“Hollywood. From the bottom up.”
A dryly humorous insider's look at the all-too-earnest, frequently raucous, often disillusioning lives of several young actors trying to make a living — and make it big — in Hollywood.
- Created by
- George Clooney

“Hollywood. From the bottom up.”
A dryly humorous insider's look at the all-too-earnest, frequently raucous, often disillusioning lives of several young actors trying to make a living — and make it big — in Hollywood.
1 season · 10 episodes

S1 E1Episode 1
Jan 9, 200527 min
Several young actors who participate in actor Goddard Fulton's method workshop are seen on-stage, at home and on the job trail. Jennifer Hall is a wholesome Midwesterner whose naivety is apparent when she gets a gig as a stand-in on George
S1 E2Episode 2
Jan 9, 200527 min
Jennifer's spirits are buoyed when a top talent agent tells her she's "special," though it's not immediately apparent why. Bryan gets bikered up for a cowboy audition (to the producer's amusement), then gets wrapped up on the set of Life Wi
S1 E3Episode 3
Jan 16, 200527 min
Strapped for cash, Jennifer ponders selling her eggs and even quitting class, but Goddard bails her out by offering her a job. Bryan gets busted by a casting agent, bombs in a poker game and bonds with Krista's son Jake. Krista puts her foo
S1 E4Episode 4
Jan 16, 200525 min
Jennifer learns that the show must go on, even if there's only one person in the audience. Bryan puts the "Full Nelson" on pal and fellow actor Nick Paonessa to stop him from worming in on auditions. Enraged after a perceived slight against
S1 E5Episode 5
Jan 23, 200527 min
Proving it's never too late to sharpen your acting chops, the class welcomes "new" student Diane Baker, a veteran actress, producer...and onetime Goddard paramour. Desperate for serious work, Krista accepts a role on an indie short film--di
S1 E6Episode 6
Jan 30, 200526 min
Bryan gets worked up about a possible role that's uncannily similar to his own background, even practicing a disability he once had to un-learn as a kid. Jennifer exacerbates an already awkward situation between Nick and her friend Pam; the