Happy Hour (TV series)

Happy Hour is a sitcom that debuted on Fox in the United States and on CTV in Canada on September 7, 2006. The show starred John Sloan as Henry Beckman, a young man rebuilding his life after losing his girlfriend, his job, and his apartment. The series was produced by married duo Jackie and Jeff Filgo of That '70s Show.

Happy Hour
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Jackie Filgo Jeff Filgo
Starring	John Sloan Lex Medlin Beth Lacke Nat Faxon Jamie Denbo Brooke D'Orsay
Composers	Chris Allen Lee Scott Clausen
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13 (9 unaired)
Production
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	Double Double Bonus Entertainment Werner/Gold/Miller Productions Warner Bros. Television
Original release
Network	Fox
Release	September 7 (2006-09-07) – November 2, 2006 (2006-11-02)

Fox put the show on hiatus in September 2006, and canceled it the following May. Thirteen episodes of Happy Hour were made, of which four have aired and nine remain unaired.

Cast

Actor	Character
John Sloan	Henry Beckman
Lex Medlin	Larry Cone
Beth Lacke	Amanda Pennington
Nat Faxon	Brad Cooper
Jamie Denbo	Tina Difabio
Brooke D'Orsay	Heather Hanson

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code
1	"Pilot"	Andy Ackerman	Jeff Filgo & Jackie Filgo	September 7, 2006 (2006-09-07)	276005
Henry Beckman has a girlfriend who convinces him to move to Chicago to work for her uncle. But his life is sent into a loop when she dumps him, which causes him to lose his job and to be thrown into an apartment with Larry, a man who has his own surreal opinions on life and women. Larry sets up Henry with a new job and life begins anew. Of course, one of the house rules is that every day at four is Happy Hour.
2	"The Mix CD"	Mark Cendrowski	Rob Des Hotel	September 14, 2006 (2006-09-14)	3T5352
Henry finds a mix CD of love songs and gets details about Larry's one true love, Molly. Amanda is concerned when a doctor in her gynecologist's office cancels a date with her.
3	"Larry's Birthday"	Unknown	Unknown	September 21, 2006 (2006-09-21)	3T5351
It's Larry's birthday and his friends all forgot about it.. all except Henry who got him a lame camping trip as a present.
4	"The Ring & I"	Unknown	Unknown	November 2, 2006 (2006-11-02)	3T5353
When Larry discovers that Henry is hanging onto an engagement ring that he had planned to give Heather, he tries to get Henry to sell the ring and buy a wine refrigerator. Henry still hopes that Heather will come back to him; however he does agree to put his engagement ring to auction.
5	"Crazy Girls"	TBD	TBD	UNAIRED	3T53??
When Henry dates a girl named Shauna, Larry warns him to stay away from her. After Henry ignores the warnings he returns to Larry to help him get out of the relationship.
6	"Thanksgiving"	TBD	TBD	UNAIRED	3T53??
Tina is planning a Thanksgiving dinner, and her mother, Nannette (Jessica Walter) and sister are planning to visit. Unfortunately Henry makes too good of an impression on his mother-in-law as she puts the moves on him.
7	"Boo! This Party Sucks"	TBD	TBD	UNAIRED	3T5354
Larry and Tina host separate Halloween parties and Brad begs everyone to attend Tina’s dreary party. Amanda and Heather wear identical sexy costumes to Larry’s party.
8	"The Election"	TBD	TBD	UNAIRED	3T5355
With Tina and Brad’s rule on the tenants’ association coming to an end, Larry and Henry decide to run against them. Amanda gets bored with her doting husband.
9	"The Family Affair"	TBD	TBD	UNAIRED	3T53??
Henry's parents are coming for a visit and he fears they'll be disappointed in him. Larry and Amanda have prejudices against them. Tina gets a job but she doesn't like Brad's excitement over it. Everyone may have to rethink their opinions.
10	"New Year's Eve"	TBD	TBD	UNAIRED	3T5359
Everyone likes Amanda’s current boyfriend except for Larry, who gets a ‘bad vibe’ from him. Although Larry always protects Amanda, he goes too far this time and hurts her feelings.
11	"11:30 Snuggles"	TBD	TBD	UNAIRED	3T5360
Larry and Brad almost get into a fight in a bar, and Henry calls the police to save them, forgetting that all three are impersonating police officers to impress women.
12	"A Dead Man's Ham"	TBD	TBD	UNAIRED	3T5361
It’s Christmas and Larry’s friends leave to be with their families, however they then decide to stay with him because all flights out of Chicago have been cancelled. However, at the apartment, the only food available is a mail-order ham that arrived for a neighbour who has died.
13	"The T-Shirt"	TBD	TBD	UNAIRED	3T5362
Larry’s T-Shirt business soars in popularity after George Clooney is seen wearing one of his shirts, however the reverse happens with Kevin Federline. Heather then saves the business by changing the company slogan.

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 13% of 15 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 3.3/10. The website's consensus reads, "Happy Hour is a cheap, unoriginal, laugh-free affair." On Metacritic, it holds a score of 25 out of 100 based on 19 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".

International broadcasts

Country	Broadcaster	Timeslot
Australia	Nine HD	The entire series has been broadcast.
Canada	CTV
Finland	MTV3	Friday 2:15pm
Middle East and North Africa	Super Comedy Channel Dubai One	The entire series has been broadcast from Saturday till Wednesday every week at 4:30pm GMT.
Singapore	Channel 5	Thursdays & Fridays at 1.30am
Poland	TVN 7	Saturday mornings
New Zealand	TV2	Friday 12:00am
Croatia	HRT2	Late afternoon
Romania	PRO Cinema	Afternoon

External links

• Happy Hour at IMDb