Notes from the Underbelly

Notes from the Underbelly

2007
Notes from the Underbelly
Notes from the Underbelly

Notes from the Underbelly

7 | en | Comedy

Notes from the Underbelly is an American sitcom that debuted on ABC as a midseason replacement. The series is based upon the novel of the same name by Risa Green, and is produced by Eric and Kim Tannenbaum for Warner Bros. Television. The title is a parody of Dostoevsky's novel Notes from Underground. Originally, it was supposed to debut on October 5, 2006, along with Big Day, but ABC made a last-minute change in its schedule by moving Ugly Betty to Thursday, thus replacing both sitcoms. After numerous scheduling changes prior to the shows premiere, the show premiered Thursday, April 12, 2007 at 10:00PM Eastern/9:00PM Central, and moved to its regular Wednesday timeslot at 8:30PM Eastern/7:30PM Central on April 18. Notes from the Underbelly began its second season on November 26, 2007 in the new timeslot of 9:30PM Eastern/8:30PM Central on Mondays, leading out of fall's second highest rated freshman sitcom, Samantha Who?. On May 13, 2008, ABC opted not to renew the series for a third season. In Russia, all 23 episodes of the series were shown on NTV.

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Seasons & Episodes

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EP15  The Weekend
Jan. 01,0001
The Weekend

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EP14  Accidental Family Bed
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Accidental Family Bed

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EP13  Spinning out of Control
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Spinning out of Control

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EP12  The Circle of Life
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The Circle of Life

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EP11  First Night Out
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First Night Out

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EP10  Odd Man Out
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Odd Man Out

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EP9  Baby on Board
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Baby on Board

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EP8  My Baby's Doctor
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My Baby's Doctor

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EP7  Friends and Neighbours
Feb. 11,2008
Friends and Neighbours

Lauren and Andrew's baby arrives well at a concert they soon discover there having a little trouble getting to the hospital.

EP6  If The Shoe Fits
Jan. 21,2008
If The Shoe Fits

Julie and Andrew try to get Lauren’s mind off the pregnancy and on to something else. Danny wants to find a girl he hopes baby Perry will help him do that.

EP5  Friends and Neighbors
Jan. 14,2008
Friends and Neighbors

Lauren and Andrew have to choose a guardian their daughter after a meeting with a lawyer doesn’t go so well, Lauren and Andrew decide to see how their neighbors will do as guardians. Plans to tell the neighbors the good news only get worse when Andrew lets the cat out of the bag too soon.

EP4  Not Without My Noodles
Dec. 17,2007
Not Without My Noodles

Cooper hopes that making a new friend will help take her mind off of Lauren’s baby issues. Andrew fixes up Julie and Eric’s yard for Perry’s party. This could cause problems for Eric and Julie, because Danny wants a job playing piano at the party. Can Eric and Julie have the party and keep their friendship with Danny?

EP3  Heather's Visit
Dec. 10,2007
Heather's Visit

When Lauren's cool younger sister, Heather, visits for a job interview, Lauren launches a campaign to convince her to move to Los Angeles. She would love to have Heather nearby when the baby's born, but will her aggressive attempts to sell her sister on LA end up pushing her away? Meanwhile, as Lauren's consumed with her sister's visit, Julie convinces Cooper to keep her company while Eric's away on business. But when new mom Julie falls asleep from exhaustion, Cooper is confronted with one of her greatest fears -- a crying baby Perry.

EP2  The Blackout
Dec. 03,2007
The Blackout

After a power outage, Lauren suddenly becomes paranoid about every little thing and worries that she isn't ready to take care of a baby. Andrew, on the other hand, is feeling very confident about his parenting abilities -- until he kills a mock "baby" at their infant CPR class. Meanwhile Andrew's friend, Danny, excels in class by flirting with the 52-year-old-teacher, and Cooper uses Julie's sexy baby blog as a way to bond with the "brown baggers" at her firm.

EP1  She's Gotta Have It
Nov. 26,2007
She's Gotta Have It

Realizing he may be a pushover, Andrew forces himself to be more assertive. It proves to be a big turn-on for Lauren, until he embraces his opinions to the point where the delicate balance of their relationship is threatened. Eric and Julie hire a nanny who refuses to disavow the secret swaddling technique that instantly calms Baby Perry. Meanwhile, Danny and Cooper find themselves "accidentally dating" when he starts cooking for her in return for legal aide.

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Released: 2007-04-12 | Released Producted By: , Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website: http://www.abc.go.com/primetime/notesfromtheunderbelly/
Synopsis

Notes from the Underbelly is an American sitcom that debuted on ABC as a midseason replacement. The series is based upon the novel of the same name by Risa Green, and is produced by Eric and Kim Tannenbaum for Warner Bros. Television. The title is a parody of Dostoevsky's novel Notes from Underground. Originally, it was supposed to debut on October 5, 2006, along with Big Day, but ABC made a last-minute change in its schedule by moving Ugly Betty to Thursday, thus replacing both sitcoms. After numerous scheduling changes prior to the shows premiere, the show premiered Thursday, April 12, 2007 at 10:00PM Eastern/9:00PM Central, and moved to its regular Wednesday timeslot at 8:30PM Eastern/7:30PM Central on April 18. Notes from the Underbelly began its second season on November 26, 2007 in the new timeslot of 9:30PM Eastern/8:30PM Central on Mondays, leading out of fall's second highest rated freshman sitcom, Samantha Who?. On May 13, 2008, ABC opted not to renew the series for a third season. In Russia, all 23 episodes of the series were shown on NTV.

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Sunkrish Bala , Melanie Paxson , Rachael Harris

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Reviews

oldfarcut Usually an aging sitcom waits right around "jumping the shark" time to get the leading female pregnant in a pathetic attempt to boost ratings. This sad attempt actually uses pregnancy as the basis for the whole show! What will they do to carry the premise when the kid is born, have her get pregnant again, rinse, and repeat, ad infinitum? A friend recommended this because she is a big Jennifer Westfeldt fan from some movie she did years ago, so I figured I'd give it a try. Show is Total Zilch IMHO! Been done before, A LOT BETTER! The characters are almost all idiots except for the endearingly vicious lawyer, Cooper. Better to kill off everyone else and build the entire show around her. Another waste of 30 min headed for the ratings trashcan!Nothing funny happening here folks, move along quietly!
sugarplumz001 I love this show. I look forward to watching it every week because it is funny and witty. As someone who is just starting on the process, this show really gets the couple dynamics. I love seeing something on the show and saying, oh, that is exactly what just happened. The comedy is classic, Gilmore Girl- esquire in nature. The main characters are very relatable, and I know I have friends like the friends in the show. I haven't seen a show that has this exact focus on the pregnancy, but that's just me. It isn't the kind of show that a Critic would like, but then again I watch TV to relax and unwind rather than treat it like an art form.
wednesday_224 I think this is a hilarious, honest, and funny show. No, it's not exactly highbrow, but c'mon...it's television! This reminds me of the BBC show "Coupling." I was also thinking that I like that these people look pretty "normal." The women aren't emaciated, the guys are cute but not in a cookie-cutter Hollywood way. I also like that they address the common myths, problems, ideas, situations and fears of new parents. I also find a lot of this pretty easy to relate to - I have the friend who is the crazy new mom (Julie) and the friend who is scared but excited about being pregnant (Lauren), and the cynical friend who will never have kids (Cooper). I'm not a laugh-out-loud at the TV kind of person, but I do find myself laughing out loud a lot at this show.
flopcat-1 The series is about a 30-something married couple, Lauren and Andrew, who are expecting their first child and their four friends: Danny and Cooper a single man and woman respectively, and another married couple, Julie and Eric, who are also expecting their first child but are further along in the pregnancy.Aside from exploring the clichés about pregnancy and becoming new parents (and not very well, I might add), the show has nothing to offer. All six characters are superficial, amoral, contemptible people with the possible exception of Andrew. Lauren, who is reluctant to tell her friends of her pregnancy at first, meets Cooper for drinks. Lauren proceeds to throw tequila shots over her shoulder rather than share her good news with Cooper. Finally Cooper catches her in the act, figures out why and shouts accusingly: "You WHORE!! You're pregnant!" The following day, Lauren and Cooper attend Julie's baby shower and Cooper learns that a colleague with whom she had a recent one night stand is married to one of the other attendees. Rather than become appalled from learning this information, she asks Julie how stable her friend's marriage is because she wants to have a relationship with her colleague. Julie replies that the wife is not her friend, just someone from her yoga class (insert sarcasm -- No, she's not Julie's friend, but she's good enough to come to Julie's gift-giving party), and that her marriage is indeed on the rocks, encouraging Cooper to try to break them up. At this point, we turned it off. The characters' morals were incompatible with family life and were offensive. We will not be watching it again.