tessa believes that she has landed in the world of the Stepford women . Her father also wonders at the sight of beautiful facades, perfectly trimmed lawns, mothers who have undergone cosmetic surgery and teenagers slurping Red Bull whether he has not made his daughter's situation worse with the move.

With the help of old college friend Noah, flirtatious neighbor Dallas, weird school friend Lisa, and her alpha mother Sheila, the two of them are learning and gradually enjoying suburban life.

Production method and characteristics

The setting is the fictional town of Chatswin, which, as can be seen in the opening credits , is located in Westchester County , an affluent district outside New York City . The telephone code 914 and ZIP code 10805 also point to this location . In fact, the shooting takes place on the west coast in Toluca Lake , a district of Los Angeles . The outdoor shots are mostly shot in the district itself or in the vicinity in and around the city.

A special feature of the series is that the voice of the protagonist Tessa comments on the events in the individual episodes.

Production history

Emily Kapnek , from which the well-known youth series Gingers Welt comes, presented her idea for Suburgatory to ABC in October 2010 , which then gave the green light for a pilot episode in January 2011 . The production company Warner Bros. Television was commissioned with the production together with Piece of Pie Productions. After the shooting of the pilot episode took place in April 2011, the official series order from ABC followed in May 2011. Filming of the remaining episodes of the first season resumed in the summer of 2011 and ended in February 2012. September 28, 2011 was named as the premiere. After just three episodes broadcast, the broadcaster Suburgatory ordered a full series of 22 episodes.

In May 2012, ABC announced the production of a second season with an additional 22 episodes. Exactly one year later, in May 2013, the production of a third season was announced. The appointment followed again a year later, on May 9, 2014.

Casting

The auditions began in February 2011 with the signing of Jane Levy as protagonist Tessa Altman, a Manhattan teenage girl raised by her single father George for the past 15 years. A week later, the role of Noah Werner, George's college buddy, who had moved to the suburb a few years earlier as a dentist, was cast by Alan Tudyk . In early March 2011, Allie Grant was hired for the role of Lisa Shay, a socially awkward girl at school who befriends Tessa. A few days later, the role of Tessa's single father George, who moves with her from Manhattan to the suburbs, starred with Jeremy Sisto and the role of Dalia Royce, a girl in the immediate vicinity who quickly becomes Tessa's enemy at school, with Carly Chaikin occupied. Also a short time later one could engage for the role of the wealthy housewife and mother of Dalia, Dallas Royce, Cheryl Hines . She tells George that her absent husband ( Jay Mohr ) "travels a lot". The final roles were Tessa's unsuspecting high school counseling teacher, Mr. Wolfe, starring Rex Lee, and the Altmans domineering neighbor Sheila Shay starring SNL graduate Ana Gasteyer . Both roles were initially only intended as supporting and guest roles, but were then expanded to lead roles.

From season two, Chris Parnell was promoted to lead actor as Fred Shay. However, the contracts of the two main actors Alan Tudyk and Rex Lee were not extended for the third season due to budget cuts.

Cast and dubbing

The German synchronization was created under the dialogue director of Martin Halm by the synchronous company Scala Media GmbH in Munich .

Main cast

Role name Actress Main role Supporting role Voice actor
George Altman Jeremy Sisto 1.01-3.13 Torben Liebrecht
Tessa Altman Jane Levy 1.01-3.13 Laura Maire
Lisa Marie Shay Allie Grant 1.01-3.13 Katharina Schwarzmaier
Dalia Oprah Royce Carly Chaikin 1.01-3.13 Annina Braunmiller
Noah Werner Alan Tudyk 1.01-2.22 3.05-3.13 Patrick Schröder
Dallas Royce Cheryl Hines 1.01-3.13 Solveig Duda
Mr. Wolfe Rex Lee 1.02-2.22 1.01 Martin Halm
Sheila Shay Ana Gasteyer 1.14-3.13 1.01-1.13 Dana Geissler
Fred Shay Chris Parnell 2.01-3.13 1.02-1.22 Manfred Trilling

Supporting cast

Role name Actress Supporting role Voice actor
Ryan Shay Parker Young 1.01-3.13 Roman Wolko
Malik Maestro Harrell 1.01-3.13 Tim Schwarzmaier
Jocelyn Arden Myrin 1.01, 1.03, 1.10, 1.13 Elisabeth von Koch
Kimantha Abbie Cobb 1.02-3.11 Anna Ewelina
Evan Sam Lerner 1.02-3.08 Tobias Kern
Kenzie Kara Pacitto 1.03-2.04 Ulrike Jenni
Kaitlin Katelyn Pacitto 1.03-2.04 Jacqueline Belle
Steven Royce Jay Mohr 1.05-1.12, 2.22 Claus-Peter Damitz
Jill Werner Gillian Vigman 1.08-2.17 Anke Korte
Scott Strauss Thomas McDonell 1.10-1.13, 2.11 Patrick Roche
Carmen Bunnie Rivera 1.17-3.11 Elena Alvarez
Eden Alicia Silverstone 1.19-1.22 Melanie Manstein
Alex Malin Åkerman 2.05, 2.07, 2.22 Claudia Lössl
Reggie Ely Henry 2.11-3.08 Manuel Straube
Nora Natasha Leggero 3.01, 3.03-3.04, 3.08 Claudia Lössl

Charisma

United States

After the series order in May 2011, ABC announced a premiere for September 28, 2011. The series finally started on Wednesday in the ABC comedy block between The Middle and Modern Family . The pilot episode was seen by almost 9.8 million viewers and achieved a target group rating of 3.3. The series exceeded its lead-in The Middle , which had a rating of just 2.7, by over 25 percent and became the best start of a comedy series for six years on ABC on this slot . As usual with new series, Suburgatory lost a number of viewers in the following weeks and finally settled at eight million viewers and a rating of 2.8 at the turn of the year 2011/2012. The first season finale was shown on May 16, 2012. On average, the first season was seen by 7.58 million viewers and achieved a rating of 2.6.

The broadcast of the second season began on October 17, 2012 on ABC following Modern Family . To make room for another comedy series, the last four episodes were shown on the slot between The Middle and Modern Family , an hour earlier than usual. For the second season finale, ABC showed a double episode on April 17, 2013. An average of 6 million viewers followed the 22 episodes of the second season; a rating of 2.1 was measured in the target group. The 13-episode third season was shown again between The Middle and Modern Family on ABC from January 15 to May 14, 2014 . They reached an average of 5.43 million viewers and a rating of 1.57. Compared to the second season, the losses amount to 9.7 percent for the total number of viewers and 26.5 percent for the target group rating.

Germany

The broadcasting rights for Germany were acquired in March 2012 by the ProSiebenSat.1 Media group , where the series has been broadcast in double episodes since August 29, 2012 on ProSieben . On November 14, 2012, three episodes were shown in a row for the finale of the first season. The second season was broadcast in double episodes on ProSieben between June 19 and August 28, 2013. The broadcast of the third season took place on the station from May 7 to August 20, 2014.

Austria

In Austria, the broadcaster ORF eins showed the first season of the series between September 1, 2012 and May 4, 2013 in the afternoon program. The second season began a few weeks later on June 22, 2013, also in the afternoon program and ended prematurely in November of the same year after 19 episodes. The station showed the remaining three episodes in late December 2013 and late March 2014.

International

Suburgatory is used in over 20 different countries in North and South America , Europe and Oceania . In addition to the United States, the series has also been broadcast in Canada and Latin America since 2011 . In 2012 the series premiered in Spain , Poland , the United Kingdom , Ireland , Serbia and in the oceanic states of Australia and New Zealand . Suburgatory is broadcast on many different channels in each country, for example it is shown in Latin America on the Warner Channel and in Ireland on RTÉ Two . Otherwise, most of the broadcast can be seen on the country-specific free-to-air private channels.

reception

criticism

The series has a Metascore of 70/100 at Metacritic based on 25 reviews. On TV.com , the series is rated 8.3 / 10 based on 555 votes, and on IMDb.com it is rated 7.2 / 10 based on more than 27,000 votes. Critics diverge widely, says David Wiegand of the San Francisco Chronicle , that "Kapnek managed to make a series both satirical and emotionally engaging," and goes on to say that "these two types of comedy don't always work well together." . On the other hand, Neil Genzlinger of The New York Times criticized the series for “starting with a thin premise and using it to jump to an imprecise dichotomy , supported by tired and uncomfortable stereotypes”.

Awards and nominations

People's Choice Awards
  • 2012: Nomination in the Favorite New TV Comedy category for Suburgatory
Critics' Choice Television Awards
  • 2012 : Nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for Cheryl Hines

DVD release

In the United States, the first season was released on September 18, 2012. In Germany, the entire first season has been available since August 30, 2013.

Web links

Individual evidence

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  2. ^ Tom Conroy: 'Suburgatory', suburb to nowhere . In: MediaLifeMagazine.com . September 27, 2011. Retrieved October 6, 2017.
  3. ↑ James Hibberd: ABC developing hellish suburban comedy . In: The Hollywood Reporter . October 8, 2010. Retrieved May 27, 2012.
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  5. ↑ a b Nellie Andreeva: 3RD UPDATE: ABC Picks Up 7 New Dramas, 5 Comedies, 'Smothered' Still Alive . In: Deadline Hollywood . May 13, 2011. Retrieved May 27, 2012.
  6. ↑ Sandra Gonzalez: 'How I Met Your Mother', 'NCIS: LA', 'Suburgatory', 'Cougar Town': Find out what's next in the Spoiler Room . In: Entertainment Weekly . February 17, 2012. Retrieved May 27, 2012.
  7. ↑ Nellie Andreeva: ABC Picks Up Full Seasons Of 'Revenge', 'Suburgatory', Gives Six-Script Order To 'Happy Endings' . In: Deadline Hollywood . October 13, 2011. Retrieved May 27, 2012.
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  9. ↑ Nellie Andreeva: UPDATE: ABC Renews' The Middle ',' Last Man Standing ', Modern Family', 'Once Upon A Time', 'Revenge', 'Suburgatory', 'Scandal' 'Grey's Anatomy', Castle ',' Nashville ' . In: Deadline.com . May 10, 2013. Retrieved May 11, 2013.
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  36. ^ Neil Genzlinger: A Worried City Father Seeks Wholesomeness . In: The New York Times . September 27, 2011. Retrieved May 27, 2012.
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