Best Friends Forever | |
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Genre | Sitcom |
Created by |
Lennon Parham Jessica St. Clair |
Starring | Lennon Parham Jessica St. Clair Luka Jones Stephen Schneider Daija Owens |
Composer(s) | Jim Dooley |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 6 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) |
Jessica St. Clair Lennon Parham Scot Armstrong Ravi Nandan Alexa Junge Fred Savage |
Camera setup | Single-camera |
Running time | 22 minutes |
Production company(s) | American Work, Inc. Parham St. Clair Productions Universal Television Open 4 Business Productions |
Distributor | NBCUniversal Television Distribution |
Release | |
Original network | NBC |
Picture format | HDTV 1080i |
Original release | April 4 – June 1, 2012 |
External links | |
Official website |
Best Friends Forever is an American television comedy series that ran on NBC from April 4, to June 1, 2012. The series aired during the 2011–12 NBC primetime season as a mid-season replacement and was created by real-life best friends Lennon Parham and Jessica St. Clair. The pilot episode was made available early through Hulu and NBC.com on March 21, 2012. NBC officially canceled the series on May 11, 2012.
When Jessica's (Jessica St. Clair) husband files for divorce, she flies across the country to seek comfort and move back in with her best friend Lennon (Lennon Parham). However, Lennon's boyfriend Joe (Luka Jones) has recently moved in and has a hard time fitting into Lennon and Jessica's close friendship.
NBC placed a pilot order on February 7, 2011. The series was created by Lennon Parham and Jessica St. Clair with the pilot directed by Fred Savage. The series is executive produced by Jessica St. Clair, Lennon Parham, Scot Armstrong, Alexa Junge, Fred Savage and Ravi Nandan and the production company's Universal Media Studios and American Work.
NBC ordered the pilot to series on May 13, 2011 as a midseason entry in the 2011–12 United States network television schedule. Six episodes will be produced for the first season.Adam Pally originally played the role of Joe, Parham's boyfriend, in the pilot, however with ABC renewing Pally's other show Happy Endings, the role was recast. On August 12, 2011, Luka Jones was cast in the role of Joe, replacing Pally.