Party Down
| Party Down | |
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| Genre | Comedy |
| Created by | John Enbom Rob Thomas Dan Etheridge Paul Rudd |
| Directed by |
Fred Savage Bryan Gordon David Wain Ken Marino |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 20 (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producer(s) | John Enbom Rob Thomas Dan Etheridge Paul Rudd |
| Producer(s) | Jennifer Dugan Adam Scott Nancy van Doornewaard |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 26–30 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | Starz |
| Original release | March 20, 2009 – June 25, 2010 |
Party Down is an American comedy television series created and primarily written by John Enbom, Rob Thomas, Dan Etheridge and Paul Rudd that aired on the Starz network in the United States. The series follows a group of caterers in Los Angeles as they hope to make it in Hollywood.
Starz canceled Party Down on June 30, 2010. While the show was warmly received by critics, its Nielsen ratings were very low. Losing Jane Lynch to Glee as well as Adam Scott to Parks and Recreation were believed to be additional factors in the decision to end the series.
This half-hour comedy follows a Los Angeles, California, catering team for the titular company. The sextet of aspiring Hollywood actors and writers, as well as drifting lost souls, work small-time catering gigs while hoping for their break or some positive change in their lives. Each episode finds the team working a new event, and inevitably getting tangled up with the colorful, affluent guests and their absurd lives.
The concept of Party Down was six years in the making, with many of the ideas for the episodes conceptualized years before the show was made. An original unaired pilot was shot at Rob Thomas's house with all the original cast except Lizzy Caplan, whose character was played by Andrea Savage. Paul Rudd was also in the pilot, but could not participate in the series due to film projects. The pilot was used to sell the show to the Starz network.
The series was executive produced by co-creators John Enbom, Rob Thomas, Dan Etheridge and Paul Rudd. Enbom served as showrunner. The co-executive producers were Jennifer Gwartz and Danielle Stokdyk and Jennifer Dugan was a producer. Beginning with season two, series star Adam Scott served as a producer, while series directors Bryan Gordon and Fred Savage served as supervising producers. Series star Ken Marino directed the second-season finale episode.
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