''Underemployed'' is an American comedy-drama television series on

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. The series premiered on October 16, 2012 and ended on January 12, 2013.

Premise

The series evolves around a group of five fresh

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s who met and became close friends during college. Initially, each had their big dreams and were very determined to make them happen: Lou wanted to pursue

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and eventually become an

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yer; Raviva broke up with Lou to move to Los Angeles in the hope of making it in the

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; Miles wanted to be a model and the face of

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; Sophia wanted to become a writer; and Daphne just wanted to be successful. Unfortunately, life doesn't always work out.

Cast

Main

Michelle Ang Michelle Ang (born 17 October 1983) is a New Zealand actress. She is best known for her role as Lori Lee in the Australian television soap opera ''Neighbours'', and for voicing the female Jango Fett clone Omega in the animated series ''Star Wars ...

as Sophia Swanson *

Diego Boneta Diego Andrés González Boneta (born November 29, 1990) is an American actor, producer and singer. He gained wider recognition after starring in '' Rock of Ages'' (2012) alongside Tom Cruise and the ''Netflix'' biographical series '' Luis Miguel ...

as Miles Gonzalez *

Sarah Habel Sarah Habel is an American actress. She is best known for playing the roles of Daphne Glover in the MTV television series '' Underemployed'' and Geraldine Grundy in The CW television series '' Riverdale''. Early life Habel attended Michigan Sta ...

as Daphne Glover *

Jared Kusnitz Jared Andrew Kusnitz (born November 8, 1988) is an American actor. He has appeared in the films ''Doll Graveyard'' (2005), '' Dance of the Dead'' (2008), and ''Prom'' (2011), and television series such as ''The Secret Life of the American Teenager ...

as Louis "Lou" Craft *

Inbar Lavi Inbar Lavi ( he, ענבר לביא, born October 27, 1986) is an actress. She is known for portraying Raviva on the 2012 MTV series '' Underemployed'', Vee on the 2014 Fox television series '' Gang Related'', and Sheba on the Fox series ''Prison ...

as Raviva

Recurring

Julianna Guill Julianna Guill (born 1987) is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Bree in the 2009 film '' Friday the 13th'', Madison Penrose in '' My Super Psycho Sweet 16'', Scarlet Hauksson in the web series ''My Alibi'', Becca Riley in Bravo ...

as Bekah * Rachel Cannon as Deb * Daniel Johnson as Jamel *

Danny McCarthy Danny McCarthy is an American actor best known as Agent Danny Hale on ''Prison Break'' (2005–06). Career He has acted in plays with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company and the Famous Door, and has performed twice at the Edinburgh Festival in Scot ...

as Paul *

Olesya Rulin Olesya Yurivna Rulina (russian: Oлeся Юрьевна Pулина; born March 17, 1986) is a Russian-American actress. She is best known for co-starring in all three films of the ''High School Musical'' franchise as Kelsi Nielsen. She also star ...

as Pixie Dexter *

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as Tatiana * Charlie Weber as Todd * Angel M. Wainwright as Laura

Episodes

Critical reception

''The Chicago Tribune'' said the show needs to offer a lot more than what was served in the first few episodes to compete on the level of ''

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'' on

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and ''

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'' on

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. ''The New York Times'' said the show is a botched attempt at a dirty-sexy-funny show.

References

External links

*
Underemployed
on

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