Husbands (TV series)
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Title card from the third season
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| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by |
Brad Bell Jane Espenson |
| Written by | Brad Bell Jane Espenson |
| Directed by |
Jeff Greenstein (17 episodes) Eli Gonda (3 episodes) |
| Starring | Brad Bell Sean Hemeon |
| Composer(s) | Stephen Main James Bladon Ross Flournoy |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 20 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Jane Espenson Brad Bell Jeff Greenstein |
| Producer(s) | M. Elizabeth Hughes |
| Location(s) | Los Angeles, California |
| Cinematography | Benjamin Kantor |
| Running time | 3–10 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Ottoman Empire |
| Distributor | CW Seed (2013–present) |
| Release | |
| Original network | YouTube |
| Original release | September 13, 2011 – October 3, 2013 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Husbands is an American web series written and created by Brad Bell and Jane Espenson, which premiered September 13, 2011, via super syndication on streaming platforms such as Blip, YouTube and Roku. The series stars Brad Bell and Sean Hemeon as a newly married couple. Billed as the world's first marriage equality comedy, Husbands is a modern look on the classic premise of the newlywed sitcom.
The second season premiered August 15, 2012. After producing two seasons independently, it was announced that CW Seed had made a six-episode order for a third season of Husbands, which aired on August 15, 2013. No forthcoming seasons have since been announced.
After six weeks of courtship, an actor (Bell) and a baseball player (Hemeon) travel to Las Vegas in celebration of a federal amendment for marriage equality, only to wind up drunk-married to each other. Fearing that a public divorce would be devastating to the cause, and their careers, the two decide to stay married.
The series originated from a script written by Brad Bell, entitled SO L.A., the story of a gay man in his twenties, his female best friend, and the single life in Los Angeles.Jane Espenson read the script and declared it "brilliant, and funny, and hilarious". She urged Bell to move forward with the project and search for a more immediate angle. Bell countered by offering the premise of young same-sex newlyweds, giving the concept a "fresher take" and turning it into a platform for his signature comedic style of societal observations. Bell then wrote the initial draft of what became Husbands overnight.
Husbands debuted on September 13, 2011. The show was hosted by Streamin’ Garage for its worldwide series premiere.
To fund season two, the creators launched a Kickstarter platform for individual pledges, the primary goal being $50,000. On April 18, 2012, the campaign reached $60,000, 120% of their original goal. In an interview with Heat, Bell added that they were "turning everything up, the quality, the controversy, the comedy, the heart, the sex -- everything". On August 13, 2012, season two premiered at the Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills, California, making it the first online series to be hosted by Paley Center. The second season consisted of three eight-minute acts.
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