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American television series
Big Lake
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Genre
| Sitcom
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Created by
| Lew Morton
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Starring
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Composers
| Kyle Crusham
Kevin Hoetger
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Country of origin
| United States
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Original language
| English
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No.
of seasons
| 1
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No.
of episodes
| 10
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Executive producers
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Camera setup
| Multi-camera
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Running time
| 21 minutes
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Production companies
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Network
| Comedy Central
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Release
| August 17
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2010-08-17
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September 14, 2010
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2010-09-14
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Big Lake
is an American sitcom on
Comedy Central
that debuted on August 17, 2010,
[1]
and ran for one season. The series was originally designed as a vehicle for
Jon Heder
, but Heder left the project shortly before production started and was replaced with
Chris Gethard
.
[2]
The series was picked up using a similar model as
Tyler Perry
's
House of Payne
and
Meet The Browns
with an initial 10 episode order by Comedy Central, with an option to pick up the series for an additional 90 episodes, to have 100 episodes available for
syndication
.
[3]
The deal was not picked up after Comedy Central passed on a second season.
Premise
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After losing his lucrative banking job, Josh is forced to move back to his hometown of Big Lake, Pennsylvania.
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Now living with his parents on their couch, Josh swears to earn back all the money he lost and repay his parents.
[4]
There he reunites with his childhood pal Glenn and his favorite high school teacher Mr. Henkel.
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Each week the three come up with new money making schemes, although due to the ridiculous nature of them, they tend to fail and go horribly wrong every time.
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Cast
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- Chris Gethard
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as Josh Franklin ? A disgraced
Wall Street
hotshot who lost his job and all his money. He now has to move back in with his parents.
- Horatio Sanz
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as Glenn Cordoba ? Josh's childhood best friend who was recently released from prison.
- Chris Parnell
[5]
as Chris Henkel ? Josh's favorite teacher from high school, although he has no memory of Josh being one of his former students. Despite being a history teacher, he hates history and despises teaching. He is also the "Deputy Mayor" of Big Lake.
- Deborah Rush
[1]
as Linda Franklin ? Josh's overly cheerful mother who is often oblivious to everything going on around her, likely caused by her addiction to diet pills.
- Dylan Blue
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as Jeremy Franklin ? Josh's little brother who isn't as innocent as he pretends to be. Appears to be involved in many criminal activities.
- James Rebhorn
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as Carl Franklin ? Josh's father. He despises Josh for losing his entire life savings.
Episodes
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References
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"Comedy Central's(R) 'Big Lake,' Starring Chris Gethard, Horatio Sanz and Chris Parnell, Debuts on Tuesday, August 17 at 10:00 P.M.*"
.
The Futon Critic
. July 26, 2010
. Retrieved
June 30,
2013
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Schneider, Michael (2010-04-09).
"Gethard to replace Heder in 'Lake'
"
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Variety
. Retrieved
2020-08-20
.
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Albiniak, Paige (May 12, 2010).
"
'Big Lake' To Hit Comedy Central This Fall"
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NewBay Media
. Retrieved
June 30,
2013
.
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a
b
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"Chris Parnell and Horatio Sanz Join the Cast of the New Untitled Sitcom Starring Jon Heder from Gary Sanchez Productions and Debmar-Mercury"
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The Futon Critic
. March 15, 2010
. Retrieved
June 30,
2013
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b
c
"Development Update: Monday, April 12"
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The Futon Critic
. April 12, 2010
. Retrieved
June 30,
2013
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