Big Lake is an American

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 comedy television series on the Comedy Central

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 network. It premiered August 17, 2010. The first season ended on September 14, 2010.

Premise

After losing his lucrative banking job, Josh is forced to move back to his hometown of Big Lake, Pennsylvania. Now living with his parents on their couch, Josh swears to earn back all the money he lost and repay his parents. There he reunites with his childhood pal Glenn and his favorite high school teacher Mr. Henkel. Each week the three come up with new money making schemes, although due to the ridiculous nature of them, they tend to fail and go horribly wrong every time

Cast

• Chris Gethard
  Chris Gethard
  Chris Gethard is an American actor, comedian and writer who lives in Queens, New York. He was most recently the star of the Comedy Central series Big Lake....
  
   as Josh Franklin - A disgraced banking hotshot who lost his job and all his money. He now has to move back in with his parents.
• Horatio Sanz
  Horatio Sanz
  Horatio Sanz is a Chilean-born American actor and comedian best known as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1998-2006. Sanz most recently starred alongside his former SNL castmate Chris Parnell in the Comedy Central series Big Lake.-Early life:Sanz, the youngest of three sons, was born in...
  
   as Glenn Cordoba - Josh's childhood best friend who was recently released from prison.
• Chris Parnell
  Chris Parnell
  Thomas Christopher "Chris" Parnell is an American comic actor best known as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1998–2006 and currently for his recurring role as Dr. Leo Spaceman on NBC's Emmy Award-winning comedy series 30 Rock. Parnell also voices Cyril Figgis on the FX animated comedy...
  
   as Chris Henkel - Josh's favorite teacher from high school, although he has no memory of Josh being one of his former students. Despite being a history teacher, he hates history and despises teaching. He is also the "Deputy Mayor" of Big Lake.
• Deborah Rush
  Deborah Rush
  Deborah Rush is an American actress.Rush has worked in television, film and on Broadway. In 1984, she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play for Michael Frayn's comedy Noises Off. She also acted in Stephen Adly Guirgis' The Last Days of Judas Iscariot...
  
   as Linda Franklin - Josh's overly cheerful mother who is often oblivious to everything going on around her, likely caused by her addiction to diet pills.
• Dylan Blue as Jeremy Franklin - Josh's little brother who isn't as innocent as he pretends to be. Appears to be involved in many criminal activities.
• James Rebhorn
  James Rebhorn
  James Robert Rebhorn is an American character actor who has appeared in over 100 television shows, feature films and plays.-Personal life:...
  
   as Carl Franklin - Josh's father. He despises Josh for losing his entire life savings.

Production notes

• Jon Heder
  Jon Heder
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   was originally cast in the lead role, pulling out shortly before shooting was to start.
• The series was produced using a similar model as Tyler Perry
  Tyler Perry
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  's House of Payne and Meet The Browns
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  . Big Lake was given an initial 10 episode order by Comedy Central, with an option to pick up the series for an additional 90 episodes, to have 100 episodes available for syndication. Comedy Central is yet to announce a decision on whether the series will continue. http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/452563-_Big_Lake_To_Hit_Comedy_Central_This_Fall.php