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executive who loses his job and reconnects with his small-town family. ''Hank'' originally aired on Wednesday nights in the fall season and starred '' Frasier'' actor Kelsey Grammer. The series was produced by McMonkey Productions and Werner Entertainment, in association with Warner Bros. Television.

Cast

* Kelsey Grammer as Hank Pryor – a Wall Street CEO who loses his job * Melinda McGraw as Tilly Pryor – Hank's wife for 19 years *

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as Maddie Pryor – Hank and Tilly's 15-year-old daughter *

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as Henry Pryor – Hank and Tilly's son * David Koechner as Grady Funk – Tilly's

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Episodes

A total of 10 episodes of ''Hank'' were filmed and five have been aired, but on November 11, 2009, ABC said it had "no immediate plans" to air the others.

U.S. ratings

Reception

The show received negative reviews from critics, scoring a 36/100 in Metacritic, with viewers agreeing with the critics, scoring it at a 4.1/10. The ''Los Angeles Times'' has noted "There's nothing here you couldn't imagine from the premise, but there's also nothing wrong with what's here: McGraw is a good foil for Grammer, and Grammer is good at what he does." The ''New York Post'' panned the show: "''Hank'' is one of the worst new (or old) comedies of this or many other seasons".

Cancellation

''Hank'' was officially cancelled on November 11, 2009 amidst low ratings and bad reviews. A total of ten episodes of the series have been produced, leaving five episodes unaired. ABC stated that they had no immediate plans to air the remaining episodes. Special programs and reruns of comedy shows aired in its place. In a December 2009 interview with

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, Kelsey Grammer admitted that he had initially called Warner Bros. to ask that the show be cancelled because it was too unfunny. The unaired episodes have since aired in the UK on BT Vision and in Croatia on Doma TV.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hank (2009 TV Series) American Broadcasting Company original programming 2009 American television series debuts 2009 American television series endings Television shows set in Virginia Television series by Warner Bros. Television Studios 2000s American sitcoms English-language television shows Officia
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