Mad Dogs (U.S. TV series)
| Mad Dogs | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Cris Cole |
| Written by | Cris Cole Michael C. Martin Zev Borow Brett C. Leonard Eileen Myers Kent Rotherham Shawn Ryan Jon Worley |
| Directed by |
Charles McDougall Uta Briesewitz John David Coles Randall Einhorn Guy Ferland Alex Graves Ted Griffin Mark Piznarski Craig Zisk |
| Starring | |
| Composer(s) | Robert Duncan |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Suzanne Mackie Cris Cole Andy Harries Shawn Ryan Danielle Weinstock |
| Producer(s) | Luillo Ruiz Jon Worley Ken Topolsky |
| Cinematography | Bernard Couture Raphy Molinary Nelson Cragg |
| Editor(s) | Debbie Berman David Kaldor Robert Ivison C.J. Liao Scott Pellet Robert Komatsu Amy M. Fleming |
| Running time | 40 — 56 minutes |
| Production company(s) | MiddKid Productions Cris Cole Productions Left Bank Pictures Amazon Studios Sony Pictures Television |
| Distributor | Amazon.com |
| Release | |
| Original network | Amazon Video |
| Original release | January 15, 2015 – January 22, 2016 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Mad Dogs is a dark-comic thriller television series available for viewing on Amazon's Amazon Prime subscription service. It is a partial remake of the British show, also named Mad Dogs, that aired from 2011 to 2013.
The show's first season consisted of 10 episodes, expanding on the British version's first season's four hours of content. It began airing on January 22, 2016 in the U.S., U.K., and Germany, with an early release of the show available in December 2015.
The plot is a "cocktail of testosterone and bad decision-making", focused on the angst of a group of 40-something underachieving American men who become caught in a "vacation from hell".
The cast is a unique blend of film actors with mostly episodic television credits to their name, including Billy Zane as a man wealthy from underworld connections who invites his friends for a stay in Belize, Michael Imperioli as an irresponsible but good-hearted former traveling musician, Romany Malco as a family man, and Ben Chaplin (who starred in the Zane role in the UK version of the show) as an embittered teacher. The show's few women actors, including Allison Tolman and María Botto (reprising her role from the UK series), provide contrast to the male leads.
Showrunner Cris Cole adapted the show from his own drama in the UK. It was originally under development at the FX network. Cole noted that because the American version is 10 hours to the British version's first season's four hours, the last six hours of the American version are "virgin territory" and have no comparative to the original.
Rights to air the show were sold by Sony Pictures Television for more than 140 countries prior to the initial Amazon airing.
In late February 2016, Amazon announced that it had opted not to renew the series. Although the original intention had been for the show to be a 10 episode limited series, Amazon and the show leadership had broached the idea of a potential second season.
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