State of Georgia | |
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Also known as | 'The Great State of Georgia (working title) Georgia' |
Genre | Comedy |
Created by |
Jeff Greenstein Jennifer Weiner |
Starring |
Raven-Symoné Majandra Delfino Loretta Devine |
Theme music composer |
Evan Frankfort Marc Dauer Liz Phair |
Composer(s) | Evan Frankfort Marc Dauer Liz Phair |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 12 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Kirk J. Rudell Jennifer Weiner Jeff Greenstein (pilot only) |
Producer(s) | Kevin C. Slattery |
Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Running time | 21-22 minutes |
Production company(s) |
ABC Studios ABC Family Original Productions Jennifer Weiner Productions Kirk J. Rudell Productions |
Distributor | Disney–ABC Domestic Television |
Release | |
Original network | ABC Family |
Picture format |
480i (SDTV) 720p (HDTV) |
Original release | June 29 – August 17, 2011 |
External links | |
Website |
State of Georgia is an American television situation comedy. It stars Raven-Symoné, Majandra Delfino, and Loretta Devine. The half-hour multi-cam comedy series stars Raven-Symoné as Georgia, an aspiring actress with a larger-than-life personality, and her science geek best friend, Jo (Majandra Delfino), who are trying to make professional and personal headway in New York City. The series ran on ABC Family from June 29 to August 17, 2011. The pilot episode had 1.32 million viewers.
On September 16, 2011, ABC Family (Now known as Freeform (TV channel)) canceled State of Georgia, due to poor ratings.
Georgia Chamberlain (Raven-Symoné) is an aspiring actress from the south who wants to become a household name, so she moves to New York City with her science geek best friend, Jo (Delfino). Georgia's Aunt Honey (Loretta Devine) is a wealthy woman with an active sex life who appears to give the girls advice.
State of Georgia: The Complete Season 1 has no release date. All episodes of State of Georgia are also available through the iTunes Store where each episode can be purchased separately or as the complete first season. The episodes "Pilot" and "Flavor of the Week" were available as a free download available on iTunes on July 7, 2011.
The project is from ABC Studios. The pilot was written by the author Jennifer Weiner (In Her Shoes) and Jeff Greenstein (Desperate Housewives), it was announced on October 8, 2010. After starring in the ABC family original film Revenge of the Bridesmaids, Raven-Symoné went in to pitch the cable network a half-hour project with the writer Yvette Lee Bowser to star and produce a new series. The two sides were in negotiations when ABC Family managers brought up Georgia and in November 17, 2010, it was announced that she would star in Georgia. The series was originally called The Great State of Georgia. The pilot was filmed in 2010. On January 31, 2011, it was announced that ABC Family had approved the series and twelve episodes (with the pilot) had been ordered.