''Hello Ladies'' is an American sitcom created by

Stephen Merchant Stephen James Merchant (born 24 November 1974) is an English comedian, writer, director, and actor. He was the co-writer and co-director of the British TV comedy series ''The Office (British TV series), The Office'' (2001–2003), and co-writer ...

, Lee Eisenberg, and Gene Stupnitsky. It stars Merchant as an Englishman looking for love in modern

Los Angeles Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, ...

. The series premiered on the American network

HBO Home Box Office (HBO) is an American pay television service, which is the flagship property of namesake parent-subsidiary Home Box Office, Inc., itself a unit owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. The overall Home Box Office business unit is based a ...

on September 29, 2013. On January 23, 2014, HBO canceled the series; however, the series was concluded with a feature-length special, which aired on November 22, 2014. ''Hello Ladies'' was adapted from Merchant's stand-up show of the same name. The show's title comes from the

catchphrase A catchphrase (alternatively spelled catch phrase) is a phrase or expression recognized by its repeated utterance. Such phrases often originate in popular culture and in the arts, and typically spread through word of mouth and a variety of mass ...

Stuart uses at least once per episode.

Premise

Stuart "Hello Ladies" Pritchard is a socially inept Englishman living in

with the intent of finding the woman of his dreams. However, the unlucky Stuart keeps falling into situations that, more often than not, have him embarrassing himself in front of women. Stuart's support network include his best friend Wade, who is trying to cope with life as a bachelor after he and his wife separate, and Jessica, an aspiring actress-screenwriter living in his guest-house.

Cast

as Stuart Pritchard * Christine Woods as Jessica Vanderhoff * Nate Torrence as Wade Bailey * Kevin Weisman as Kives * Kyle Mooney as Rory Guest stars included

Nicole Kidman Nicole Mary Kidman (born 20 June 1967) is an Australian and American actress and producer. Known for Nicole Kidman on screen and stage, her work in film and television productions across many genres, she has consistently ranked among the world ...

, David Hornsby, Crista Flanagan, Jenny Slate, Lindsey Broad, Carly Craig,

Eddie Pepitone Edward David Pepitone (born November 5, 1958) is an American character actor, stand-up comedian and podcast host. He is known for his dark comedy style. Early life Pepitone was born to a Sicilian-American father and a Jewish American mother in ...

, Lucy Punch, Marc Evan Jackson, Wayne Federman, Sean Wing and Sarah Wright.

Critical reception

On the review aggregator website

Metacritic Metacritic is an American website that aggregates reviews of films, television shows, music albums, video games, and formerly books. For each product, the scores from each review are averaged (a weighted average). Metacritic was created ...

, the lone season of ''Hello Ladies'' scored 58 out of 100, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

Episodes

Season 1 (2013)

The Movie (2014)

Music

The opening theme music is " Alone Too Long" by Hall & Oates. Credits music for each episode differs:

Season 1 (2013)

* Episode 1: " Kiss You All Over" by

Exile Exile or banishment is primarily penal expulsion from one's native country, and secondarily expatriation or prolonged absence from one's homeland under either the compulsion of circumstance or the rigors of some high purpose. Usually persons ...

* Episode 2: "Look Who's Lonely Now" by Bill LaBounty * Episode 3: " You Belong to the City" by Glenn Frey * Episode 4: " Year of the Cat" by

Al Stewart Alastair Ian Stewart (born 5 September 1945) is a British singer-songwriter and folk-rock musician who rose to prominence as part of the British folk revival in the 1960s and 1970s. He developed a unique style of combining folk-rock songs wi ...

* Episode 5: " The Guitar Man" by

Bread Bread is a baked food product made from water, flour, and often yeast. It is a staple food across the world, particularly in Europe and the Middle East. Throughout recorded history and around the world, it has been an important part of many cu ...

* Episode 6: "Get It Right Next Time" by Gerry Rafferty * Episode 7: " Oh Yeah" by

Roxy Music Roxy Music are an English rock music, rock band formed in 1970 by Bryan Ferry (lead vocals/keyboards/principal songwriter) and Graham Simpson (musician), Graham Simpson (bass). By the time the band recorded their Roxy Music (album), first albu ...

* Episode 8: " Marriage Bureau Rendezvous" by

10cc 10cc are an English rock music, rock band formed in Stockport, southeast of Manchester, in 1972. The group initially consisted of four musicians, Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley and Lol Creme, who had written and recorded togethe ...

Hello Ladies: The Movie (2014)

Some Like It Hot ''Some Like It Hot'' is a 1959 American crime comedy film directed, produced and co-written by Billy Wilder. It stars Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon, with George Raft, Pat O'Brien (actor), Pat O'Brien, Joe E. Brown, Joan Shawlee an ...

" by The Power Station, " Somebody" by

Bryan Adams Bryan Guy Adams (born November 5, 1959) is a British and Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, and photographer. He is estimated to have sold between 75 million and more than 100 million album, records and Single (music), si ...

, " Sussudio" by

Phil Collins Philip David Charles Collins (born 30 January 1951) is an English musician, songwriter, record producer and actor. He was the drummer and later became the lead singer of the rock band Genesis (band), Genesis and had a successful solo career, ac ...

, "Days Gone Down" by Gerry Rafferty

Home media

"Hello Ladies: The Complete Series and the Movie" was released on DVD on May 26, 2015, which includes deleted scenes and making-of featurette. The complete collection is available in HD via

iTunes iTunes is a media player, media library, and mobile device management (MDM) utility developed by Apple. It is used to purchase, play, download and organize digital multimedia on personal computers running the macOS and Windows operating s ...

and

Amazon Prime Video Amazon Prime Video, known simply as Prime Video, is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming television service owned by Amazon. The service primarily distributes films and television series produced or co-produced by ...

, though no Blu-ray release has been announced. The series also are available on HBO Max in United States, Latin America and Europe.

References

External links

* * * * {{Stephen Merchant 2010s American single-camera sitcoms 2013 American television series debuts 2014 American television series endings American English-language television shows HBO sitcoms Television series by ABC Studios Television series by Home Box Office Television shows set in Los Angeles 2010s American sex comedy television series Television series created by Stephen Merchant