Get Shorty (TV series)

Get Shorty
GenreComedy drama
Created byDavey Holmes
Based onGet Shorty
by Elmore Leonard
Starring
ComposerAntonio Sanchez
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes27
Production
Executive producers
Producers
  • Sara E. White
  • Laura Jacqmin
  • Hiram Martinez
Cinematography
Camera setupSingle-camera
Running time48–64 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkEpix
ReleaseAugust 13, 2017 (2017-08-13) –
November 17, 2019 (2019-11-17)
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Get Shorty is an American comedy-drama television series, based on the 1990 novel of the same name by Elmore Leonard, and serves as the third installment overall in its titular franchise. Created by Davey Holmes, it premiered on August 13, 2017, on Epix. It stars Chris O'Dowd, Ray Romano, Sean Bridgers, Carolyn Dodd, Lidia Porto, Goya Robles, Megan Stevenson, Lucy Walters, and Sarah Stiles. It has aired for three seasons, consisting of twenty-seven episodes. In December 2018, it was renewed for a third season, which began airing on October 6, 2019. Although no further seasons have been commissioned, MGM+ has not officially cancelled the show.

The series does not use the plot or any characters from the novel. The series borrows only the novel's basic premise of a gangster who attempts to produce a film and a low-budget movie director indebted to organized crime, as well as Leonard's darkly comedic tone. For that reason, the series has been described as more of an "homage" than an adaptation.[1] The novel was previously adapted for the 1995 film of the same name.

  1. ^ Pennington, Gail (August 13, 2017). "TV review: Epix's 'Get Shorty' isn't short enough". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Archived from the original on November 15, 2020. Retrieved January 13, 2019.