''Hank'' (originally titled ''Awesome Hank'' and ''PRYORS'') is an American

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that ran on

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from September 30, 2009, to November 4, 2009. The series was created by

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and is about a Wall Street executive who loses his job and reconnects with his small-town family. ''Hank'' originally aired on Wednesday nights in the fall season and starred ''

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'' actor

Kelsey Grammer Allen Kelsey Grammer (born February 21, 1955) is an American actor and producer. He gained notoriety and acclaim for his role as psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane on the NBC sitcom ''Cheers'' (1984-1993) and its spin-off ''Frasier'' (1993-2004), ...

. The series was produced by McMonkey Productions and Werner Entertainment, in association with

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Cast

as Hank Pryor – a Wall Street CEO who loses his job *

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as Tilly Pryor – Hank's wife for 19 years * Jordan Hinson as Maddie Pryor – Hank and Tilly's 15-year-old daughter *

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as Henry Pryor – Hank and Tilly's son *

David Koechner David Michael Koechner ( ; born August 24, 1962) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for playing roles such as Champ Kind in the ''Anchorman'' films and Todd Packer on NBC's ''The Office''. Koechner first became involved in perf ...

as Grady Funk – Tilly's hillbilly brother

Episodes

A total of 10 episodes of ''Hank'' were filmed and five have been aired, but on November 11, 2009, ABC said it had "no immediate plans" to air the others.

U.S. ratings

Reception

The show received negative reviews from critics, scoring a 36/100 in Metacritic, with viewers agreeing with the critics, scoring it at a 4.1/10. The ''Los Angeles Times'' has noted "There's nothing here you couldn't imagine from the premise, but there's also nothing wrong with what's here: McGraw is a good foil for Grammer, and Grammer is good at what he does." The ''New York Post'' panned the show: "''Hank'' is one of the worst new (or old) comedies of this or many other seasons".

Cancellation

''Hank'' was officially cancelled on November 11, 2009 amidst low ratings and bad reviews. A total of ten episodes of the series have been produced, leaving five episodes unaired. ABC stated that they had no immediate plans to air the remaining episodes. Special programs and reruns of comedy shows aired in its place. In a December 2009 interview with Jay Leno, Kelsey Grammer admitted that he had initially called

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to ask that the show be cancelled because it was too unfunny. The unaired episodes have since aired in the UK on

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and in Croatia on

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References

External links

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