Overlord and the Underwoods
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Ryan Wiesbrock
Patrice Goodman
Ari Resnick
Kamaia Fairburn
Troy Feldman
Jann Arden
Jayne Eastwood
| Overlord and the Underwoods | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Anthony Q. Farrell Ryan Wiesbrock |
| Starring | Darryl Hinds Patrice Goodman Ari Resnick Kamaia Fairburn Troy Feldman Jann Arden Jayne Eastwood |
| Composer | Simon Poole |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
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| Running time | 30 Minutes |
| Production companies | MarbleMedia Cloudco Entertainment Canfro Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | BYUtv CBC Gem |
| Release | October 29 – November 8, 2021 |
Overlord and the Underwoods is a Canadian television family sitcom co-created by Anthony Q. Farrell and Ryan Wiesbrock, and is a co-production between MarbleMedia and Cloudco Entertainment.
The series first premiered in the United Kingdom on October 4, 2021 on Nickelodeon, while it premiered in Canada on October 29, 2021 on CBC Gem.[1] In the US the first 10 episodes were made available on November 8, 2021 on the BYUtv app.
The series focuses on a North American family called the Underwoods, whose life is flipped upside down when the second most wanted criminal in the world, their distant cousin Overlord - who is an alien, seeks refuge in their home after being forced into intergalactic witness protection after he snitches on his boss and is made to live with the Underwoods.[2]
Cast
- Darryl Hinds as Jim Underwood
- Patrice Goodman as Flower Underwood
- Ari Resnick as Weaver Underwood
- Kamaia Fairburn as Willow Underwood
- Troy Feldman as Overlord
- Jann Arden as the voice of R0-FL, Overlord's robot sidekick
- Jayne Eastwood as the Underwoods' neighbour
- Constant Bernard as Reginald
Episodes
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
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| 1 | 1 | "Overstaying Your Welcome" | April Mullen | Anthony Q. Farrell | TBA |
| 2 | 2 | "Overthrowing the Underscores" | April Mullen | Kate Hewlett | TBA |
| 3 | 3 | "Undersized" | Casey Walker | Ryan Belleville | TBA |
| 4 | 4 | "Slime and Understanding" | April Mullen | Amanda Joy | TBA |
| 5 | 5 | "Into the Underbush" | Casey Walker | Anthony Q. Farrell | TBA |
| 6 | 6 | "Game Over!" | Casey Walker | Ryan Belleville | TBA |
| 7 | 7 | "Three Easy Overpayments" | Casey Walker | Jay Vaidya | TBA |
| 8 | 8 | "Not Under My Roof!" | Joyce Wong | Richard Young | TBA |
| 9 | 9 | "Thirteen Going on Overlord" | Steve Wright | Kate Hewlett | TBA |
| 10 | 10 | "Undercover LARP" | Joyce Wong | Jay Vaidya | TBA |
| 11 | 11 | "Overshooters" | Casey Walker | Ryan Belleville | TBA |
| 12 | 12 | "Overdue Update" | Steve Wright | Amanda Joy | TBA |
| 13 | 13 | "Overexposed" | Melanie Orr | Amanda Joy | TBA |
| 14 | 14 | "Family Over Frabjleplarm" | Joyce Wong | Angelica Mendizabal | TBA |
| 15 | 15 | "Overpiece Theatre" | Steve Wright | Anthony Q. Farrell | TBA |
| 16 | 16 | "Overlock Holmes and the Undercooked Pie" | Lisa Rose Snow | Anthony Q. Farrell | TBA |
| 17 | 17 | "Do-Over and Over and Over" | Joyce Wong | Kate Hewlett | TBA |
| 18 | 18 | "Under the Sea Land" | Melanie Orr | Ryan Belleville | TBA |
| 19 | 19 | "One Year Over-versary" | Melanie Orr | Jay Vaidya | TBA |
| 20 | 20 | "Over the Moon" | Melanie Orr | Anthony Q. Farrell | TBA |
Development and broadcast
The series was announced on March 16, 2021, and was pre-sold by Nickelodeon International, BYUtv in the United States, CBC in Canada and ITV in the United Kingdom on the same day.[3]
Production on the series began in June 2021 in Oakville, Ontario.[4]
BYUtv began airing the series on their app and at byutv.org on November 8, 2021. On October 3, 2022 BYUtv began airing season 1 on television. That same day they made the second batch of 10 episodes available on their app and website.