After Lately

After Lately
Genre	Comedy Improvisational Mockumentary
Created by	Chelsea Handler Brad Wollack Tom Brunelle
Starring	Chelsea Handler Chuy Bravo Brad Wollack Chris Franjola Heather McDonald Sarah Colonna Jeff Wild Steve Marmalstein Johnny Kansas Roy Handler Josh Wolf Jen Kirkman Fortune Feimster
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	16 (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Chelsea Handler Tom Brunelle
Running time	22-24 minutes
Production company(s)	Borderline Amazing Productions
Broadcast
Original channel	E!
Original run	March 6, 2011 (2011-03-06) – present
Chronology
Related shows	Chelsea Lately
External links
Website

After Lately is an American mockumentary in which the various cast members, writers, crew, and even 'hangers-on' of Chelsea Lately are shown bickering and arguing over mostly trivial and petty matters, and competing for show air time and personal approval from Chelsea. The Show began airing on E! Entertainment Television on March 6, 2011.^[1]

On April 27, 2012, After Lately was renewed for a third season. ^[2]

Summary

After Lately is a faux reality show, purporting to expose the behind-the-scenes goings-on of Chelsea Handler's hit, late-night, E! network talk show, Chelsea Lately. It is, in fact, both a parody of the reality show genre, itself (in the same, "show-within-a-show" style as The Larry Sanders Show); and, a satire of the personality flaws and skewed mindsets commonly associated with showbiz celebrities. The performances are both scripted and improvised. The camera shots are intentionally meant to mimick a documentary-style, fly-on-the-wall point-of-view (a la, The Office). The various cast members, writers, crew, associates, and even celebrity guests of Chelsea Lately are presented as an extended, dysfunctional 'family': pranking each other in childish ways; failed attempts to lie their way into gaining the favor of higher-status celebrities; bickering and arguing over mostly petty matters; and, constantly competing for show air time -- and Chelsea's favor. Handler, herself, appears in each episode: always portrayed as having an outwardly disdainful, domineering, and abusive -- yet, secretly compassionate -- attitude toward each staff member.

Cast

• Chelsea Handler
• Chuy Bravo
• Brad Wollack
• Chris Franjola
• Heather McDonald
• Sarah Colonna
• Jeff "Jiffy" Wild
• Steve Marmalstein
• Johnny Kansas
• Roy Handler
• Josh Wolf (season 2-present)
• Jen Kirkman (season 2-present)
• Fortune Feimster (season 2-present)

Guest stars

Guest stars for After Lately include, Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Aniston, Sue Murphy, Ross Mathews, Justin Bieber, Giuliana Rancic, Jay Leno, Tori Spelling, Jenny McCarthy, Sharon Osbourne, Jane Fonda, Dave Grohl, James van der Beek, Antonio Sabàto, Jr., Loni Love, Natasha Leggero, Gary Valentine, Dr. Drew Pinsky, Geri Jewell, Vicki Gunvalson and Nick Marcucci.

Episodes

Production

After Lately is shown in a documentary style where cameras follow the staff members behind the scenes of Chelsea Lately, and many of the staff members sometimes have one-on-one time with the camera crew for Reality TV-style confessionals. Many of the stories told are inspired by actual events at the Chelsea Lately offices.^[4]

After Lately is Executive Produced by Chelsea Handler and Tom Brunelle, Jay Karas and Brad Wollack serve as Co-Executive Producers and Johnny Milord as Supervising Producer, in association with Borderline Amazing Productions. The first season consisted of eight episodes airing on Sunday nights at 11 pm.^[5] Season two is set to premiere on November 27, 2011 at 11pm.^[6]

Ratings

The series premiere averaged 1.2 million viewers and a .91 household rating.^[7] Season one averaged around one million viewers per episode and exceeded the E!'s primetime delivery by over +50%.^[8]

The season two premiere of After Lately recorded 1.254 million viewers, up 7% from the series premiere to set a new series high.^[9][10]

References

External links

• Official website
• After Lately at the Internet Movie Database