Coupling (U.S. TV series)
| Coupling | |
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| Also known as | Coupling U.S. |
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Steven Moffat |
| Developed by | Phoef Sutton |
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| Directed by | Andrew D. Weyman |
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| Opening theme | "Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps" |
| Composer(s) | Ralph Schuckett |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 11 (7 unaired) (list of episodes) |
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| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Reveille Productions NBC Studios Universal Television |
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| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | September 25 – October 23, 2003 |
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Coupling (UK) Joking Apart |
Coupling is a 2003 American remake of the British television sitcom of the same title, which aired on NBC.
By 2003, three series of Coupling had been broadcast on BBC Two, all written by the show's creator, Steven Moffat. The show was loosely based on the beginnings of Moffat's real-life relationship with Sue Vertue.
NBC commissioned a remake of the show for the American market, reportedly as a replacement for Friends, which was nearing the end of its run. Moffat and original producers from Hartswood Films, Sue and Beryl Vertue, served as executive producers on the NBC adaptation, alongside Phoef Sutton and Ben Silverman.
Unlike most adaptations, the NBC adaptation would reuse Moffat's original scripts, although these were adapted by Sutton and were shortened to comply with the reduced running time (NBC has multiple advertisement breaks compared to the original broadcaster, BBC Two, which has none). Other writers, such as Danny Zuker and Paul Corrigan worked on episodes later in the series.
The original unaired pilot starred Breckin Meyer as Jeff, Melissa George as Susan and Emily Rutherfurd as Sally. NBC then fired the writers and replaced Meyer, George and Rutherford with Christopher Moynihan, Rena Sofer and Sonya Walger, respectively. George later commented that she "dodged a bullet" by being replaced before the show aired.
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