Titus (TV series)

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Television series
German title Titus
Original title Titus
Country of production United States
original language English
Year (s) 2000-2002
length 22 minutes
Episodes 54 in 3 seasons
genre Sitcom
idea Jack Kenny
Brian Hargrove
Christopher Titus
First broadcast March 20, 2000 (USA) on Fox
German-language
first broadcast		 February 25, 2003 on VOX
occupation

Titus is an American sitcom that was produced in three seasons from 2000 to 2002.

action

The auto mechanic Christopher Titus experiences the ups and downs of life with his girlfriend Erin, his mentally retarded half-brother Dave and his buddy Tommy. In doing so, however, his dad, Papa Titus, always gets in his way, who always makes him aware that Christopher is a failure and a "wimp".

background

Christopher Titus became known overnight with his own sitcom . He processed large parts of his real life in the series. Because his father is also called Kenneth, his mother is Juanita, and since 1991 he has been married to a woman named Erin. He has two children with her.

Characteristic are the flashbacks in which Titus, Dave and Tommy are children and are "hardened" by Papa Titus through electric shocks or the like as well as the black and white scenes integrated into the episodes in which Christopher Titus is in a small room, in which there is only one chair (the basic structure of an electric chair). Here he often quarrels with himself and leads sarcastic and funny (self) conversations with the TV viewers. At the end of each episode he turns off a light bulb that hangs from the ceiling.

Awards

  • 2000: Artios nomination for Sheila Guthrie
  • 2001: Artios nomination for Sheila Guthrie
  • 2001: Satellite Award nomination for Stacy Keach
  • 2002: Writers Guild of America Award nomination for the episode The Pendulum
  • 2002: Emmy nomination for the episode Thin Air
  • 2002: Art Directors Guild Award nomination for Steve Olson and William V. Ryder for the episode When I Say Jump
  • 2003: Art Directors Guild Award to Steve Olson and William V. Ryder for the episode Into Thin Air

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