Happy Endings (season 1)
| Happy Endings season 1 | |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
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| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | April 13 – August 24, 2011 |
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The first season of Happy Endings, an American television series, premiered on April 13, 2011 and concluded on August 24 of the same year. ABC officially picked up the show on May 18, 2010, where it premiered on April as a mid-season replacement, with a one-hour premiere of two back-to-back episodes starting at 9:30 pm ET/PT. In the weeks that followed, the show continued to air back-to-back episodes that began airing at 10:00 pm ET/PT.
On January 19, 2010, ABC green-lit the pilot episode, which was written by David Caspe and directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo. The show is from production companies Sony Pictures Television, ABC Studios, and executive producer Jamie Tarses' FanFare Productions. Executive producers are Jamie Tarses, Jonathan Groff and The Russo Brothers.
Casting announcements began in February 2010, with Damon Wayans, Jr. first cast as Brad, Jane's husband who does whatever she says. Next to join the series was Casey Wilson as Penny, the group's desperate and single friend.Eliza Coupe and Adam Pally shortly joined that cast, with Coupe playing Jane, Alex's control freak sister who is married to Brad, and Pally playing Max, Dave's close friend and roommate.Elisha Cuthbert later joined the cast as Alex, Dave's ex-fiancé who leaves him at the altar.Zachary Knighton was last actor to be cast as the newly single Dave.
The pilot was ordered to series on May 13, 2010, as a mid-season entry in the 2010–11 United States network television schedule.
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