The new HBO comedy series Angry Boys will be debuting on January 1, 2012 (10pm ET/PT), as just announced by the cable network. The 12 episode first season will air 2 half-hour episodes back-to-back on Sunday nights.
Created and written by Chris Lilley (Summer Heights High), Angry Boys finds Lilley playing multiple roles in a “mock-documentary look at the lives of average boys and men, displaying their day-to-day interactions and struggles to fulfill their obligations to family and friends.”
Per HBO’s press release, Lilley plays the six central characters of Angry Boys: Nathan and Daniel Sims, identical 17-year-old twins who live in the fictional town of Dunt, South Australia; 65-year-old Ruth Sims (aka “Gran”), Nathan and Daniel’s loving but no-nonsense grandmother, who’s a prison officer at the Sydney Garingal Juvenile Justice Center for teenage boys; S.mouse, a 24-year-old African-American rapper from Los Angeles; Jen Okazaki, a soft-spoken, often cold Japanese wife and mother of three, whose son Tim is an aspiring skateboarding champion; and Blake Oakfield, a 38-year-old former championship surfer from the fictional town of Narmucca Bay, New South Wales.
January 2012 Angry Boys Episodes:
Episode #1
Debut: SUNDAY, JAN. 1 (10:00-10:30 p.m. ET/PT)
Other HBO playdates: Jan. 1 (12:30 a.m.), 3 (11:00 p.m.), 4 (10:00 p.m.) and 5 (midnight)
HBO2 playdates: Jan. 2 (9:00 p.m.), 6 (8:00 p.m.) and 7 (9:00 p.m.)
Daniel and Nathan annoy their mom, Kerry (Debbie Jones), and rag on one another; tough-love prison guard Gran rears her juvenile inmates.
Episode #2
Debut: SUNDAY, JAN. 1 (10:30-11:00 p.m.)
Other HBO playdates: Jan. 1 (1:00 a.m.), 3 (11:30 p.m.), 4 (10:30 p.m.) and 5 (12:30 a.m.)
HBO2 playdates: Jan 2 (9:30 p.m.), 6 (8:30 p.m.) and 7 (9:30 p.m.)
S.mouse’s new song goes viral, inspiring Nathan from across the globe to break the law; Gran takes a new inmate under her wing.
Episode #3
Debut: SUNDAY, JAN. 8 (10:00-10:30 p.m.)
Other HBO playdates: Jan. 8 (1:00 a.m.), 10 (11:00 p.m.), 11 (10:00 p.m.), 12 (3:50 a.m.) and 13 (9:30 p.m.)
HBO2 playdates: Jan. 9 (9:00 p.m.), 13 (8:00 p.m.) and 14 (9:00 p.m.)
Daniel plans a farewell party; Blake Oakfield explains his surfing career.
Episode #4
Debut: SUNDAY, JAN. 8 (10:30-11:00 p.m.)
Other HBO playdates: Jan. 8 (1:30 a.m.), 10 (11:30 p.m.), 11 (10:30 p.m.) and 12 (4:20 a.m.)
HBO2 playdates: Jan. 9 (9:30 p.m.), 13 (8:30 p.m.) and 14 (9:30 p.m.)
Jen Okazaki markets her skateboarding-star son Tim (Jordan Dang) as a gay teen; Daniel tries to keep Nathan from masturbating.
Episode #5
Debut: SUNDAY, JAN. 15 (10:00-10:30 p.m.)
Other HBO playdates: Jan. 15 (12:55 a.m.), 17 (11:00 p.m.), 18 (10:00 p.m.) and 19 (midnight)
HBO2 playdates: Jan. 16 (9:00 p.m.), 20 (8:00 p.m.) and 21 (9:00 p.m.)
When the twins’ mom invites a deaf boy over to befriend Nathan, Daniel can’t contain his jealousy; Jen explains Tim’s strict diet and exercise regimen; S.mouse records a track with his girlfriend.
Episode #6
Debut: SUNDAY, JAN. 15 (10:30-11:00 p.m.)
Other HBO playdates: Jan. 15 (1:25 a.m.), 17 (11:30 p.m.), 18 (10:30 p.m.) and 19 (12:30 a.m.)
HBO2 playdates: Jan. 16 (9:30 p.m.), 20 (8:30 p.m.) and 21 (9:30 p.m.)
Daniel throws a house party while his mom and Steve (Greg Fairall) are out of town; Blake starts a “fat boys” surf camp; Gran is reprimanded for insulting an inmate.
Episode #7
Debut: SUNDAY, JAN. 22 (10:00-10:30 p.m.)
Other HBO playdates: Jan. 22 (12:50 a.m.), 24 (11:00 p.m.), 25 (10:00 p.m.) and 26 (midnight)
HBO2 playdates: Jan. 23 (9:00 p.m.), 27 (8:00 p.m.) and 28 (9:00 p.m.)
When Daniel takes his homophobic comments too far, his mom forces him to hang out with a gay classmate; S.mouse violates probation in an attempt to prove his fame; Jen gets on Tim’s nerves.
Episode #8
Debut: SUNDAY, JAN. 22 (10:30-11:00 p.m.)
Other HBO playdates: Jan. 22 (1:20 a.m.), 24 (11:30 p.m.), 25 (10:30 p.m.) and 26 (12:30 a.m.)
HBO2 playdates: Jan. 23 (9:30 p.m.), 27 (8:30 p.m.) and 28 (9:30 p.m.)
Daniel tries to benefit from Nathan’s way with girls; Blake lends his car to a friend and ex-con; Gran hosts “family day” at Garingal and reveals a secret.
Source: HBO
