WHAT ABOUT BRIAN

'''What About Brian''' was an American dramatic television series created by Dana Stevens and co-produced by J.J. Abrams' company Bad Robot Productions. The series premiered on April 16, 2006 on ABC, as a midseason replacement and concluded on March 26, 2007. The show regularly aired on Monday at 10 p.m. ET/9 p.m. CT in the United States. On May 16, 2006, ABC renewed the series for its second season,^[1] notably making it the only new series to be picked up by the network from the 2005-2006 television season, despite it being the final new series introduced by ABC during the season. The series returned October 9, 2006, with a full 22-episode season confirmed by November 10, 2006. [1] The second season order was subsequently scaled back to 19 episodes by the network. ^[2]
''What About Brian'' ended its run after two seasons on March 26, 2007.^[3]

Contents

Main cast

Other characters

Pilot

Episodes

Season 1: 2006

Season 2: 2006-2007

Pilot

First-run channels, days and times

Music

References

Trivia

External links

Main cast

Actor	Role
Barry Watson	Brian Davis
Matthew Davis	Adam Hillman
Sarah Lancaster	Marjorie Seaver
Rick Gomez	Dave Greco
Amanda Detmer	Deena Greco
Krista Allen	Bridget Keller
Rosanna Arquette	Nicole Varzi
Raoul Bova	Angelo Varzi (Season 1 [Episode 1-5])
Jason George	Jimmy (Season 2+ [Episode 6-])
Amanda Foreman	Ivy (Season 2+ [Episode 6-])
Tiffani Thiessen	Natasha Drew (Episodes 20-)
Jessica Szohr	Laura (Episodes 19-)
Stacy Keibler	Stephanie (Episodes 19-)

Other characters

Actor	Role
Payton Spencer	Geneva Greco
Mikaila Baumel	Larissa Greco
Olivia and Ava White	Carrie Greco

Pilot

32 year old Brian Davis is living the life of a single guy in Los Angeles. However, he is the only bachelor left in his group of friends. His best friend, lawyer Adam Hillman, recently got engaged to his long-time girlfriend Marjorie, a girl Brian has secretly long had a crush on and who Adam was planning to break up with. His other best friend Dave Greco, who is co-founder with Brian of ''Zap Monkey'', a company that designs and produces video games, cannot wait to welcome Brian into the marriage club, as Dave has been married with Deena for 13 years and has three daughters. His older sister, record executive Nicole "Nic" Varzi, has recently married and is pregnant, even though she is in her forties. Brian's journey to find romance leads him down a road where the picture perfect relationships of his friends are tested and revealed for what they truly are.

Episodes

Season 1: 2006

The series is the second to be launched by ABC on an Easter Sunday. The previous year, ''Grey's Anatomy'' was also launched on the holiday.

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Season 2: 2006-2007

The second season of the series, premiered on October 9, 2006. Along with ''Wife Swap'' and ''The Bachelor'', it was part of ABC's first primetime Monday evening lineup for the fall not to include ''Monday Night Football'' since that show's shift to ESPN. Contrasting with what had historically been a night which drew high male viewership, ''What About Brian'' was seen by some industry analysts as the closer to a new lineup appealing particularly to female viewers. Every episode in the second season begins with "What About."

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Pilot

An unaired pilot with a completely different structure from the first episode was created, with Polly Shannon portraying Marjorie instead of Sarah Lancaster.^[4][5]

First-run channels, days and times

★ ABC (USA) Monday 10pm (2006+)

★ E4 (UK) Tuesday 9pm (May 2007+)

★ Seven Network (Australia) Sunday 9.30pm (2007+)

★ RTP2 (Portugal) Thursday 10.40pm (Feb 2007+)

★ TF1 (France) Saturday 4pm (May 2007)

★ La Sexta (Spain) Thursday 12am (July, 19th 2007)

Music

★ The theme song that appears at the beginning of each episode is "Calling All Friends" by Low Stars.

★ The 1970 song "Hey Hey What Can I Do" by Led Zeppelin inspired the theme song and also has lyrics that parallel the show's plot. The lyrics of the song tell of a man's love for a woman that he will never have all to himself; a woman who 'wants to ball all day', 'stays drunk all the time', and who 'won't be true.' The first verse is a declaration of his love and his desire to tell her that she is the only one for him. The second verse describes her infidelity and his jealousy and frustration. In the third verse he comes to the conclusion that he must leave her 'where the guitars play', a sentiment reinforced by the vamp in which the lead singer, Robert Plant, is backed by the rest of the band repeating the two lines; 'Hey hey what can I do' and 'Oh Lord what can I say.'

★ Colin Hay's music has been used in several episodes of ''What About Brian'':^[6]

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★ His song "Waiting For My Real Life To Begin" ended the episode "Two In Twenty-Four" and was also used in the episode "Sex Lies and Videotape."

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★ "Beautiful World" ended the episode "Moving Day."

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★ "Don't Wait Up" ended the episode "The Importance Of Being Brian" and was also in the episode "Sex Lies and Videotape."

References

1. What About Brian renewed for a second season - Link
2. What About Brian: Aren't There Any More Episodes?, ''TV Series Finale'', March 28, 2007
3. ABC Unveils 14 Early Series Pick-Ups, ''Broadcasting & Cable'', March 21, 2007
4. TV: The Life of Brian ABC kicks around a great show with rescheduling and retooling
5. ¿Qué hacemos con Brian? (Spanish)
6. Colin Hay songs from TV and Movies at Tunefind

Trivia

★ The Greco residence is a house in the 100 block of Dudley Avenue in Venice, CA, though the interior is a loose recreation of the real interior built on a soundstage.

★ "What About Brian" was photographed with Panavision Genesis digital cinematography cameras, and is one of the first users.

★ The location used for Brian's father's real estate business is the Clarity Partners building on Canon Drive in Beverly Hills.

External links

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★ "What About Brian" at Yahoo! TV

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