About a Boy (TV series)

Did You Know?

• The remaining six episodes after cancellation were released on July 20, 2015, via iTunes, Amazon, and Google Play.
• Dax Shepard appeared as Crosby Braverman along with Crosby's infant daughter Aida Braverman.

Cast

David Walton portrayed Will Freeman, a successful songwriter and bachelor whose hit song granted him a life of free time, free love, and freedom from financial worries; he is single, unemployed, and content until Fiona and Marcus move in next door. Minnie Driver played Fiona Bowa, a vegan hippie and overbearing single mother to her only child Marcus, who meditates, tends to flowers, and initially dislikes her new neighbor. Benjamin Stockham played Marcus Bowa, an 11-year-old only child raised solely by his mother, who is not popular at school and often teased, but finds a new best friend in Will. Al Madrigal portrayed Andy, Will's best friend and a father of four with wife Laurie, who considers raising a child the greatest honor and was once a DJ. Annie Mumolo played Laurie (season 2, recurring in season 1), Andy's wife and mother of their four children, who tends not to get along with Will. Adrianne Palicki played Dr. Samantha Lake, Will's love interest across both seasons. Chris Diamantopoulos portrayed Mr. Chris, Marcus's teacher. Izabela Vidovic played Shea Garcia-Miller, Marcus's friend and love interest in season 2, loosely based on the character Ellie from the book and film. Other cast members included Andrea Anders as Joanne, Cricket Wampler as Hannah Bickleman, Dax Shepard as Crosby Braverman (with his infant daughter Aida Braverman), Dusan Brown as Jackson, Keith Powell as Richard, Leslie Bibb as Dakota, Rachel Breitag as Shasta, Zach Cregger as TJ, and Christine Woods as Liz.

Production

On January 10, 2014, NBC announced the series would premiere following the 2014 Winter Olympics on February 21, 2014, at 10:30 pm EST, later revised to Saturday, February 22, at 11:05 pm EST. It moved to its regular Tuesday 9:00 pm EST timeslot on March 4, 2014, after The Voice. NBC renewed the show for a second season on May 9, 2014, and canceled it on May 11, 2015, after two seasons totaling 33 episodes.

Broadcast

In Canada, About a Boy aired on Global shortly after its original broadcast. In the United Kingdom and Ireland, it premiered on Sky 1 on March 31, 2014, with the second season starting February 22, 2015. It aired on M-net in South Africa, on HBO Family in Brazil, and on Comedy Central Germany in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. The second season debuted on October 16, 2014. In India, it aired daily Monday through Friday at 9:30 pm on Comedy Central India. It premiered in Australia on June 1, 2015, on FOX8.