Big Lake (TV series)

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Big Lake
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Genre Sitcom
Created by Lew Morton
Starring
ComposersKyle Crusham
Kevin Hoetger
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes10
Production
Executive producers
Camera setup Multi-camera
Running time21 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network Comedy Central
ReleaseAugust 17 (2010-08-17) 
September 14, 2010 (2010-09-14)

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.

Contents

Premise

After losing his lucrative banking job, Josh is forced to move back to his hometown of Big Lake, Pennsylvania. [4] 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. [4] 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. [4]

Cast

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
code
1"Josh Comes Home" Don Scardino Lew Morton August 17, 2010 (2010-08-17)101
Josh tries to make Big Lake the goth Field Of Dreams by selling the mayor a baseball signed by Barry Bonds and Marilyn Manson.
2"Lee Harvey Osworld"Don Scardino Hayes Davenport August 17, 2010 (2010-08-17)108
Glenn wants the mayor to help him open a Lee Harvey Oswald museum and make Big Lake synonymous with the man who killed John F. Kennedy.
3"Fad Diet"Don Scardino Alan J. Higgins August 24, 2010 (2010-08-24)105
Glenn has been losing weight eating only French dip sandwiches so Josh tries to have his dad sell it as a diet.
4"Chris Moves In"Don ScardinoTeleplay by: Lew Morton & T. Sean Shannon
Story by: Max Ricci
August 24, 2010 (2010-08-24)109
Chris makes Josh feel bad so he asks his parents if Chris can stay with them.The family quickly likes Chris more and Josh moves into the school. Meanwhile, Glenn has a relationship with his unstable parole officer.
5"Josh Goes to Work"Don Scardino Chris Henchy August 31, 2010 (2010-08-31)110
Josh starts working at Cheddar Creek and tries to change everything while Jeremy has turned the restaurant into a gay disco at night.
6"Jeremy Gets Caught"Don Scardino Mike Schwartz August 31, 2010 (2010-08-31)102
Josh locks the door and gets Jeremy grounded, then finds new friends for him.
7"Therapy"Don ScardinoAlan J. HigginsSeptember 7, 2010 (2010-09-07)104
Josh brings home an alcoholic to counsel his family while Chris must tutor a dummy.
8"Chris is Mayor for 24 Minutes"Don ScardinoT. Sean ShannonSeptember 7, 2010 (2010-09-07)103
Chris and Josh make big plans for when Chris is mayor while Jeremy gets his mom arrested muling illegal cigarettes.
9"Chris Falls in Love"Don ScardinoBerkley JohnsonSeptember 14, 2010 (2010-09-14)106
Chris falls in love with Josh's mom and Josh teaches Chris' class.
10"The Interview"Don ScardinoT. Sean ShannonSeptember 14, 2010 (2010-09-14)107
Josh is offered a job by an old banking buddy but he doesn't want to take it for the wrong reasons.

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