The Grinder (TV Series)

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Original title: The Grinder (TV Series)
Year: 2015
Running time: 21 min.
Country: United States
Director: Jake Kasdan, Jay Chandrasekhar, Jamie Babbit, Christine Gernon, Andy Ackerman, John Hamburg, Matt Sohn, Phil Traill, Max Winkler, Eric Appel, Jeremy Garelick, Dean Holland, Chad Lowe, Gail Mancuso, Tristram Shapeero, Nicholas Stoller
Screenwriter: Andrew Mogel, Jarrad Paul, Nicholas Stoller, Bridget Kyle, Justin Nowell, Vicky Luu, Sean Clements, Dominic Dierkes, Niki Schwartz-Wright, Sally Bradford, Guy Endore-Kaiser, Julius Sharpe, Hayes Davenport, Dan Sterling, Ben Wexler
Music: Jeff Cardoni
Cinematography: Rhet Bear
Cast: Rob Lowe, Fred Savage, Rose Abdoo, Juan Carlos Cantu, William Devane, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Hana Hayes, Brian Huskey, Connor Kalopsis, Natalie Morales, Kumail Nanjiani, Courtney Richards, Maya Rudolph, Timothy Olyphant, Jason Alexander, Kenneth Lucas, Odette Annable, Scott Lawrence, Richard Schiff, Colton Haynes, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Arielle Kebbel, Jerry Minor, Jarrad Paul, Steve Little, Will Greenberg, Matt Hobby, John Owen Lowe, Christina Applegate, Anne Archer, Dennis Haysbert, Nat Faxon, Jim Piddock, Alexie Gilmore, Clyde Kusatsu, Chloe Bridges, Jenna Fischer, Pat Healy, Chris Klein
Producer: Stoller Global Solutions / Paul Mogel Productions / Detective Agency, The / 20th Century Fox Television
Genre: TV Series. Comedy
Synopsis / Plot: Television lawyer Dean Sanderson moves back to his small home town after a stint in Hollywood thinking his time on TV qualifies him to run his family's law firm.

Awards: 2015: Golden Globes: Nominated for Best Actor in Comedy (Rob Lowe)

2015: Critics Choice Awards: Best Guest in a Comedy (Timothy Olyphant)

Critics' reviews

"The writing is breezy and the cast seems to be having fun."

Hank Stuever: The Washington Post
"As comedy pilots go this season, the end result is a rarity in that there were laughs."

Tim Goodman: The Hollywood Reporter
"It’s a clever enough idea (...) primarily to give the leads an excuse to play off each other."

Brian Lowry: Variety
"The set-up is forced and not entirely believable, but it can work well enough. Savage and Lowe may not convince anyone that they share a single gene, but as actors, they play well off each other. The writing needs a huge jolt, though."

David Wiegand: San Francisco Chronicle
"'The Grinder' is sharp enough as a showbiz sendup."

James Poniewozik: The New York Times

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