'' The Big C'' is a

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original series created by

Darlene Hunt Melinda Darlene Hunt (born July 7, 1970) is an American actress, producer and television writer, best known for creating and producing the Showtime series '' The Big C''. Career As a writer, the credits of the Lebanon Junction, Kentucky native ...

and starring

Laura Linney Laura Leggett Linney (born February 5, 1964) is an American actress. Having studied acting at Juilliard School (1986-1990), she became known for her complex and multilayered performances on stage and screen. She has received various accolades, ...

. She plays a reserved, fortysomething, suburban wife and mother whose recent

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diagnosis forces her to shake up her life and find hope, humor and the light side of a dark situation, while managing her immature but well-meaning husband, played by

Oliver Platt Oliver Platt (born January 12, 1960) is a Canadian-born American actor. He is known for his starring roles in many films such as ''Flatliners'' (1990), ''Beethoven'' (1992), ''Indecent Proposal'', ''The Three Musketeers'' (both 1993), ''Executiv ...

. A total of 40 episodes of ''The Big C'' were aired over four seasons, between August 16, 2010, and May 20, 2013.

Series overview

The runtime was 27-minutes for seasons 1 through 3, and one-hour for season 4. In syndication, season 4 was recut into half-hour episodes (identified as part 1 and part 2).

Series overview

Episodes

Season 1 (2010)

Season 2 (2011)

Season 3 (2012)

Season 4: ''Hereafter'' (2013)

References

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