Eastbound & Down
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Eastbound & Down is an American comedy
Comedy
Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...

 television series broadcast on HBO, starring Danny McBride as Kenny Powers
Kenny Powers
Kenny Powers is the fictional main character from the HBO television series Eastbound and Down, played by American actor Danny McBride. Powers is portrayed as a once dominant baseball pitcher, whose poor work ethic and short temper jeopardized his professional career...

, a former professional baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

 pitcher, who after an up and down career in the major leagues is forced to return to his hometown middle-school in Shelby, North Carolina
Shelby, North Carolina
Shelby is a city in Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 19,477 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Cleveland County.-Geography:Shelby is located at ....

, as a substitute physical education
Physical education
Physical education or gymnastics is a course taken during primary and secondary education that encourages psychomotor learning in a play or movement exploration setting....

 teacher.

Producers Will Ferrell
Will Ferrell
John William "Will" Ferrell is an American comedian, impressionist, actor, and writer. Ferrell first established himself in the late 1990s as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live, and has subsequently starred in the comedy films Old School, Elf, Anchorman, Talladega...

 and Adam McKay
Adam McKay
Adam McKay is an American screenwriter, director, comedian, and actor. He is most famous for his partnership with comedian Will Ferrell, with whom he co-wrote the films Anchorman, Talladega Nights, and The Other Guys....

 received an order for six episodes for the first season from HBO. The series was produced by Will Ferrell's production company, Gary Sanchez Productions
Gary Sanchez Productions
Gary Sanchez Productions is a production company operated by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay. They also founded the video site Funny or Die.It is named after supposed entrepreneur and financier Gary Sanchez, and is represented by Creative Artists Agency.-Film:...

. The show premiered February 15, 2009, at 10:30p.m. Its second season, consisting of seven episodes, began on September 26, 2010. On October 27, HBO announced they were renewing the show for a third season. At PaleyFest 2011, it was announced that the upcoming third season will be its last, thus ending its run on HBO. The third season will premiere on February 19, 2012.

Plot

Years after he turned his back on his hometown, a burned-out major league ballplayer returns to teach physical education at his old middle school. While not based on the life of former Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...

 relief pitcher John Rocker
John Rocker
John Loy Rocker is a retired American Major League Baseball relief pitcher who played for the Atlanta Braves, the Cleveland Indians, the Texas Rangers, and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays as well as the Long Island Ducks of the independent Atlantic League of Professional Baseball...

, the show's creators do cite him as an inspiration. Comparisons can also be made to the life of former Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...

 pitcher Denny McLain
Denny McLain
Dennis Dale "Denny" McLain is a former American professional baseball player, and the last major league pitcher to win 30 or more games during a season —a feat accomplished by only thirteen players in the 20th century....

 although the show's creators have not commented regarding this.

Season 1

  • Danny McBride – Kenny Powers
    Kenny Powers
    Kenny Powers is the fictional main character from the HBO television series Eastbound and Down, played by American actor Danny McBride. Powers is portrayed as a once dominant baseball pitcher, whose poor work ethic and short temper jeopardized his professional career...

  • John Hawkes
    John Hawkes (actor)
    John Hawkes is an American film and television actor. He is known for his portrayal of the merchant Sol Star on the HBO series Deadwood, Dustin Powers on Eastbound & Down, and his Academy Award-nominated performance as the menacing backwoods meth addict Teardrop in Winter's Bone.-Life and...

     – Dustin Powers
  • Jennifer Irwin
    Jennifer Irwin
    Jennifer Irwin is a Canadian actress best known for her roles as Linda on Still Standing and as Maria Ganitisis in the Molly Shannon comedy Superstar....

     – Cassie Powers
  • Steve Little – Stevie Janowski
  • Katy Mixon
    Katy Mixon
    Katy Elizabeth Mixon is an American actress. She is best known for her role as April Buchanon on HBO's Eastbound & Down and Victoria Flynn on the CBS television series Mike and Molly.-Life and career:...

     – April Buchanon
  • Andrew Daly
    Andrew Daly
    Andrew "Andy" Daly is an American actor, comedian and writer best known for playing Principal Terrence Cutler in the HBO comedy series Eastbound & Down.-Early life:Daly was born in Mount Kisco, New York and raised in New Jersey...

     – Terrence Cutler

Recurring

  • Ben Best
    Ben Best (actor)
    Ben Best is an American screenwriter and actor. He is the co-creator and co-writer of the television show Eastbound & Down. He also co wrote the films The Foot Fist Way and Your Highness....

     – Clegg
  • Sylvia Jefferies – Tracy
  • Alexander Ethan McGee - Dustin Powers Jr.
  • Bo Mitchell - Wayne Powers
  • Will Ferrell
    Will Ferrell
    John William "Will" Ferrell is an American comedian, impressionist, actor, and writer. Ferrell first established himself in the late 1990s as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live, and has subsequently starred in the comedy films Old School, Elf, Anchorman, Talladega...

     – Ashley Schaeffer
  • Craig Robinson – Reg Mackworthy
  • Adam Scott
    Adam Scott (actor)
    Adam Scott is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Henry Pollard in the Starz comedy series Party Down and as Ben Wyatt in the NBC comedy Parks and Recreation....

     - Pat Anderson

Season 2

  • Danny McBride – Kenny Powers
  • Steve Little – Stevie Janowski
  • Ana de la Reguera
    Ana de la Reguera
    Anabell Gardoqui "Ana" de la Reguera is a Mexican actress who has starred in telenovelas, films and the HBO television series Eastbound & Down.-Early life:...

     - Vida
  • Michael Peña
    Michael Peña
    Michael Anthony Peña is an American film and television actor. He is probably best known for his roles in the films Crash, World Trade Center, Observe and Report, 30 Minutes or Less and Tower Heist...

     - Sebastian Cisneros
  • Marco Rodríguez - Roger Hernandez
  • Efren Ramirez
    Efren Ramirez
    -Early life:Ramirez was born in Los Angeles, California of Spanish and Salvadoran descent. He has three brothers, one of whom is his identical twin. Ramirez bought his parents a house with his payment from Napoleon Dynamite .-Career:...

     - Catuey

Recurring

  • Deep Roy
    Deep Roy
    Gurdeep Roy , sometimes credited as Roy Deep, Gordeep Roy, or just Deep Roy, is a Kenyan-born English actor, stuntman and puppeteer of Indian descent.-Early life:...

     - Aaron
  • Joaquin Cosío
    Joaquín Cosío
    Joaquín Cosío is an actor best known in México by his role as "Mascarita" in Matando Cabos. He has most recently played a major henchman, General Medrano, in the most recent James Bond film, Quantum of Solace and for his role in El Infierno as El Cochiloco.-Films & TV series:* A Better Life .......

     - Hector
  • Lisa De Razzo - Maria
  • Eduardo "Piolín" Sotelo - Announcer
  • Don Johnson
    Don Johnson
    Donnie Wayne "Don" Johnson is an American actor known for his work in television and film. He played the lead role of James "Sonny" Crockett in the 1980s TV cop series, Miami Vice, which led him to huge success. He also played the lead role in the 1990s cop series, Nash Bridges...

     - Eduardo Sanchez Powers
  • Katy Mixon
    Katy Mixon
    Katy Elizabeth Mixon is an American actress. She is best known for her role as April Buchanon on HBO's Eastbound & Down and Victoria Flynn on the CBS television series Mike and Molly.-Life and career:...

     - April Buchanon
  • Adam Scott
    Adam Scott (actor)
    Adam Scott is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Henry Pollard in the Starz comedy series Party Down and as Ben Wyatt in the NBC comedy Parks and Recreation....

     - Pat Anderson
  • Matthew McConaughey
    Matthew McConaughey
    Matthew David McConaughey is an American actor.After a series of minor roles in the early 1990s, McConaughey gained notice for his breakout role in Dazed and Confused . He then appeared in films such as A Time to Kill, Contact, U-571, Tiptoes, Sahara, and We Are Marshall...

     - Roy McDaniel
  • Ben Best
    Ben Best (actor)
    Ben Best is an American screenwriter and actor. He is the co-creator and co-writer of the television show Eastbound & Down. He also co wrote the films The Foot Fist Way and Your Highness....

     - Clegg

Series overview

Season Season premiere
Season premiere
In North America, a season premiere is the first episode of a new season of a given television show. It often airs in September or October, after several months of reruns.-Evaluating the changes:...

Season finale
Season finale
A season finale is the final episode of a season of a television program...

Region 1
DVD region code
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Discs
1 6 2
2 7 2

Season 1


# itle Writers Director Original airdate Production code

Season 2

Production on the second season of the show began in May 2010. The setting moved to Mexico, with shooting occurring in Puerto Rico. The new season brought changes to the cast, including new faces Michael Peña
Michael Peña
Michael Anthony Peña is an American film and television actor. He is probably best known for his roles in the films Crash, World Trade Center, Observe and Report, 30 Minutes or Less and Tower Heist...

 and Ana de la Reguera
Ana de la Reguera
Anabell Gardoqui "Ana" de la Reguera is a Mexican actress who has starred in telenovelas, films and the HBO television series Eastbound & Down.-Early life:...

, who play the owner of a Mexican baseball team and Kenny's new love interest, respectively. Don Johnson
Don Johnson
Donnie Wayne "Don" Johnson is an American actor known for his work in television and film. He played the lead role of James "Sonny" Crockett in the 1980s TV cop series, Miami Vice, which led him to huge success. He also played the lead role in the 1990s cop series, Nash Bridges...

 has been cast in the role of Kenny's father. All of the supporting cast from the first season are absent or only make cameo appearances. The only exception is Steve Little as Stevie Janowski, who tracks Kenny down in Mexico. Ben Best is not a writer on the new season but returns in a small part as Clegg.

Actor Deep Roy
Deep Roy
Gurdeep Roy , sometimes credited as Roy Deep, Gordeep Roy, or just Deep Roy, is a Kenyan-born English actor, stuntman and puppeteer of Indian descent.-Early life:...

 joined the cast as "Aaron," one of Kenny's new sidekicks. The Mexican baseball team owned by Pena's character Sebastian Cisneros, the Charros, is coached by a man named Roger played by actor Marco Rodriguez. Co-director Jody Hill described the season as "a cross between the films Amores perros
Amores perros
Amores perros is a 2000 neorealist Mexican film, directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu. Amores Perros is the first movie in Iñárritu's trilogy of death, and was followed by 21 Grams and Babel. It is a triptych; an anthology film, sometimes referred to as the "Mexican Pulp Fiction," containing...

and The Bad News Bears". Hill directed four episodes in season two, while David Gordon Green directed three.

Season Two premiere aired on September 26, 2010. Vice magazine reported on August 31, 2010 that "it's worthy of the original and is its own different, more somber beast." The series makers had considered setting the second season in America. According to McBride, "at one point, we considered opening on a shot of the big sombrero at South of the Border
South of the Border (attraction)
South of the Border is a rest stop and roadside attraction on Interstate 95 and US Highway 301/501 between Dillon, South Carolina and Rowland, North Carolina. It is named "south of the border" being south of the U.S. state of North Carolina...

, so you think Kenny’s in Mexico. And then he would have said [voice-over tone], ‘I went down to the bu-tthole of the Carolinas.’ [laughs] We actually thought about setting the entire season in Myrtle Beach
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Myrtle Beach is a coastal city on the east coast of the United States in Horry County, South Carolina. It is situated on the center of a large and continuous stretch of beach known as the Grand Strand in northeastern South Carolina. It is considered to be a major tourist destination in the...

 instead of in Mexico. I gotta say, the Myrtle Beach idea was pretty brilliant. It would have really been something. Maybe he ends up there next season. [beat] Who knows?"

It was later revealed at the end of the season that Kenny would be heading to Myrtle Beach to play in the minors for a second chance playing American baseball and an attempt to get back into the Majors.
# Title Writers Director Original airdate Production code

Season 3

Filming of season 3 has been confirmed and it is to be the show's last. It was announced that Jason Sudeikis
Jason Sudeikis
Daniel Jason Sudeikis is an American actor and comedian currently starring as a cast member on Saturday Night Live.-Early life:Sudeikis was born Daniel Jason Sudeikis in Fairfax, Virginia, the son of Kathryn , a travel agent who was president of the American Society of Travel Agents, and Dan...

 will join the cast as Kenny's friend, Shane, as well as Will Ferrell and Matthew McConaughey appearing in the show once again. Ike Barinholtz
Ike Barinholtz
Isaac "Ike" Barinholtz is an American actor, comedian and screenwriter. Barinholtz is most notable for his membership in the recurring cast of comedians on sketch comedy series MADtv from 2002-2007.-Early life:...

 is set to join the cast as Ivan, a Russian pitcher Kenny takes under his wing. The show was filmed recently in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Myrtle Beach is a coastal city on the east coast of the United States in Horry County, South Carolina. It is situated on the center of a large and continuous stretch of beach known as the Grand Strand in northeastern South Carolina. It is considered to be a major tourist destination in the...

 at BB&T Coastal Field. Kenny will be joining a team called Myrtle Beach Mermen. The third season will premiere on February 19, 2012 at 10:00 pm.

International syndication

Country Broadcasters Time Slot Notes
 United States HBO  10:30pm Premiered February 15, 2009.
 Canada HBO Canada
HBO Canada
HBO Canada is a Canadian television channel, which airs programming sourced from the HBO subscription service in the United States. HBO Canada is not available as a standalone channel, but as one channel within the TMN and Movie Central multiplexes....

/The Score 
10:30pm Premiered February 15, 2009.
  Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

 
MTV Portugal
MTV Portugal
MTV Portugal is a 24-hour general entertainment channel serving Portugal.The channel was launched on July 1, 2003 replacing MTV Europe within the territory. In its initial stages MTV Portugal shared similar content to MTV Spain and MTV Italy, while also airing programming from MTV US and MTV Europe...

 
11:00pm Premiered July 9, 2009.
 United Kingdom FX
FX (UK)
FX is a television channel in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, owned by Fox, launched in 12 January 2004. It was originally branded as FX289 in reference to its Sky EPG number. It was rebranded to FX in May 2005 as the channel moved in the Sky EPG.FX targets a demographic between 25...

 
10:00pm Premiered October 1, 2009.
 New Zealand Comedy Central  9:30pm Premiered October 27, 2009.
 Sweden CANAL+ Scandinavia
C More Entertainment
C More Entertainment is a premium television company, operating under the banner CANAL+, that targets the Nordic Countries and with one separate channel in Sweden ....

 
8:00pm Premiered August 11, 2009.
 Mexico MaxPrime 10:30pm Premiered November 17, 2009.
 Netherlands Comedy Central 10:30pm Premiered April 30, 2010.
  Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

 
HBO Romania  11:00pm Premiered May 29, 2010.
 Norway NRK  10:25pm Premiered September 15, 2010.
 Australia showcase
Showcase (Australian TV channel)
Showcase is an Australian premium cable and satellite television channel. It is owned and operated by the Premium Movie Partnership and is a sister network to the Showtime networks. Showcase is managed by Showtime's Chief Executive Officer Peter Rose...

/7mate
7mate
7mate is an Australian free-to-air high definition digital television channel, which was launched by the Seven Network on 25 September 2010.The network stated that 7mate would contain sport and regular programs aimed primarily at a male audience, with programming drawn from a combination of new...

 
7:30pm Premiered October 27, 2009.
 Finland YLE  00:20am Premiered June 5, 2011.
 Turkey e2
E2
- Biology and medicine :* Ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme, a protein component of proteasome-mediated protein degradation* E2 regulatory sequence for the insulin gene* Levuglandin E2* Prostaglandin E2, an abortifacient* Prostaglandin E2 receptor, a human gene...

11:00pm Premiered June 20, 2011.

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