Happy Hour (TV series)

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Happy Hour
The cast of Happy Hour
Genre	Sitcom
Running time	30 minutes
Starring	John Sloan Lex Medlin Nat Faxon Jamie Denbo Beth Lacke Brooke D'Orsay
Country of origin	USA
Original channel	FOX
Original run	September 7, 2006–November 2, 2006
No. of episodes	13 (9 unaired)
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Happy Hour is a sitcom that debuted on FOX in the United States and on CTV in Canada on September 7, 2006. The show stars John Sloan as Henry Beckman, a young man rebuilding his life after losing his girlfriend, his job, and his apartment. The series is produced by husband/wife duo Jeff and Jackie Filgo of That '70s Show fame and has been stated to be "an edgier Friends."

On September 24, 2006, FOX put the show on hiatus along with another new series, Justice. [1] On November 3, 2006, FOX pulled the show off the schedule with no plans to return it, most likely resulting in cancellation. [2] Later on that day, Happy Hour's minisite on FOX.com's website was taken down, further adding to this claim.

Happy Hour has produced 13 episodes, in which 4 have aired and 9 remain unaired.

[edit] Cast and characters

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

[edit] Episode List

Episode #	Production #	Air Date	Title	Summary
1	276005	September 7, 2006	Pilot	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	3T5352	September 14, 2006	The Mix CD	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	3T5351	September 21, 2006	Larry's Birthday	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	3T5353	November 2, 2006	The Ring & I	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.
5	3T5354	Unaired	Crazy Girls	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	3T5355	Unaired	Thanksgiving	Tina is planning a Thansgiving dinner, and her mother and sister are is planning to visit. Unfortunately Brad makes too good of an impression on his mother-in-law as she puts the moves on him.