AT&T AUDIENCE Network(R) Debuts Original Series "Loudermilk" Oct. 17

New Comedy Series Premieres at 8:30 p.m. ET/PT Only on DIRECTV, AT&T U-verse and DIRECTV NOW

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., May 17, 2017 -- AT&T* AUDIENCE Network's new half-hour scripted original comedy series, "Loudermilk," is premiering Oct. 17 at 8:30 p.m. ET/PT. Viewers can watch it exclusively on AUDIENCE Network through DIRECTV, AT&T U-verse and DIRECTV NOW.

Primary Wave Entertainment will co-finance and co-produce the scripted series. Peter Farrelly ("Dumb and Dumber," "Hall Pass," "There's Something About Mary") and Emmy(R) Award-winning writer Bobby Mort ("The Colbert Report") serve as writer-creators and executive producers. Farrelly, Mort, AUDIENCE Network's Christopher Long, Bart Peters and Primary Wave's Mark Burg and David Guillod will serve as executive producers. Jonathan Schwartz will serve as producer. Farrelly also directed all 10 episodes.

"Loudermilk" stars Golden Globe(R) Nominee Ron Livingston ("Office Space") as Sam Loudermilk, Will Sasso ("Happy Gilmore") as Ben, Laura Mennel ("Watchmen") as Allison, Anja Savcic ("I Love You, Beth Cooper") as Claire, Toby Levins ("Fear the Walking Dead") as Carl, Mark Brandon ("Supernatural") as Reardon and Timothy Webber ("Cypher") as Ed.

The series centers on Sam Loudermilk, a recovering alcoholic and substance abuse counselor with an extremely bad attitude about, well, everything. He is unapologetically uncensored, and manages to piss off everyone in his life. Although he has his drinking under control, Loudermilk discovers that when your life is a complete mess, getting clean is the easy part.

The new AUDIENCE Network comedy series joins the roster of critically acclaimed original series:

MMA drama "KINGDOM," starring Frank Grillo and Nick Jonas.

Suspense-drama "ROGUE," starring Cole Hauser, Meaghan Rath and Ashley Greene.

"Poly-romantic" comedy "YOU ME HER" starring Greg Poehler, Rachel Blanchard and Priscilla Faia.

AT&T AUDIENCE Network is available on DIRECTV Ch. 239 or U-verse TV Ch. 1114 and via live streaming on the DIRECTV and U-verse apps and DIRECTV NOW.

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About Primary Wave Entertainment

Primary Wave Entertainment is one of the largest independent global talent management, production, music publishing, licensing and brand marketing companies based in the U.S. They represent a diverse roster of professionals working in film, television, music and digital entertainment and work closely with them to guide their careers and achieve their goals across the entertainment landscape while providing a broad range of strategic brand services and digital marketing. Music clients include: CeeLo Green, Melissa Etheridge, Fantasia, Cypress Hill, Eric Benet, Alanis Morisette, Audien and Plain White T's, among others. Talent and literary clients include Mayim Bialik, Cat Cora, Mike Epps, William Fichtner, Paula Patton, Golden Globe winner Gina Rodriguez, Gabrielle Union, Clay Kaytis, ("Angry Birds") Oscar winning screenwriters/directors Bobby Moresco ("Crash"), Jim Rash ("Descendants") and Mike Radford ("Il Postino"), among others. Primary Wave Music Publishing specializes in the acquisition and unique marketing of iconic and legendary artist and songs. Over the years, the company has acquired the copyrights of over 15,000 songs from the catalogs of legendary artists such as Kurt Cobain, Steven Tyler, John Lennon, Def Leppard, Hall & Oates, Chicago, Maurice White, Graham Parker, Daniel Johnston, Steven Curtis Chapman, Lamont Dozier, Steve Cropper, Smokey Robinson and many others. Primary Wave has produced multiple film and television projects such as CeeLo Green's "The Good Life," "Being Mary Jane" starring Gabrielle Union and the "Coldest City," starring Charlize Theron and "Young Women's Honors" (The CW). Primary Wave Entertainment has offices in Los Angeles and New York. www.PrimaryWave.com