DTLA (TV series)
DTLA | |
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Genre | Drama, Comedy, Gay |
Created by | Larry Kennar |
Directed by | Larry Kennar |
Composer(s) | Alexander Bornstein |
Country of origin | United States Canada |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 9 |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Larry Kennar Darryl Stephens Michael Andres Palmieri Helen Shaw |
Producer(s) | Charisse Reneau |
Cinematography | Alex Milosevic |
Production company(s) | Larry Kennar Entertainment OUTtv |
Release | |
Original network | OUTtv, Logo |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV |
Original release | October 24 December 1, 2012 |
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External links | |
Logo website | |
Production website |
DTLA (acronym for Downtown Los Angeles) is a gay-themed television series which premiered October 24, 2012. The series was created, and is co-produced and directed by Larry Kennar.[1] It follows a group of friends in Downtown Los Angeles[2] under the slogan: One City, Seven Lives / Old Friends, New Stories. The main seven characters are Lenny, Bryan, Sara Jane, Matthew, Marky, Kai, Stefan.
Cast
- Darryl Stephens as Leonard "Lenny", a civil litigation attorney and Bryan's boyfriend of six years[3]
- Matthew Stephen Herrick as Bryan, a stoner and Lenny's boyfriend who has been unemployed for over a year[4]
- Marshelle Fair as SJ, a Professor of fashion merchandizing, textiles, and accessories, she is a college friend of Lenny, Kai and Kevin, and estranged wife of Norm[5]
- Hiro Tanaka as Kai Nakamoto, a high school math teacher[6]
- Scott Pretty as Marky, a military man and boyfriend of Matthew[7]
- Patrick McDonald as Matthew Bouvier, Bryan's friend who recently moved to LA to be an actor[8]
- Ernest Pierce as Stefan, a lawyer and friend of Lenny[9]
- JC Jones as Trey, Stefan's young boyfriend, he works in a doughnut shop part-time and has a stage act at night as a drag queen[10]
- Jeremy Jackson as Kevin, a former model, college friend of Lenny, Kai, and SJ, who recently moved back to LA for a new start
- Michael Basilli as Rafi, a manager of a Downtown Los Angeles club, who after meeting Kai soon becomes a romantic interest of Kai
- B. Scott as Bosco, owner of a restaurant they frequently gather at[11]
- Sandra Bernhard as Carla, one of Bryan's mothers[12]
- Melanie Griffith as Kimberley, one of Bryan's mothers[13]
- Paul Mooney as Silas, Lenny's estranged father[14]
- AzMarie Livingston as Ricki, Kimberly's current girlfriend[15]
- William McNamara as Norm, a lawyer and SJ's husband[16]
- Ryan Izay as Rod
- Cesar D' La Torre as Ceasar Gomez
- Luenell as Racine, Trey's mother and Ressie's sister
- Tiffany Pollard as Reesie, Trey's aunt and Racine's sister.
- Jeffrey Damnit as Shef, one of Lenny's naked neighbors.
Production
DTLA was originally made as a movie.[1] The U.S.'s two main LGBT cable channels were not enthusiastic about the project; here! passed on the project and Logo was initially non-committal.[17] Brad Danks, COO of OUTtv said, "He called us because he had heard from people in the U.S. that we were doing good things in Canada with the service."[17] After screening a rough cut of the movie for executives of OUTtv they commissioned a series instead.[1] It was originally expected that the series would premiere on OUTtv in the late spring of 2012.[18] On January 25, 2012 Kennar created an account on Kickstarter.com for the series, to secure the remaining required financing via crowd funding.[19] In 6 days 50 people had pledged a total of $4762.[1] On February 21, 2012 it was announced that they had surpassed their target of $25000.[20] In April 2012 it was announced that the premiere of DTLA would be delayed until after the launch of OUTtv's HD channel which would be coming in a few months.[21] In September 2012 it was announced that DTLA had been acquired by Logo.[22] DTLA is the first series funded in part via Kickstarter to receive domestic and international distribution.[17] Distribution outside of Canada and the U.S. is being handled by OUTtv.[21]
Episode list
No. in series |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Canadian air date | U.S. air date |
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1 | "Episode 1 – The Pilot – Part 1"[23] | Larry Kennar | Larry Kennar | October 24, 2012 | October 24, 2012 |
2 | "Episode 2 – The Pilot – Part 2"[24] | Larry Kennar | Larry Kennar | October 24, 2012 | October 24, 2012 |
3 | "Episode 3"[25] | Larry Kennar | Larry Kennar | October 31, 2012 | October 31, 2012 |
4 | "Episode 4"[26] | Larry Kennar | Darryl Stephens | November 7, 2012 | November 7, 2012 |
5 | "Episode 5"[27] | Larry Kennar | Larry Kennar & Michael Andres Palmieri | November 14, 2012 | November 17, 2012 |
6 | "Episode 6"[28] | Larry Kennar | Michael Andres Palmieri | November 21, 2012 | November 24, 2012[29] |
7 | "Episode 7"[30] | Larry Kennar | Larry Kennar | November 28, 2012 | November 24, 2012[31] |
8 | "Episode 8 – Season Finale – Part 1"[32] | Larry Kennar | Larry Kennar | December 5, 2012 | December 1, 2012[33] |
9 | "Episode 9 – Season Finale – Part 2"[34] | Larry Kennar | Larry Kennar | December 12, 2012 | December 1, 2012[35] |
References
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