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BENT
Air Date: Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Time Slot: 9:00 PM-9:30 PM EST on NBC
Episode Title: (#101) "PILOT"
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"BENT"
"PILOT"
03/21/2012 (09:00PM - 09:30PM) (Wednesday) : SERIES PREMIERE - A MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN? -- Recently divorced Alex (Amanda Peet) is a high-strung lawyer raising her 10 year-old daughter Charlie (Joey King) as a single mom. Unwilling to let anything get in her way, she downsizes into a smaller house and hires charismatic contractor Pete (David Walton), a free-spirited, recovering gambling addict who is a ladies man and in desperate need of this gig. Upon hiring him, Alex quickly realizes that she has met her match in Pete, who along with his motley construction crew, will not only tear apart her kitchen but transform her worldview in the process. Jeffrey Tambor stars as Pete's narcissistic live-in father Walt and Margo Harshman stars as Alex's wild younger sister Screwsie.
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BROADCAST
HISTORY:
3/21/12
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4/4/12
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STATUS:
canceled/ended (2011-2012 season) |
TIME SLOT:
completed airing its current season |
SEASON(S):
1 (6 episodes, 0 of which have yet to air) |
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
confirmed as canceled on 5/11/12 |
DESCRIPTION:
(from NBC's press release, February 2012) NBC announced the premieres of the new comedies "Bent" (March 21) and "Best Friends Forever" (April 4), as well as the comedic hidden-camera series "Betty White's Off Their Rockers" (April 4) to its spring lineup. "Community" also will return to the Thursday schedule starting March 15. NBC's spring schedule features the highest percentage of original programs in the network's history with only 13 total hours of repeat programming from Sunday to Friday through mid-May. "Bent" will premiere on Wednesday, March 21 (9-9:30 p.m. ET) followed by a second episode (9:30-10 p.m. ET). The series will continue with original back-to-back one-hour blocks on Wednesday, March 28 and April 4 (9-9:30 p.m. ET and 9:30-10 p.m. ET both nights). Following the season finales of "Whitney" and "Are You There, Chelsea," "Betty White's Off Their Rockers" premieres on Wednesday, April 4 (8-8:30 p.m. ET) followed by "Best Friends Forever" which also debuts on Wednesday, April 4 (8:30-9 p.m. ET). |
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Amanda Peet as Alex
· David Walton as Pete
· Jeffrey Tambor as Walt
· Joey King as Charlie
· Margo Harshman as Screwsie
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CREW INFORMATION:
· Craig Zisk as DIR (Pilot)
· Tad Quill as CRTR/EP
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GENRE(S):
· comedy (all)
· comedy (single-camera)
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STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Rosalita Productions
· Universal Television
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