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Worst Week

American sitcom television series

Summary

American sitcom television series

Field	Value
image	Worst week intertitle.png
genre	Sitcom
based_on	The Worst Week of My Life by Mark Bussell & Justin Sbresni
developer	Matt Tarses
starring	{{Plain list
composer	David Schwartz
language	English
country	United States
num_seasons	1
num_episodes	16
executive_producer	{{Plain list
producer	Matthew Nodella
camera	Single-camera
runtime	30 minutes
company	{{Plain list
network	CBS
first_aired
last_aired
related	The Worst Week of My Life

Kyle Bornheimer
Erinn Hayes
Nancy Lenehan
Kurtwood Smith
Matt Tarses
Jimmy Mulville
Adam Bernstein
Two Soups Productions
Hat Trick Productions
CBS Paramount Television
Universal Media Studios

Worst Week is an American sitcom television series that premiered on CBS on September 22, 2008. The series was based on the British sitcom The Worst Week of My Life. It was adapted for American audiences by Fox under the title Worst Week of My Life, but a series didn't materialize after the pilot was filmed.

The series aired on CBS Mondays at 9:30pm ET/PT, following Two and a Half Men. The premiere attracted 11 million viewers but lost a third of its lead-in audience. Ratings dropped to a low of 8.4 million viewers with the sixth episode, but then began to climb steadily, reaching a high of 12.12 million viewers with the eleventh episode before declining again.

On May 20, 2009, CBS cancelled the series after one season and the series finale aired on June 6, 2009.

Cast

Main characters

Kyle Bornheimer as Samuel "Sam" Briggs
Erinn Hayes as Melanie "Mel" Clayton-Briggs
Nancy Lenehan as Angela Clayton
Kurtwood Smith as Richard "Dick" Clayton

Recurring characters

Nick Kroll as Adam
Jessica St. Clair as Sarah
Ken Jeong as Phil
Parris Mosteller as Scotty
Brooke Nevin as Chloe Clayton
RonReaco Lee as David Clayton
Hayes McArthur as Chad
Fred Willard as Paul Briggs
Olympia Dukakis as June Clayton
Philip Baker Hall as Reverend Lowell

Episodes

Critical reception

Verne Gay of Newsday graded it A and said it "may be the best new comedy on network TV this season." Less enthusiastic was Tim Goodman of the San Francisco Chronicle, who said, "Though there are plenty of hard-earned (some might say forced) laughs here and Bornheimer is a real find, you can't help but wonder how they'll keep up the pace. After all, the British series ran for only two seasons and had a mere seven episodes each season...So how is CBS going to stretch this into 22 episodes without stretching it too thin?...In many ways, Worst Week seems incapable of being made into an American version (there were previous attempts that failed), because not only does the title not make sense, but not having a payoff for all the freaky, not-so-karmic woes Sam endures will be frustrating to the viewing audience . . . [It] is a series that may end up being on a short leash."

Linda Stasi of the New York Post called it "one of the worst new shows of the week" and added, "Only a man (or a couple of them) could get paid big bucks in Hollywood to come up with such a lame-o rip-off and perpetuate the fantasy that gorgeous women can't help but to love out-of-shape guys who do everything wrong."

Home media

Universal Studios Home Entertainment has released a DVD of the complete series.

References

(August 7, 2007). "America imports the Worst".
(May 23, 2009). "2008 - 2009 Cancelled TV Shows: Eight CBS Series That Won't Be Back for 2009 - 2010".
"Viacom CBS Press Express".
[http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/ny-ettel5852111sep22,0,5661478.column?track=rss ''Newsday'' review]
(September 22, 2008). "TV reviews: 'Worst Week,' 'The Mentalist'".
(September 22, 2008). "FIST HEADED".

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