Getting On (U.S. TV series)
| Getting On | |
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| Genre |
Dark comedy Medical comedy |
| Created by | |
| Based on |
Getting On (BBC Four series) by Jo Brand Joanna Scanlan Vicki Pepperdine |
| Written by | Mark V. Olsen Will Scheffer |
| Directed by |
Miguel Arteta Howard Deutch Becky Martin |
| Starring | |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 18 (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producer(s) |
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| Producer(s) | Chrisann Verges |
| Camera setup | Single |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Anima Sola Productions BBC Worldwide Productions |
| Release | |
| Original network | HBO |
| Picture format |
480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Original release | November 24, 2013 – December 13, 2015 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Getting On is an American television comedy series based on the British series of the same name, created and written by Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer. The series aired on HBO from November 24, 2013, to December 13, 2015, for three seasons each containing six episodes. The show has garnered positive reviews from critics. It stars Laurie Metcalf, Alex Borstein, Niecy Nash, and Mel Rodriguez.
The series is set in the Billy Barnes Extended Care Unit of the down-and-out Mount Palms Memorial Hospital in Long Beach, California. The show follows the lives of the staff involved in the ward's daily operation, specifically Dr. Jenna James (Laurie Metcalf), the ward's director of medicine; Dawn Forchette (Alex Borstein), the head nurse; Didi Ortley (Niecy Nash), a nurse; and Patsy De La Serda (Mel Rodriguez), the supervising nurse.
On August 14, 2012, HBO placed a pilot order on an American adaptation of the popular BBC Four series of the same name. Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer were attached to write the pilot script and serve as executive producers alongside Jane Tranter, Julie Gardner and Geoff Atkinson via Anima Sola Productions and BBC Worldwide Productions.
Casting announcements began in the following November with Laurie Metcalf, Alex Borstein and Niecy Nash cast in the three lead roles. Metcalf signed onto the role of Dr. Jenna James, the uptight, self-centred director of medicine; Borstein joined in the role of Dawn Forchette, the head nurse who struggles with self-esteem and ultimately ends up in inappropriate sexual situations; and Nash cast in the remaining lead role of Denise "DiDi" Ortley, a big-hearted, return-to-work nurse.
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