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|image=Happyish.jpg
|imagecaption=The series' logo
|imagecaption=The series' logo.
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|status=<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|datefound=2020/02/14
|datefound=14 Feb 2020
|foundby=John Cameron Mitchell
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''Happyish'' (stylized as '''HAPPYish'''), is a satirical comedy-drama series, starring Steve Coogan as Thom Payne, a middle-aged man who hates his job at an advertising firm, as well as the new bosses who took over the company. Debuted on Showtime in April 2015, it was cancelled after 10 episodes due to low ratings.
''Happyish'' (stylized as ''HAPPYish''), is a satirical comedy-drama series, starring Steve Coogan as Thom Payne, a middle-aged man who hates his job at an advertising firm, as well as the new bosses who took over the company. Debuted on Showtime in April 2015, it was cancelled after 10 episodes due to low ratings.


A pilot episode was made in 2013, with Philip Seymour Hoffman in the lead role, who Ausland brought into the project after he sold the series to Showtime in 2011. However, due to Hoffman’s untimely death on February 2nd 2014, the series entered in production limbo, with Ausland looking for another actor to portray Thom Payne. The role ultimately landed on Steve Coogan. Although never officially aired, the pilot episode marks Phillip Seymour Hoffman’s final television appearance.<ref>[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/how-showtimes-happyish-recovered-philip-789798 Hollywood Reporter's article about the recasting of Thomas Payne in Happysih], Retrieved, Feb 18 '20;</ref>
'''A pilot episode was made in 2013, with Philip Seymour Hoffman in the lead role''', who series creator Shalom Auslander brought into the project after he sold the series to Showtime in 2011. However, due to Hoffman’s untimely death on February 2nd, 2014, the series entered in production limbo, with Ausland looking for another actor to portray Thom Payne. The role ultimately landed on Steve Coogan. Although never officially aired, the pilot episode marks Phillip Seymour Hoffman’s final television appearance.<ref>[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/how-showtimes-happyish-recovered-philip-789798 Hollywood Reporter's article about the recasting of Thomas Payne in ''Happyish''.] Retrieved 18 Feb '20</ref>


On February 14th, 2020, the director of the pilot episode, John Cameron Mitchell, announced on his Instagram account that the unaired pilot was available online, as a tribute to Hoffman.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/B8jfyqKnR5i/ John Cameron Mitchell's Instagram post ('''NSFW''')], Retrieved, Feb 18 '20;</ref><ref>[https://collider.com/philip-seymour-hoffman-happyish-unaired-pilot-showtime/ Collider.com's article about the released pilot episode], Retrieved, Feb 18 '20;</ref>
On February 14th, 2020, the director of the pilot episode, John Cameron Mitchell, announced on his Instagram account that the unaired pilot was available online as a tribute to Hoffman.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/B8jfyqKnR5i/ John Cameron Mitchell's Instagram post regarding the pilot (NSFW).] Retrieved 18 Feb '20</ref><ref>[https://collider.com/philip-seymour-hoffman-happyish-unaired-pilot-showtime/ Collider article about the released pilot episode.] Retrieved 18 Feb '20</ref>


==External Links==
==External Links==
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happyish  Happyish's Wikipedia page];
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happyish  The Wikipedia page for ''Happyish''.] Retrieved 18 Feb '20
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trpnUbTKltI Happyish's unaired pilot ('''NSFW''', blocked in most countries)];
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trpnUbTKltI YouTube upload of ''Happyish'''s unaired pilot (NSFW, blocked in most countries).] Retrieved 18 Feb '20
*[https://archive.org/details/happyishunairedtvpilotstarringphilipseymourhoffman Archived version of the YouTube upload of the pilot.] Retrieved 22 Feb '20


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Happyish.jpg

The series' logo.

Status: Found

Date found: 14 Feb 2020

Found by: John Cameron Mitchell

Happyish (stylized as HAPPYish), is a satirical comedy-drama series, starring Steve Coogan as Thom Payne, a middle-aged man who hates his job at an advertising firm, as well as the new bosses who took over the company. Debuted on Showtime in April 2015, it was cancelled after 10 episodes due to low ratings.

A pilot episode was made in 2013, with Philip Seymour Hoffman in the lead role, who series creator Shalom Auslander brought into the project after he sold the series to Showtime in 2011. However, due to Hoffman’s untimely death on February 2nd, 2014, the series entered in production limbo, with Ausland looking for another actor to portray Thom Payne. The role ultimately landed on Steve Coogan. Although never officially aired, the pilot episode marks Phillip Seymour Hoffman’s final television appearance.[1]

On February 14th, 2020, the director of the pilot episode, John Cameron Mitchell, announced on his Instagram account that the unaired pilot was available online as a tribute to Hoffman.[2][3]

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