''Next Caller'' is an unaired American
television comedy
Television comedy is a category of broadcasting that has been present since the early days of entertainment media. While there are several genres of comedy, some of the first ones aired were variety shows. One of the first United States television ...
series that was scheduled to premiere mid-season on
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American English-language commercial broadcast television and radio network. The flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a division of Comcast, its headquarters ...
as part of the
2012–13 television schedule. The network placed a series order in May 2012. Season one was set to feature seven half-hour episodes.
On October 12, 2012, NBC announced the cancellation of the series after only four episodes had been filmed, citing creative differences with star Dane Cook, and that
the filmed episodes would not be aired. It became the second series of the
2012–13 television season to be canceled, after ''
Made in Jersey
''Made in Jersey'' is an American legal drama television series that aired on CBS from September 28 to December 29, 2012. The network ordered the series in May 2012. On October 10, 2012, after only two episodes aired, it was canceled and removed ...
''.
Premise
A very unlikely pair of satellite radio disc jockeys are forced to share the microphone for a relationship call-in show in New York City. Cam (Dane Cook) is crude, egotistical, and unwilling to share the spotlight, while Stella (Collette Wolfe) is a perky feminist who has just moved over from
NPR.
Cast
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Dane Cook
Dane Jeffrey Cook (born March 18, 1972) is an American stand-up comedian and film actor. He has released six comedy albums: '' Harmful If Swallowed''; ''Retaliation''; ''Vicious Circle''; '' Rough Around the Edges: Live from Madison Square Garde ...
as Cam Dunne
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Collette Wolfe
Collette Wolfe (born April 4, 1980) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles in films such as '' Observe and Report'' (2009), ''Hot Tub Time Machine'' (2010), ''Young Adult'' (2011), and '' Interstellar'' (2014).
Early life
Wol ...
as Stella Hoobler
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Jeffrey Tambor
Jeffrey Michael Tambor (born July 8, 1944) is an American actor. He is known for his television roles such as Jeffrey Brookes, the uptight neighbor of Stanley and Helen Roper in the television sitcom '' The Ropers'' (1979–1980), as Hank Kings ...
as Jefferson Mingus
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Joy Osmanski
Joy Osmanski is a South Korean-born American actress. She is best known for her wide range of comedic roles on the TV shows '' The Loop'', ''Samantha Who?'', ''True Jackson, VP'' and ''Devious Maids''. Joy is also known for her recurring role on ...
as Winnie Hyde
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Wolé Parks as Keith Calhoun
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Desmin Borges
Desmin Borges (born 1983/1984) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Edgar Quintero on the FX/FXX comedy-drama ''You're the Worst''.
Borges grew up in Chicago and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theater at DePaul University. ...
as Derek
*Trey Gerrald as Kent
*Chris Perfetti as Cody the Intern
* Tia Shipman as Angry Bob
Episodes
See also
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List of television series canceled before airing an episode
This is a list of television series cancelled before airing an episode. While many television shows are produced as pilots that never air on television or in any medium, the scope of this article is to list shows that were officially announced t ...
References
External links
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Unaired television shows
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