Go On (TV series)
Go On is an American dramedy television series starring Matthew Perry in the lead role, which was designed by Scott Silveri. Between 2012 and 2013 season and 22 episodes of Universal Television in association with Silver & Gold Productions and Dark Toy Entertainment for U.S. broadcaster NBC produced before the series was discontinued in May 2013. Go On is the sports reporter Ryan King, who attended a group therapy after the loss of his wife. The first broadcast in the U.S. took place on August 8, 2012 during a reporting of the 2012 Summer Olympics, before the regular broadcasting on September 11, 2012 began.
Action
As irreverent, but charming sports reporter Ryan King tries to overcome his grief over the death of his wife in a traffic accident. His boss forces him to join a support group, otherwise he could no longer go on air. He attended the therapy sessions by Lauren Schneider, a former Weight Watchers trainer. Since he is not convinced of their qualities, he accepts without further ado, the line about the group therapy. He makes the sad stories of the participants initially a competition about whose story is worse. The participants get the hang of the new approach and also Ryan seems to gather strength. When Ryan returns to work, but he notes that he has not yet processed his grief and he realizes that Lauren and the group can really help him possibly.
Instrumentation and synchronization
The German synchronization was created by a dialogue book by Cosima Kretz, Inez Günther and Peter Woratz and dialogue, directed by Peter Woratz by the synchronous Company Film & TV Synchron GmbH in Munich.
Broadcast
The broadcast of the first episode took place on August 8, 2012 as a preview during a reporting of the 2012 Summer Olympics, held. This preview has been seen by over 16 million viewers and a rating of 5.6 in the target demographic, it was determined here. The regular airplay on its normal time slot following the U.S. version of The Voice takes place since 11 September 2012. Already beginning in October 2012 gave NBC the so-called back -nine order known, so that the first season now comes to 22 episodes. Since then, the series has returned from the winter break on January 8, 2013, and must make do as a lead - in without The Voice, the ratings have declined dramatically. Thus, 2.87 million viewers watched the episode on March 19, 2013, resulting in a 1.0 rating among 18 - 49 year-olds resulted. The first season finale, which also represents the series finale, was shown on 11 April 2013.
In German-speaking countries, the series was broadcast from 6 September to 15 November 2013, the pay-TV broadcaster Universal Channel. A broadcast on free television shows RTL Nitro since 14 November 2013.
The series aired in Canada on Global at the same time as NBC.
Episode List
Reception
The series has received mostly positive reviews, it has in a Metacritic Metascore of 66/100 based on 26 reviews. Wrote David Hinckley of the Daily News, the series was " perhaps the best new sitcom of Autumn". The critic Hank Stuever of the Washington Post praised the staging of the series, and goes on to say that " " Go On " is moving quite briskly - as an NBC - flavored version of high-quality cable Dramedys as " The Big C "and" Enlightened - enlightenment with obstacles. " It is not as good as one of those, but it has the same happy - sad aura, with just a touch of absurdity communities to maintain the speed limit. " Also received the series of Verne Gay, a critic of the newspaper Newsday, five stars. This suggests that " the occupation good, even excellent" was.