Huff is an American

United States

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 television dramedy series produced by Sony Pictures Television

Sony Pictures Television

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 for Showtime. The series was created by Bob Lowry and features Hank Azaria

Hank Azaria

Henry Albert "Hank" Azaria is an American film, television and stage actor, director, voice actor, and comedian. He is noted for being one of the principal voice actors on the animated television series The Simpsons , on which he performs the voices of Moe Szyslak, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Chief...

 as Dr. Craig "Huff" Huffstodt, a psychiatrist

Psychiatry

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 whose life changes abruptly when a 15-year-old client commits suicide

Suicide

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 in his office. The series follows Huff, his family, and his friend Russell Tupper, played by Oliver Platt

Oliver Platt

Oliver James Platt is a Canadian-American actor. He is currently starring in the Showtime original series, The Big C with Laura Linney.-Early life:...

, as they navigate life.

The first season was broadcast on Showtime between November 7, 2004 and January 30, 2005. The second season premiered on April 2, 2006 and ended on June 25, 2006. Two days before the finale, Showtime announced that the show would not be picked up for a third season, and several plotlines, including the resolution of pending criminal charges against Russell Tupper and the possibility of reconciliation between Huff and Beth were left unresolved.

The two-hour pilot episode was filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia. Later, production for Huff was moved to Delfino Stages in Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, California

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.

Cast and characters

Besides Azaria, the cast included Paget Brewster

Paget Brewster

Paget Valerie Brewster is an American actress. She is currently known for playing Special Agent Emily Prentiss on the CBS crime drama Criminal Minds. In June 2010, it was said that her role on Criminal Minds would be reduced in the sixth season. In March 2011, Brewster's character left the series...

, Blythe Danner

Blythe Danner

Blythe Katherine Danner is an American actress. She is the mother of actress Gwyneth Paltrow and director Jake Paltrow.-Early life:...

 (who won the Emmy Award

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 in 2005 and 2006 for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Izzy), Oliver Platt

Oliver Platt

Oliver James Platt is a Canadian-American actor. He is currently starring in the Showtime original series, The Big C with Laura Linney.-Early life:...

, Anton Yelchin

Anton Yelchin

Anton Viktorovich Yelchin is an American film and television actor. He began performing in the late 1990s, appearing in several television roles, as well as the Hollywood films Along Came a Spider and Hearts in Atlantis...

, Andy Comeau

Andy Comeau

Andy Comeau is an American actor. He is best known for playing Theodore "Teddy" Huffstodt, the mentally unbalanced brother of lead character Dr. Craig Huffstodt on the Showtime series Huff...

, Kimberly Brooks

Kimberly Brooks

Kimberly Brooks is an American voice actress in the anime, feature films, video games, and theatre industry. She started her acting career when she was nine....

, Liza Lapira

Liza Lapira

Liza Lapira is an American actress best known for playing Kianna in the 2008 film 21 and Special Agent Michelle Lee in NCIS. She is also known for her role as Maggie Del Rosario on Huff.-Life and career:...

, and Faith Prince

Faith Prince

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.

Those making recurring guest appearances on the show during its first season included Lara Flynn Boyle

Lara Flynn Boyle

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, Robert Forster

Robert Forster

Robert Forster is an American actor, best known for his roles as John Cassellis in Haskell Wexler's Medium Cool, and as Max Cherry in Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown, the latter of which gained him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.- Early life :Forster was born Robert Wallace...

, Swoosie Kurtz

Swoosie Kurtz

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, Annie Potts

Annie Potts

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, and Faith Prince

Faith Prince

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. In its second season, Huff also managed to attract high-profile recurring guest stars, including Sharon Stone

Sharon Stone

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 and Anjelica Huston

Anjelica Huston

Anjelica Huston is an American actress. Huston became the third generation of her family to win an Academy Award, for her performance in 1985's Prizzi's Honor, joining her father, director John Huston, and grandfather, actor Walter Huston. She later was nominated in 1989 and 1990 for her acting in...

.

Main cast

• Hank Azaria
  Hank Azaria
  Henry Albert "Hank" Azaria is an American film, television and stage actor, director, voice actor, and comedian. He is noted for being one of the principal voice actors on the animated television series The Simpsons , on which he performs the voices of Moe Szyslak, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Chief...
  
   as Dr. Craig "Huff" Huffstodt – a Los Angeles psychiatrist whose life is sent reeling when a tragedy occurs in his office. An eternal caretaker who thinks he can save people, Huff learns very brutally that he can't save everyone. He deals with the functionally insane all day, and when he comes home, he's faced with the daily insanities of family life.
• Paget Brewster
  Paget Brewster
  Paget Valerie Brewster is an American actress. She is currently known for playing Special Agent Emily Prentiss on the CBS crime drama Criminal Minds. In June 2010, it was said that her role on Criminal Minds would be reduced in the sixth season. In March 2011, Brewster's character left the series...
  
   as Beth Huffstodt – Huff's loving yet capricious wife. She helps Huff avoid meltdowns, while providing welcome, wifely support and amenities.
• Oliver Platt
  Oliver Platt
  Oliver James Platt is a Canadian-American actor. He is currently starring in the Showtime original series, The Big C with Laura Linney.-Early life:...
  
   as Russell Tupper – Huff's lawyer, longtime friend and former running buddy from their single days. Although a source of questionable ethics and morality, he still gets it done with a sense of humor and comes through for Huff.
• Blythe Danner
  Blythe Danner
  Blythe Katherine Danner is an American actress. She is the mother of actress Gwyneth Paltrow and director Jake Paltrow.-Early life:...
  
   as Isabelle "Izzy" Huffstodt – Huff's mother who has lived in the apartment above the garage since the breakup of her marriage. Izzy is tough and manipulative but also funny and irreverent.
• Anton Yelchin
  Anton Yelchin
  Anton Viktorovich Yelchin is an American film and television actor. He began performing in the late 1990s, appearing in several television roles, as well as the Hollywood films Along Came a Spider and Hearts in Atlantis...
  
   as Byrd Huffstodt – Huff and Beth's 15 year old son. He is a loving child who is concerned with his father's well being and to what's going on in the family. He's a very bright teenager.
• Andy Comeau
  Andy Comeau
  Andy Comeau is an American actor. He is best known for playing Theodore "Teddy" Huffstodt, the mentally unbalanced brother of lead character Dr. Craig Huffstodt on the Showtime series Huff...
  
   as Theodore "Teddy" Huffstodt – Huff's younger brother. Literally and figuratively locked away in a private mental institution, Teddy's mental illness brings clarity of thought for Huff during his visits.
• Kimberly Brooks
  Kimberly Brooks
  Kimberly Brooks is an American voice actress in the anime, feature films, video games, and theatre industry. She started her acting career when she was nine....
  
   as Paula Dellahouse – Huff's office manager who protects him as much as she provokes him. She has been with Huff for a long time and knows him and his family very well.
• Liza Lapira
  Liza Lapira
  Liza Lapira is an American actress best known for playing Kianna in the 2008 film 21 and Special Agent Michelle Lee in NCIS. She is also known for her role as Maggie Del Rosario on Huff.-Life and career:...
  
   as Maggie Del Rosario – Russell's utterly devoted yet pull-no-punches assistant. She cares for him, covers for him and curses him, but it’s all in a day’s work for her as she knows she’s probably the only woman Russell has ever allowed himself to truly depend on.
• Faith Prince
  Faith Prince
  Faith Prince is an American actress and singer known primarily for her work on Broadway. Prince has won the Tony Award as Best Actress in a Musical and received three Tony nominations.-Life and career:...
  
   as Kelly Knippers – a television sales rep whom Russell meets and woos while shopping for a flat screen. A wild night of partying and debauchery results in a pregnancy that changes both their lives.

Recurring characters

Season 1

• Robert Forster
  Robert Forster
  Robert Forster is an American actor, best known for his roles as John Cassellis in Haskell Wexler's Medium Cool, and as Max Cherry in Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown, the latter of which gained him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.- Early life :Forster was born Robert Wallace...
  
   as Ben Huffstodt
• Swoosie Kurtz
  Swoosie Kurtz
  Swoosie Kurtz is an American actress. She began her career in theater during the 1970s and shortly thereafter began a career in television, garnering ten nominations and winning one Emmy Award. Her most famous television project was her role on the 1990s NBC drama Sisters...
  
   as Madeleine Sullivan
• Jack Laufer as The Homeless Hungarian
• Annie Potts
  Annie Potts
  Anne Hampton "Annie" Potts is an American film and television actress. She is known for her roles in the 1980s popular films such as Ghostbusters , Pretty in Pink , Jumpin' Jack Flash , Who's Harry Crumb? and Ghostbusters II . Potts is also known as a voice-actress...
  
   as Doris Johnson
• Misti Traya as Gail
• Lara Flynn Boyle
  Lara Flynn Boyle
  Lara Flynn Boyle is an American film and television actress best known for her performances as Laura Palmer's best friend Donna Hayward in Twin Peaks and Assistant District Attorney Helen Gamble in The Practice...
  
   as Melody Coatar

Season 2

• Tom Skerritt
  Tom Skerritt
  Thomas Roy "Tom" Skerritt is an American actor who has appeared in over 40 films and more than 200 television episodes since 1962.-Early life:...
  
   as Ben Huffstodt
• Jack Laufer as The Homeless Hungarian
• Ashley Williams as Alyssa
• Anjelica Huston
  Anjelica Huston
  Anjelica Huston is an American actress. Huston became the third generation of her family to win an Academy Award, for her performance in 1985's Prizzi's Honor, joining her father, director John Huston, and grandfather, actor Walter Huston. She later was nominated in 1989 and 1990 for her acting in...
  
   as Dr. Lena Markova
• Sharon Stone
  Sharon Stone
  Sharon Vonne Stone is an American actress, film producer, and former fashion model. She achieved international recognition for her role in the erotic thriller Basic Instinct...
  
   as Dauri Rathburn
• Alex Black
  Alex Black
  Alexander Anthony ″Alex″ Black is an American television and motion picture actor. Black was born in Redwood City, California. He has appeared in several popular movies, as well as minor role on Charmed. He mostly recently portrayed Seth Powers in Nickelodeon's hit series, Ned's Declassified...
  
   as Tim Winnick

Awards

Huff was nominated for ten Emmy's and won three. The series was also nominated for four other awards.

Season 1 (2004–2005)

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Season 2 (2006)

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DVD release

Huff - Season One was released on Region 1 DVD

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 on March 21, 2006. All 13 episodes from the first season are presented in Anamorphic widescreen

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 (1.78:1) with Dolby Digital

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 5.1 Audio. Extras include commentary tracks on four episodes, three featurette

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s, five minutes of deleted scene

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s and a gag reel.

Currently, there are no announced plans to release "Season Two" on DVD.