Freaks and Geeks

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Freaks and Geeks is a cult-classic American teen comedy-drama television series from the late 1990s that follows the lives of misfit high school students in the 1980s and helped launch the careers of several major actors.

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instanceOf American television series
teen comedy-drama television series
television series
cancellationStatus cancelled after one season
composer Michael Andrews
surface form: Mike Andrews
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Paul Feig
criticalReception critically acclaimed
developer Judd Apatow
distribution NBCUniversal Television Distribution
executiveProducer Judd Apatow
genre comedy-drama
coming-of-age television series
teen drama
hasCultFollowing true
highSchoolSetting McKinley High School
surface form: William McKinley High School (fictional)
homeMediaRelease released on DVD
mainCharacter Bill Haverchuck
Daniel Desario
Ken Miller
Kim Kelly
Lindsay Weir
Neal Schweiber
Nick Andopolis
Sam Weir
notableFor launching the careers of several major actors
realistic portrayal of high school life
numberOfEpisodes 18
numberOfSeasons 1
originalLanguage English
originallyAiredOnDayOfWeek Saturday
originalNetwork NBC
originalReleaseEnd 2000-07-08
originalReleaseStart 1999-09-25
portraysCharacter Becky Ann Baker as Jean Weir
Busy Philipps
surface form: Busy Philipps as Kim Kelly

James Franco as Daniel Desario
Jason Segel as Nick Andopolis
Joe Flaherty as Harold Weir
John Francis Daley
surface form: John Francis Daley as Sam Weir

Linda Cardellini as Lindsay Weir
Martin Starr as Bill Haverchuck
Samm Levine as Neal Schweiber
Seth Rogen as Ken Miller
productionCompany Apatow Productions
DreamWorks Television
settingPlace suburban Detroit, Michigan
settingTimePeriod early 1980s
targetAudience teenagers
timeSettingDescription set during the 1980–1981 school year

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James Franco notableWork Freaks and Geeks
JoAnna Garcia Swisher notableWork Freaks and Geeks
John Francis Daley notableWork Freaks and Geeks
John Francis Daley characterIn Freaks and Geeks
Jonathan Kasdan writerFor Freaks and Geeks
Jonathan Kasdan directorFor Freaks and Geeks
Jonathan Kasdan notableWork Freaks and Geeks
Seth Rogen notableWork Freaks and Geeks
Seth Rogen appearedInTVSeries Freaks and Geeks
Jake Kasdan directed Freaks and Geeks
Judd Apatow notableWork Freaks and Geeks
DreamWorks Television notableWork Freaks and Geeks
Jason Segel notableWork Freaks and Geeks
Jason Segel appearedIn Freaks and Geeks
Becky Ann Baker notableWork Freaks and Geeks
Busy Philipps notableWork Freaks and Geeks
Busy Philipps televisionSeries Freaks and Geeks
Linda Cardellini notableWork Freaks and Geeks
Linda Cardellini notableWork Freaks and Geeks
this entity surface form: Freaks and Geeks (TV series)
Paul Feig notableWork Freaks and Geeks
Paul Feig creatorOf Freaks and Geeks
Paul Feig televisionDirectingCredits Freaks and Geeks
Ann Dowd notableWork Freaks and Geeks
Miguel Arteta directedTelevision Freaks and Geeks
Mike White televisionWritingCredit Freaks and Geeks
Omri Katz performedIn Freaks and Geeks
Thomas F. Wilson notableWork Freaks and Geeks
JoAnna Garcia notableWork Freaks and Geeks
JoAnna Garcia portrayedIn Freaks and Geeks
Sam Weir appearsIn Freaks and Geeks
Sam Weir firstAppearance Freaks and Geeks
this entity surface form: Freaks and Geeks episode "Pilot"
Undeclared followUpTo Freaks and Geeks