Happy Endings is an comedy premiered on April 13, 2011, as a midseason replacement,[1] with a one-hour premiere of two back-to-back episodes starting at 9:30 pm ET/PT. In the weeks that followed, the show continued to air back-to-back episodes that began airing at 10:00 pm On May 13, 2011, the show was renewed for a second season,[3] which premiered on September 28, 2011. On October 12th, 2011, the network ordered six more scripts for the second season.[4]
On October 13, 2011 the show received an additional episode order of 6 scripts from ABC, citing improved ratings for the series Plot
The series revolves around the lives of a group of friends, living in Chicago, whose group is rocked when the couple that brought them together, Alex and Dave, break up. This leaves the rest of the group (Max, Brad, Jane, and Penny) in an awkward position of either trying to stay together as friends or having to choose sides. Alex and Dave decide to stay friends, but there are many more complications down the road.[6]
Cast
- Zachary Knighton- as Dave Rose – Newly single after being left by his ex-fiancée Alex on the day of their wedding. Still trying to figure his life out after the wedding, Dave followed his dreams of quitting his office job and is now self-employed with his steak sandwich food truck business. After his break-up with Alex, he now lives on Max's couch.
- Elisha Cuthbert as Alex Moore – Dave's ex-fiancée who leaves him at the altar on the day of their wedding. Alex still has some regret about leaving Dave at their wedding and feels guilty about it. She enjoys going on double dates and "girls nights out" with best friend Penny. She runs her own women's clothing boutique called Xela ("Alex" backwards) in downtown Chicago.
- Eliza Coupe as Jane Williams (nee Kerkovich) – Alex's control freak older sister. She is married to Brad and wanted to start a family and live a "perfect suburban life", prior to being freaked out over Alex and Dave's break-up. She is very competitive and always likes to be in charge of everything. Has a tendency to turn to alcohol when she's stressed out.
- Damon Wayans, Jr. as Brad Williams – Jane's husband who does whatever she says, despite not usually being crazy about her ideas. He works for a big Chicago investment firm and is best friends with Dave and Max. Brad and Jane were first introduced to each other by Dave when they were in college.
- Adam Pally as Max Blum – Best friends with Dave and Brad since college. He is sarcastic and enjoys sitting around his apartment playing video games. He is openly gay, but only recently came out to his parents, after years of having Penny pose as his girlfriend. Max is single and unemployed; he now shares his apartment with newly single Dave. Max is a minister of a non-denominational Christianity church (though he himself is Jewish) licensed to officiate weddings, although he technically wasn't licensed when he did Brad and Jane's wedding. In season two, Max attempts to start a job as a limo driver when he buys a an old 1980's limo.
- Casey Wilson as Penny Hartz – the group's desperate, single friend who constantly worries that she'll never find the right guy. She has known Dave, Alex and Jane since high school. Max has been her "gay BFF" since college, though they briefly dated before she realized he was gay. She works at a public relations firm and prides herself on being the most fashionable person in her office, this season she swears its the "Year of Penny" where she will find true love get married and have a perfect happy life.
CaseyWilson- Penny Hartz, used to be on SNL back in 2008
After auditioning in late 2007, Wilson was hired in January 2008 to join the cast of Saturday Night Live, replacing departing cast member Maya Rudolph. However, because of the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike, she did notSNL cast member to have been born in the 1980s. Wilson's most memorable work on SNL included impressions of Rachael Ray, Katy Perry, and Jennifer Aniston, as well as original characters such as Dusty Velvet, and Toni Ward, co-host of "The Cougar Den".
After spending two seasons on SNL, Wilson was let go from the show before the start of the 2009–2010 season. When asked how she felt about her recent SNL departure in an October 2009 interview, Wilson said: "My mindset is good. I did it for a year and a half. I don’t think it will ultimately define my career. And it wasn't the best fit for me." This is pretty sad seeing as she was hilarous, but funnier on Happy Endings.
Happy Endings is my favorite show.
