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Underemployed (TV series)

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Underemployed
Underemployedlogo.jpg
GenreDrama
Comedy
Created byCraig Wright
StarringMichelle Ang
Diego Boneta
Sarah Habel
Jared Kusnitz
Inbar Lavi
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes12
Production
Executive producersCraig Wright
Justin Levy
Clay Spencer
Julie Schwachenwald
Running time42 minutes
(excluding commercials)
Release
Original networkMTV
Original releaseOctober 16, 2012 (2012-10-16) –
January 12, 2013 (2013-01-12)

Underemployed is an American comedy-drama television series on MTV. The series premiered on October 16, 2012[1] and ended on January 12, 2013.

Premise

The series evolves around a group of five fresh graduates who met and became close friends during college.

Initially, each had their big dreams and were very determined to make them happen: Lou wanted to pursue graduate school and eventually become an environmental lawyer; Raviva broke up with Lou to move to Los Angeles in the hope of making it in the music industry; Miles wanted to be a model and the face of Calvin Klein; Sophia wanted to become a writer; and Daphne just wanted to be successful.

Unfortunately, life doesn't always work out.[2]

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Graduate school

Graduate school

A graduate school is a school that awards advanced academic degrees with the general requirement that students must have earned a previous undergraduate (bachelor's) degree. A distinction is typically made between graduate schools and professional schools, which offer specialized advanced degrees in professional fields such as medicine, nursing, business, engineering, speech–language pathology, or law. The distinction between graduate schools and professional schools is not absolute since various professional schools offer graduate degrees and vice versa.

Environmental law

Environmental law

Environmental law is a collective term encompassing aspects of the law that provide protection to the environment. A related but distinct set of regulatory regimes, now strongly influenced by environmental legal principles, focus on the management of specific natural resources, such as forests, minerals, or fisheries. Other areas, such as environmental impact assessment, may not fit neatly into either category, but are nonetheless important components of environmental law.

Music industry

Music industry

The music industry consists of the individuals and organizations that earn money by writing songs and musical compositions, creating and selling recorded music and sheet music, presenting concerts, as well as the organizations that aid, train, represent and supply music creators. Among the many individuals and organizations that operate in the industry are: the songwriters and composers who write songs and musical compositions; the singers, musicians, conductors, and bandleaders who perform the music; the record labels, music publishers, recording studios, music producers, audio engineers, retail and digital music stores, and performance rights organizations who create and sell recorded music and sheet music; and the booking agents, promoters, music venues, road crew, and audio engineers who help organize and sell concerts.

Calvin Klein

Calvin Klein

Calvin Richard Klein is an American fashion designer who launched the company that would later become Calvin Klein Inc., in 1968. In addition to clothing, he also has given his name to a range of perfumes, watches, and jewellery.

Cast

Main

Recurring

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Michelle Ang

Michelle Ang

Michelle Ang is a New Zealand actress. She is best known for her role as Lori Lee in the Australian television soap opera Neighbours, and for voicing the female Jango Fett clone Omega in the animated series Star Wars: The Bad Batch.

Diego Boneta

Diego Boneta

Diego Andrés González Boneta is a Mexican actor, producer and singer. He gained wider recognition after starring in Rock of Ages (2012) and in the Netflix biographical series Luis Miguel: The Series (2018). He also starred in the romantic comedy films Father of the Bride (2022), and At Midnight (2023).

Sarah Habel

Sarah Habel

Sarah Evelyn Habel is an American actress. She is best known for playing the roles of Daphne Glover in the MTV television series Underemployed and Geraldine Grundy in The CW television series Riverdale.

Jared Kusnitz

Jared Kusnitz

Jared Andrew Kusnitz is an American actor. He has appeared in the films Doll Graveyard (2005), Dance of the Dead (2008), and Prom (2011), and television series such as The Secret Life of the American Teenager, Good Luck Charlie, and Underemployed.

Inbar Lavi

Inbar Lavi

Inbar Lavi is an actress. She is known for portraying Raviva on the 2012 MTV series Underemployed, Vee on the 2014 Fox television series Gang Related, and Sheba on the Fox series Prison Break. Lavi starred in the 2017–2018 Bravo television series Imposters, and played Eve in the final three seasons of the Netflix series Lucifer.

Julianna Guill

Julianna Guill

Julianna Guill is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Bree in the 2009 film Friday the 13th, Madison Penrose in My Super Psycho Sweet 16, Scarlet Hauksson in the web series My Alibi, Becca Riley in Bravo's Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce, and Jessie Nevin on FOX's The Resident, as well as Christie on the TBS series Glory Daze. She currently stars on the Spectrum Original television series Joe Pickett.

Danny McCarthy

Danny McCarthy

Danny McCarthy is an American actor best known as Agent Danny Hale on Prison Break (2005–06).

Olesya Rulin

Olesya Rulin

Olesya Yurivna Rulina is a Russian-American actress. She is best known for co-starring in all three films of the High School Musical franchise as Kelsi Nielsen. She also starred in the films Private Valentine: Blonde & Dangerous (2008), Flying By (2009), Expecting Mary (2010) and Family Weekend (2013).

Bar Paly

Bar Paly

Bar Paly; born Varvara Paley, is an Israeli-American actress and model.

Charlie Weber (actor)

Charlie Weber (actor)

Charles Alan Weber Jr. is an American actor and former model. In 2014, Weber began starring as Frank Delfino in the ABC legal drama series, How to Get Away with Murder.

Episodes

No.TitleOriginal air dateU.S. viewers
(millions)
1"Pilot"October 16, 2012 (2012-10-16)0.65[3]
2"The Crib"October 23, 2012 (2012-10-23)0.65[4]
Sophia gets into trouble and is arrested. Miles' girlfriend Tatiana tells everyone that she's going to move out. Daphne enjoys life with her new romance with Todd. Lou is surprising Raviva by making the house baby-friendly.
3"The Roommate"October 30, 2012 (2012-10-30)0.40[5]
Todd feels evil and steals Daphne's idea. Miles comes to terms and realizes he can't handle living with a baby. Sophia thinks about Raviva's advice and agrees to follow it.
4"The Days of Yore"November 6, 2012 (2012-11-06)0.40[6]
Raviva and Lou's relationship is at stake when a disagreement about money ends badly. Miles ends up being hired onto Daphne's campaign team. Sophia is joyful when her parents come to visit.
5"The Trivial Pursuit"November 13, 2012 (2012-11-13)0.38[7]
Raviva and Lou are happy to receive news that they can have post-baby intercourse. The group gathers for a fun trivia night. Daphne and Miles try to ignore each others drunken advances. Sophia attempts to get a promotion.
6"The Tasting"November 20, 2012 (2012-11-20)0.61[8]
Daphne and Miles throw a party for their client. Sophia feels regretful after letting Laura purchase a new phone for her. Jamel and Bekah put Lou and Raviva in an uncomfortable situation.
7"The Focus Group"November 27, 2012 (2012-11-27)0.34[9]
Sophia is unsure what to do when she comes up short on rent. Raviva is worried that Lou is separating from the group. Miles goes to get medical help for his problem.
8"The Gig"December 8, 2012 (2012-12-08)0.28[10]
Raviva prepares for her first performance. Lou discovers that Jamel was involved. Daphne is worried about Todd being so controlling.
9"The Confession"December 22, 2012 (2012-12-22)0.28[11]
Bekah ends up sending some explicit text messages. Sophia is worried about using her friends within her upcoming novel. Daphne wants Todd to be impressed by her classy party.
10"The Kids"December 29, 2012 (2012-12-29)0.23[12]
Raviva is angry after Lou breaks a promise. Miles gets some saddening news from Daphne.
11"The Message"January 5, 2013 (2013-01-05)0.24[13]
Sophia completes and publishes her book. A record label approaches Raviva about producing her song. Lou starts apply for school. Daphne chooses between Miles and Todd.
12"The Heart"January 12, 2013 (2013-01-12)0.34[14]
Miles plans to pursue modeling abroad and invites Daphne along. Sophia throws a party for her brand-new, first published book. Lou tries to get Raviva back.

Critical reception

The Chicago Tribune said the show needs to offer a lot more than what was served in the first few episodes to compete on the level of Girls on HBO and Workaholics on Comedy Central.[15] The New York Times said the show is a botched attempt at a dirty-sexy-funny show.[16]

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Girls (TV series)

Girls (TV series)

Girls is an American comedy-drama television series created by and starring Lena Dunham, executive-produced by Judd Apatow. The series depicts four young women living in New York City. The show's premise was drawn from Dunham's own life, as were major aspects of the main character, including financial isolation from her parents, becoming a writer, and making unfortunate decisions.

HBO

HBO

Home Box Office (HBO) is an American pay television network, which is the flagship property of namesake parent subsidiary Home Box Office, Inc., itself a unit owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. The overall Home Box Office business unit is based at Warner Bros. Discovery's corporate headquarters inside 30 Hudson Yards in Manhattan's West Side district. Programming featured on the network consists primarily of theatrically released motion pictures and original television programs as well as made-for-cable movies, documentaries, occasional comedy and concert specials, and periodic interstitial programs.

Workaholics

Workaholics

Workaholics is an American sitcom created and predominantly written by Blake Anderson, Adam DeVine, Anders Holm, and Kyle Newacheck, all of whom star in the series. Workaholics originally ran on Comedy Central from April 6, 2011, to March 15, 2017, with a total of 86 episodes spanning seven seasons. The series also stars Jillian Bell, Maribeth Monroe, and Erik Griffin. Anderson, DeVine, and Holm play three college dropouts who are housemates, friends, and co-workers at a telemarketing company in Rancho Cucamonga, California.

Comedy Central

Comedy Central

Comedy Central is an American adult-oriented basic cable channel owned by Paramount Global through its network division's MTV Entertainment Group unit, based in Manhattan. The channel is geared towards young adults aged 18–34 and carries comedy programming in the form of both original, licensed, and syndicated series, stand-up comedy specials, and feature films. It is available to approximately 86.723 million households in the United States as of September 2018.

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References
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