''The Inbetweeners'' is an

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developed by

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for

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. The show stars

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, Bubba Lewis,

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Zack Pearlman Zachary Michael Pearlman (born May 19, 1988) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Zack in ''The Virginity Hit''. He has co-starred in short-lived television comedies such as MTV's ''The Inbetweeners'' and on the Fox sitcom ''M ...

, Alex Frnka and

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. The show is a remake of the original UK series of the same name written and created by

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and

Iain Morris Iain Kevan Morris (born 6 August 1973) is an English writer. He is best known for creating ''The Inbetweeners'' with his writing partner Damon Beesley and co-hosting a show on London radio station XFM with stand-up comedian Jimmy Carr. He fe ...

, who served as

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s alongside Copeland, Aaron Kaplan and Lauren Corra. It ran on MTV from August 20, to November 5, 2012. On November 28, 2012, the series was canceled after one season, due to poor ratings and reviews.

Main cast

as Will McKenzie * Bubba Lewis as Simon Cooper * Alex Frnka as Carli D'Amato *

as Jay Cartwright *

as Neil Sutherland

Production

After an unsuccessful attempt by

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to create an American version of ''The Inbetweeners'' in 2008, MTV announced in late-September 2010 that it had hired noted comedy writer Brad Copeland (known for writing on American comedies such as '' Arrested Development'' and '' My Name Is Earl'') to write the script for an American ''Inbetweeners'' series.

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was chosen to direct the pilot. On 31 March 2011, MTV officially announced that it had picked up ''The Inbetweeners'' for an additional eleven episodes, creating a twelve-episode first season. Copeland served as executive producer and

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. In November 2012,

had decided not to go ahead with a planned second season of the American remake.

said to

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, "While we won't be moving forward with another season of ''The Inbetweeners'', we enjoyed working with the show's creators and such a talented, funny cast."

Episodes

Critical reception

The series was panned by critics. However, on Metacritic the series has a score of 62 out of 100 based on 9 reviews, indicating "generally favourable reviews". The American version is extremely unpopular with viewers from the UK, with many newspapers reporting that it had "flopped". It was listed by ''Metro'' as one of the "Top 10 British comedies whose US remakes have flopped".

Cancelled film adaptation

On July 3, 2012, it was announced that a U.S. adaptation of '' The Inbetweeners Movie'' was in the works. Morris and Beesley were approached by

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to lead the project. However, following the cancellation of the series, the film was never produced. On August 22, 2013,

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was initially revealed to be directing the American adaptation of the British film, then titled ''Virgins America'', but as of 2022, no further developments have taken place. Whether Morris and Beesley had any involvement with the project is unknown.

References

External links

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