''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 Television in the United ...
series that was scheduled to premiere mid-season on
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. It is one of NBCUniversal's ...
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
National Public Radio (NPR) is an American public broadcasting organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California. It serves as a national Radio syndication, syndicator to a network of more ...
.
Cast
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Dane Cook
Dane Jeffrey Cook (born March 18, 1972) is an American stand-up comedian and film actor. He is known for his use of observational comedy, observational, often blue comedy, vulgar, and sometimes black comedy, dark comedy. He released six comedy ...
as Cam Dunne
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Collette Wolfe
Collette Wolfe is an American actress known for her roles in films including '' Observe and Report'' (2009), ''Hot Tub Time Machine'' (2010), and ''Young Adult'' (2011).
Early life
Wolfe was raised in Virginia, where she was the King George ...
as Stella Hoobler
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Jeffrey Tambor
Jeffrey Michael Tambor (born July 8, 1944) is an American retired 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 ...
as Jefferson Mingus
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Joy Osmanski
Joy Osmanski (born October 29, 1975) is an 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 recurrin ...
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''.
Early life
Borges grew up in Chicago and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theater at DePau ...
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 canceled 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 to ...
References
External links
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Unaired television shows
Television shows set in New York (state)
Television shows set in New York City
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